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Cataracts
A sub-study was performed from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe Aortic Stenosis
Study. In this double-blind placebo controlled trial, patients were randomized to simvastatin
40 mg plus ezetimibe 10 mg versus placebo with a primary end point of incident cataract.
The simvastatin plus ezetimibe group was associated with a 44% lower risk of cataract
development [HR 0.56; 95% CI 0.33–0.96, p¼0.034].
Diabetes
A meta-analysis of 15 randomized controlled trials evaluated the effects of
pitavastatin (dose range, 1–8 mg daily) on glycemic levels and the incidence of NODM in
non-diabetic individuals. 4815 nondiabetic patients (3236 assigned to pitavastatin and 1579 to
control) were compared based on HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and onset of NODM for an
average of 12 weeks. Based on BMI, FBG, and age, most patients included in the trials were
not considered high risk for the development of diabetes.
Pancreatitis
The risk of acute pancreatitis was reduced with simvastatin use, crude incidence rate
ratio 0.626, 95% CI, 0.588–0.668, p<0.0001. In a subsequent multivariate analysis,
simvastatin was independently associated with reduced risk of pancreatitis, adjusted RR 0.29
(95% CI 0.27–0.31). Atorvastatin demonstrated similar results, adjusted RR 0.33 (95% CI
0.29, 0.38). These findings suggest that there is a reduced incidence of pancreatitis, and it
may be a class effect.
Cancer
The average daily dose of simvastatin (the primary statin analyzed, representing 86.9%
of prescriptions) was lower in cases than in the control group (21–40 mg/day, 9.3% vs. 14.5%,
respectively, and >40 mg/day, 8.4% vs. 12.6%, respectively, p<0.01). Statin use was found to
be inversely associated with the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma (OR 0.65; 95%
CI, 0.47–0.91), specifically late-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma (OR 0.44, 95% CI, 0.25–
0.79).
Alirocumab
The adverse events that appeared to be most common among trials with alirocumab
were injection site reactions, nasopharyngitis, urinary tract infection, and upper respiratory
tract infection. Neurological adverse events were consistently, but less commonly, present.
Evolocumab
The adverse events that appeared to be most common based on the above evolocumab
studies were injection site reaction, nasopharyngitis, muscle related or myalgia, upper
respiratory tract infection and influenza. No inferential statistics were performed for the safety
data for these trials.