Effects of rosiglitazone alone and in combination with atorvastatin on the metabolic abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus
MI Freed, R Ratner, SM Marcovina, MM Kreider… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
MI Freed, R Ratner, SM Marcovina, MM Kreider, N Biswas, BR Cohen, JD Brunzell…
The American journal of cardiology, 2002•ElsevierThis study evaluated the effects of rosiglitazone therapy on lipids and the efficacy and safety
of rosiglitazone in combination with atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Three-hundred thirty-two patients entered an 8-week, open-label, run-in treatment phase
with rosiglitazone 8 mg/day, and 243 were randomized to a 16-week, double-blinded period
of continued rosiglitazone plus placebo, atorvastatin 10 mg/day, or atorvastatin 20 mg/day.
With rosiglitazone alone, a modest increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol …
of rosiglitazone in combination with atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Three-hundred thirty-two patients entered an 8-week, open-label, run-in treatment phase
with rosiglitazone 8 mg/day, and 243 were randomized to a 16-week, double-blinded period
of continued rosiglitazone plus placebo, atorvastatin 10 mg/day, or atorvastatin 20 mg/day.
With rosiglitazone alone, a modest increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol …
This study evaluated the effects of rosiglitazone therapy on lipids and the efficacy and safety of rosiglitazone in combination with atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Three-hundred thirty-two patients entered an 8-week, open-label, run-in treatment phase with rosiglitazone 8 mg/day, and 243 were randomized to a 16-week, double-blinded period of continued rosiglitazone plus placebo, atorvastatin 10 mg/day, or atorvastatin 20 mg/day. With rosiglitazone alone, a modest increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (9%), a shift in LDL phenotype from dense to large buoyant subfractions (52% of patients), and an increase in total high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels (6%), predominantly in HDL2 levels (13%), occurred from week 0 to week 8. When atorvastatin was added, there was a further increase in HDL3 (5%) and expected significant reductions (p <0.0001) in LDL cholesterol (−39%), apolipoprotein B (−35%), and triglyceride levels (−27%). Glycemic control achieved with rosiglitazone alone was not adversely affected by add-on atorvastatin. The combination was well tolerated compared with placebo. To conclude, in addition to the beneficial effects of rosiglitazone on glycemic control, rosiglitazone and atorvastatin in combination achieved 2 goals: the reduction of LDL cholesterol to <100 mg/dl and the removal of small dense LDL in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Elsevier