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Trial reportDiabetes care2020

Dalcetrapib Reduces Risk of New-Onset Diabetes in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease.

Gregory G Schwartz, Lawrence A Leiter, Christie M Ballantyne, Philip J Barter, Donald M Black, David Kallend, Fouzia Laghrissi-Thode, Eran Leitersdorf, John J V McMurray, Stephen J Nicholls and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Diabetes care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effect of CETP inhibitors on new-onset diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy · 2022
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  4. CETP Renaissance with Obicetrapib.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026
    Review
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  6. HDL metabolism and function in diabetes mellitus.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026
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  14. HDL Cholesterol and Non-Cardiovascular Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.

Gregory G SchwartzCardiology Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO gregory.schwartz@va.gov.ORCID 0000-0003-2954-0695
Lawrence A LeiterLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1040-6229
Christie M BallantyneBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Philip J BarterUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Donald M BlackDalCor Pharmaceuticals, Zug, Switzerland.
David KallendThe Medicines Company, Zurich, Switzerland.
Fouzia Laghrissi-ThodeDalCor Pharmaceuticals, Zug, Switzerland.
Eran LeitersdorfHadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
John J V McMurrayBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-6317-3975
Stephen J NichollsMonash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Anders G OlssonLinköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
David PreissMedical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
Prediman K ShahCedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Jean-Claude TardifMontreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
John KittelsonUniversity of Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO.
Baylor College of Medicine · USBritish Heart Foundation · GBCedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute · USColorado School of Public Health · USHadassah Medical Center · ILLinköping University · SEMonash University · AUMontreal Heart Institute · CAPopulation Council · INSt. Michael's Hospital · CAUNSW Sydney · AUVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 16GRNT30410012British Heart Foundation RE/13/1/30181NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098839NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIncident type 2 diabetes is common among patients with recent acute coronary syndrome and is associated with an adverse prognosis. Some data suggest that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors reduce incident type 2 diabetes. We compared the effect of treatment with the CETP inhibitor dalcetrapib or placebo on incident diabetes in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsIn the dal-OUTCOMES trial, 15,871 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with dalcetrapib 600 mg daily or placebo, beginning 4-12 weeks after an acute coronary syndrome. Absence of diabetes at baseline was based on medical history, no use of antihyperglycemic medication, and hemoglobin A

resultsAt baseline, 10,645 patients (67% of the trial cohort) did not have diabetes. During a median follow-up of 30 months, incident diabetes was identified in 403 of 5,326 patients (7.6%) assigned to dalcetrapib and in 516 of 5,319 (9.7%) assigned to placebo, corresponding to absolute risk reduction of 2.1%, hazard ratio of 0.77 (95% CI 0.68-0.88;

conclusionsIn patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome, incident diabetes is common and is reduced substantially by treatment with dalcetrapib.

Indexed as

Acute Coronary SyndromeAgedAmidesAnticholesteremic AgentsBlood GlucoseCohort StudiesCoronary DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2EstersFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPrediabetic StateRisk FactorsAmidesAnticholesteremic AgentsBlood GlucosedalcetrapibEstersSulfhydryl Compounds

Identifiers

PMID32144166
PMCPMC7171952
OpenAlexW3009384140

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