Tada.....thanks for posting this info. VERY interesting.

SanFran....thanks for sharing my previous post. Saved me the work of digging it up. As you can see from that previous post on the ASSURE/SUSTAIN trials, most of the events that occured in the 5-point MACE screen WERE NOT the death, stroke, MI that are the more strict 3-point MACE.

Most, if not all, cardiovascular outcome trials are time to first event. Tada's statement was "There have been over 190 events and 129 patients have had events." If these 190 events are not only the 3-point variety, but also include other cardiovascular events, then it is impossible to interpret this current info in terms of number of first occurence 3-point MACE events. It is encouraging to hear them say that they are still on track for August 2017 or earlier to reach the 125 first occurence 3-point MACE events.

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