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Takeda reports on trial studying Actos' effects on atherosclerosis in diabetes patients

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 10th, 2006

Researchers at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 66th Annual Scientific Sessions presented data showing the relationship between baseline characteristics and cardiac risk factors in patients enrolled in a new clinical trial called CHICAGO (Carotid intima-media tHICkness in Atherosclerosis using pioGlitazOne).

This is the largest and longest study to examine the effects of Actos on measures of the atherosclerotic disease process in patients with type 2 diabetes, most of whom had no clinical evidence of heart disease.

"While earlier and smaller studies found that Actos reduced carotid intima-media thickness, given the size and duration of the...

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