Main characteristics of the included studies
| Trial |
Treatments |
Patients |
Methods |
British Doctor’s Trial, 1988
|
aspirin 500 mg/d
versus
no aspirin
|
apparently healthy male doctors
|
follow-up 5.5 years
n=3429/1710
Parallel groups
open
UK
|
Physicians Health Study, 1989
NCT00000500
|
aspirin 325 mg every other day
versus
placebo
|
Healthy men
|
follow-up 60.2 months
n=11037/11034
Parallel groups
double blind
|
Thrombosis Prevention Trial, 1998
NCT00000614
|
aspirin 75 mg/d (controlled release)
versus
placebo
|
Men at high risk of CHD
|
follow-up median 6.8y
n=2545/2540
Factorial plan
double blind
UK
|
HOT, 1998
|
aspirin 75 mg daily
versus
placebo
|
patients aged 50-80 with hypertension and diastolic blood pressure between 100 mmHG and 115 mmHG
|
follow-up mean 3.8 y (range 3.3-4.9y)
n=9399/9391
Factorial plan
Double blind
Europe, North and South America, and Asia
|
Primary Prevention Project, 2001
|
aspirin 100 mg/d
versus
no aspirin (open control)
|
men and women aged 50 years or greater, with at least one of the major recognised cardiovascular risk factors.
|
follow-up 3.6 y
n=2226/2269
Factorial plan
Open
Italy
|
CAPRIE, 1996
|
clopidogrel 75 mg once daily
versus
aspirin 325 mg once daily
|
patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease manifested as either recent ischaemic stroke, recent myocardial infarction, or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
|
follow-up mean 1.91 years
n=9599/9586
Parallel groups
Double blind
16 countries
|
CHARISMA, 2006
NCT00050817
|
clopidogrel (75 mg per day) plus low-dose aspirin (75 to 162 mg per day)
versus
placebo plus low-dose aspirin
|
patients with either clinically evident cardiovascular disease or multiple risk factors
|
follow-up median 28 months
n=7802/7801
Parallel groups
Double blind
32 countries
|
Women’s Health Study, 2005
|
aspirin 100mg daily
versus
placebo
|
initially healthy women 45 years of age or older
|
follow-up 10.1 y mean (range 8.2 to 10.9
n=19934/19942
Factorial plan
Double blind
|
AAA, 2009
ISRCTN66587262
|
aspirin 100mg daily
versus
placebo
|
men and women aged 50 to 80 years with asymptomatic atherosclerosis detected by low ankle brachial index (<=0.95)
|
follow-up 8.2 y (mean)
n=1675/1675
Parallel groups
double blind
UK, Scotland
|
TRA-2P TIMI 50, 2012
NCT00526474
|
vorapaxar (SCH 530348) 2.5-mg daily
versus
placebo (added to the existing standard of care for preventing heart attack and stroke (eg, aspirin, clopidogrel)
|
patients with a known history of atherosclerosis (MI, ischemic stroke, or peripheral vascular disease)
|
follow-up 2.5 y (median)
n=13225/13244
Parallel groups
double-blind
|
JPPP,
NCT00225849
|
aspirin
versus
no aspirin
|
Japanese patients aged 60 to 85 years with hypertension, dyslipidemia, or diabetes mellitus
|
follow-up
n=-9/-9
Parallel groups
open
Japan
|
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British Doctor’s Trial, 1988 :
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Physicians Health Study, 1989 :
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Thrombosis Prevention Trial, 1998 :
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AAA, 2009 :
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JPPP, :
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