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NOVARTIS LAUNCHES LARGEST DIABETES PREVENTION TRIAL TO DATE.
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BASEL, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Novartis (NYSE: NVS) today announced the launch of NAVIGATOR (Nateglinide and Valsartan in Impaired Glucose Tolerance Outcomes Research), the largest-ever diabetes prevention clinical trial to date, which aims to determine whether long-term administration of Starlix(R) (nateglinide) or Diovan(R) (valsartan) reduce or delay the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular (CV) disease in people who have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and are at high cardiovascular risk. Recent studies suggest that people with IGT are 34 per cent more likely to die from CV disease than people with normal blood glucose control.
IGT is an intermediate state between normal blood glucose control and type 2 diabetes. IGT is characterised by an excessive rise in blood glucose following consumption of 75g glucose. People with IGT show abnormalities in both insulin secretion and response to insulin (insulin sensitivity), and are at high risk of progressing to type 2…
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