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A multi-national, multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study to determine the effects of carvedilol on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, with or without clinical evidence of heart failure, post myocardial infarction.
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Trial overview
Official title: A multi-national, multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study to determine the effects of carvedilol on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, with or without clinical evidence of heart failure, post myocardial infarction.
Trial description: A multi-national, multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study to determine the effects of carvedilol on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, with or without clinical evidence of heart failure, post myocardial infarction.
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Clinical publications:
Capricorn: a story of alpha allocation and beta-blockers in left ventricular dysfunction post-mi. Coats, A. J. Int J Cardiol 2001; 78(2):109-13
Landmark study: The carvedilol post-infarct survival control in left ventricular dysfunction study (capricorn). Colucci, W. S. Am J Cardiol 2004; 93(9A):13B-6B
New evidence from the capricorn trial: the role of carvedilol in high-risk, post-myocardial infarction patients. Sackner-Bernstein, J. D. Rev Cardiovasc Med 2003; 4 Suppl 3(S25-9)
The CAPRICORN Investigators. Effect of carvedilol on outcome after myocardial infarction in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction: the CAPRICORN randomised trial. The Lancet 2001; 357: 1385-1390.
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Available language(s): English
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Plain language summaries of clinical trial results for Phase 2-4 clinical trials that were initiated on or after January 2022 will be posted by GSK within one year following study completion.
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