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. 2022 Jul 18;13:831657. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.831657

TABLE 2.

Clinical evaluation of ezetimibe on cancer risk.

Trial Patients Follow-up Treatment arms Main results References
SEAS 1873 4.0-year ezetimibe 10 mg + Simvastatin 40 mg ezetimibe/simvastatin seemed to increase cancer risk Rossebø et al., (2008)
SHARP 9,264 2.7-year (mean) ezetimibe 10 mg + Simvastatin 20 mg there was no association between ezetimibe/simvastatin and the increased cancer risk Peto et al., (2008)
IMPROVE-IT 11,353 1.0-year (mean) ezetimibe 10 mg + Simvastatin 40 mg Peto et al., (2008)
Anders et al 1,359 21-month ezetimibe 10 mg + Simvastatin 40 mg ezetimibe/simvastatin did not increased cancer risk Green et al., (2014)
Robert P et al 17,708 6.0-year (mean) Simvastatin 40 mg alone or ezetimibe 10 mg + Simvastatin 40 mg ezetimibe/simvastatin had no effect on cancer risk Giugliano et al., (2020)