Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial for the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease (MRFIT)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1998-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

To determine for a group of men at high risk of death from coronary heart disease whether a special intervention program to lower serum cholesterol, reduce blood pressure, and eliminate cigarette smoking would result in a significant reduction in mortality from coronary heart disease.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota; University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Collaborator: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Treatments: Antihypertensive Agents; Diuretics

Criteria

Men, ages 35-57. One or more of three risk factors--hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and cigarette smoking.

Free from coronary heart disease.