Statins and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Real Life in France

AstraZeneca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myocardial Infarction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00679575

NIS-CFR-CRE-2007/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this case-referent study is to assess the impact of statins usage on the risk of having a first myocardial infarction (MI) in a real life situation in France

Enrollment: 13,171 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients can speak French or English
• Patients can be interviewed by telephone
• Place of usual residence in the area of recruitment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients refusing to participate in the study
• Patients who cannot be reached by telephone
• Previous history of myocardial infarction

Trial design

13,171 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Cases : Patients with a first myocardial infarction

2

Description:

Referents : Patients recruited by a GP during a routine consultation