A second look at heart death data from a major drug trial found more heart-related deaths in the treatment group than were first reported, while the placebo group had fewer — suggesting the original...

From: Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data

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A second look at heart death data from a major drug trial found more heart-related deaths in the treatment group than were first reported, while the placebo group had fewer — suggesting the original...

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Independent readjudication of cause-of-death data from the FOURIER trial indicates that myocardial infarction-related deaths were undercounted in the evolocumab group, with 36 deaths identified compared to 25 originally reported, while the placebo group's myocardial infarction deaths decreased from 30 to 27, revealing a discrepancy in cardiovascular mortality reporting between the Clinical Study Report and the original 2017 NEJM publication.

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Study: Restoring mortality data in the FOURIER cardiovascular outcomes trial of evolocumab in patients with cardiovascular disease: a reanalysis based on regulatory data

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