Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest
Authors: Peter H. Stone
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2006)

Letters7 February 2006Undisclosed Conflicts of InterestPeter H. Stone, MDPeter H. Stone, MDFrom Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-144-3-200602070-00029 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:I acknowledge that I should have disclosed my potential conflicts of interest; I did not do so previously because, after careful thought, I considered that they were either outdated or insufficiently related to the content of my presentation to warrant inclusion. My 3 articles cited by Dr. Musher (1-3) as representing research studies supported by Pfizer were, in fact, all from a single study, the Vascular Basis for the Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia Study, which was funded by a National Institutes of Health Research Project (RO1) grant and by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. These 3 ...References1. Stone PH, Lloyd-Jones DM, Johnstone M, Carlson W, Rubenstein J, Creager M, et al. Vascular basis for the treatment of myocardial ischemia study: trial design and baseline characteristics. Am Heart J. 2004;147:875-82. [PMID: 15131545] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Stone PH, Lloyd-Jones DM, Kinlay S, Frei B, Carlson W, Rubenstein J, et al. Effect of intensive lipid lowering, with or without antioxidant vitamins, compared with moderate lipid lowering on myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease: the Vascular Basis for the Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia Study. Circulation. 2005;111:1747-55. [PMID: 15809368] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Kinlay S, Timms T, Clark M, Karam C, Bilodeau T, Ridker PM, et al. Comparison of effect of intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin to less intensive lowering with lovastatin on C-reactive protein in patients with stable angina pectoris and inducible myocardial ischemia. Am J Cardiol. 2002;89:1205-7. [PMID: 12008177] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Cannon CP, Braunwald E, McCabe CH, Rader DJ, Rouleau JL, Belder R, et al. Intensive versus moderate lipid lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:1495-504. [PMID: 15007110] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Nissen SE, Tuzcu EM, Schoenhagen P, Brown BG, Ganz P, Vogel RA, et al. Effect of intensive compared with moderate lipid-lowering therapy on progression of coronary atherosclerosis: a randomized, controlled trial. JAMA. 2004;291:1071-80. [PMID: 14996776] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Colhoun HM, Betteridge DJ, Durrington PN, Hitman GA, Neil HA, Livingstone SJ, et al. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS): multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2004;364:685-96. [PMID: 15325833] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Peter H. Stone, MDAffiliations: From Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.Disclosures: Honoraria: P.H. Stone (Pfizer Inc.); Grants received: P.H. Stone (Pfizer Inc. [inactive], Boston Scientific); Advisory boards: P.H. Stone (Pfizer Inc. [inactive], CV Therapeutics [inactive]). PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoUpdate in Cardiology Peter H. Stone Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest Daniel M. Musher Metrics Cited byIdentifying competing interest disclosures in systematic reviews of surgical interventions and devices: a cross-sectional survey 7 February 2006Volume 144, Issue 3Page: 225-226KeywordsClinical trialsConflicts of interestCoronary revascularizationCoronary stentingDisclosureHeart failureLongitudinal studiesResearch grantsStable coronary artery diseaseStatins ePublished: 7 February 2006 Issue Published: 7 February 2006 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...