Deerfield, IL, July 30, 2007 Following a joint meeting today of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, Takeda Global Research & Development (TGRD) underscores its position that ACTOS ; (pioglitazone HCl) offers a proven safety profile regarding the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The breadth and depth of ACTOS data encompassing more than 16,000 patients over the past 10 yearsis consistent: Short- and long-term studies, both prospective and observational, studies in both humans and animals, all have shown no evidence that ACTOS is associated with an increased risk of heart attack or stroke, said Mehmood Khan, M.D., TGRD president. Critical in this body of data is the PROactive (PROspective PioglitAzone Clinical Trial In MacroVascular Events) study, since the only scientific way to determine a medications safety is a prospective, long-term trial.
About the PROactive Study
PROactive was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled outcomes trial. The PROactive study included 5,238 patients with type 2 diabetes and a history of macrovascular disease, who were force titrated up to 45 mg daily of either ACTOS or placebo. In this study, there was no difference in the number of macrovascular events between standard of care and ACTOS, and standard of care alone. Although there was no statistically significant difference between ACTOS and standard of care for the primary endpoint, there was no increase in mortality or total macrovascular events with ACTOS.
The ACTOS Prescribing Information was recently revised by the FDA to include this reassuring cardiovascular safety data. ACTOS is the only thiazolidinedione (TZD) with safety data from a cardiovascular outcomes trial in its label.
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30-Jul-2007