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Randomized trial of switching from prescribed non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to prescribed celecoxib: the Standard care vs. Celecoxib Outcome Trial (SCOT).

Abstract:

Background

Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and conventional non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsNSAIDs) have been associated with adverse cardiovascular (CV) effects. We compared the CV safety of switching to celecoxib vs. continuing nsNSAID therapy in a European setting.

Method

Patients aged 60 years and over with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, free from established CV disease and taking chronic prescribed nsNSAIDs, were randomiz...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/eurheartj/ehw387

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ORCID:
0000-0001-5189-6669
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ORCID:
0000-0002-6317-3975
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
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Volume:
38
Issue:
23
Pages:
1843-1850
Publication date:
2016-10-01
Acceptance date:
2016-08-10
DOI:
EISSN:
1522-9645
ISSN:
0195-668X
Pmid:
27705888
Language:
English
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pubs:650656
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uuid:af570b27-6c82-43a9-b355-919b572066d9
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pubs:650656
Source identifiers:
650656
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2018-02-27

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