The biggest story at the American College of Cardiology meeting last week was the missing story. As reported here and just about everywhere else, the PREVAIL trial, probably the most-anticipated late-breaker of the meeting, was pulled from the program at the last minute by the ACC leadership after Boston Scientific broke the embargo by issuing a press release several hours before the scheduled presentation. …read more
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The already complicated story behind the PREVAIL trial, which was designed to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device, just got even more complicated. This morning, after the trial’s sponsor, Boston Scientific, prematurely distributed to investors a press release summarizing the results of the trial, the ACC announced that the scheduled presentation of the results at the main opening session of the meeting would not take place. …read more
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By Larry Husten
In an unusual reversal of a statement it made two days ago, Boston Scientific announced this afternoon that it would present all three co-primary endpoints of the PREVAIL clinical trial this Saturday at the American College of Cardiology scientific sessions in San Francisco. The PREVAIL trial, which was designed to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device, is one of the most highly-anticipated late-breaking clinical trials at the ACC this year. …read more
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By Larry Husten, Contributor Two big trials will highlight this year’s American College of Cardiology meeting in March in San Francisco. First is the PREVAIL trial testing Boston Scientific‘s long-anticipated Watchman left atrial appendage closure device for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. Second is the detailed presentation of the controversial failed HPS2-THRIVE trial of extended-release niacin and laropiprant. The final list of trials has been posted on the ACC website.
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