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==Overview==
 
* Clinical research on [[torcetrapib]] stopped because of increased incidence of cardiovascular events as an adverse effect of the drug.<ref name="pmid17984165">{{cite journal |author=Barter PJ, Caulfield M, Eriksson M, ''et al.'' |title=Effects of torcetrapib in patients at high risk for coronary events |journal=[[The New England Journal of Medicine]] |volume=357 |issue=21 |pages=2109–22 |year=2007 |month=November |pmid=17984165 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0706628 |url=}}</ref>
==Objective==
* [[Torcetrapib]] side-effects include a significant increase in systolic blood pressure ([[hypertension]]) and a significant reduction in [[serum potassium]] ([[hypokalemia]]) levels.
  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA                                                                    Raising HDL levels by a combination of torcetrapib, a CETP inhibitor, and atorvastatin, an HGM-CoA reductase inhibitor.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
==Dates==
===Start Date===
  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA                                                                    August 23, 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
===End Date===
  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA
 
·        Premature Termination on December 2, 2006.  Data collection continued till July 15, 2007.
 
==Methods==
 
==Results==
 
==Study Outcomes==
 
==Conclusion==


==References==
==References==

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Objective

  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA                                                                     Raising HDL levels by a combination of torcetrapib, a CETP inhibitor, and atorvastatin, an HGM-CoA reductase inhibitor.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA                                                                     August 23, 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

End Date

  Normal  0          false  false  false    EN-US  X-NONE  AR-SA

· Premature Termination on December 2, 2006. Data collection continued till July 15, 2007.

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