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Volume 357:67-69 July 5, 2007 Number 1
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The Record on Rosiglitazone and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Bruce M. Psaty, M.D., Ph.D., and Curt D. Furberg, M.D., Ph.D.

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In this issue of the Journal,1 Home and colleagues report interim results from the Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycaemia in Diabetes, or RECORD, study (NCT00379769 [ClinicalTrials.gov] ). The RECORD study is a 6-year, open-label, noninferiority trial in which patients with type 2 diabetes who had inadequate glucose control with metformin or sulfonylurea alone were randomly assigned to receive rosiglitazone (Avandia) or the combination of metformin and sulfonylurea. The primary outcome was a composite of hospitalization and death from cardiovascular causes. As of March 2007, data were available on the 4447 patients randomly assigned to receive one of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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From the Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Services, University of Washington, and the Center for Health Studies, Group Health, Seattle (B.M.P.); and the Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (C.D.F.).

This article (10.1056/NEJMe078116) was published at www.nejm.org on June 5, 2007.


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