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Needed: Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Statin-Intolerant Patients

Patricia D. ManingatRockefeller University, New York, USAJan L. BreslowRockefeller University, New York
2011en
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Abstract

Statins have adverse effects, but it's difficult to design randomized trials of alternative therapies for statin-intolerant patients. Pragmatic clinical trials, performed in the context of usual care with broad eligibility criteria, are well suited to this purpose.

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