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STAREE Trial follow-up completed

The STAREE Trial completed its participant follow-up phase in December 2025. This important milestone marks the conclusion of a decade of participant recruitment and follow-up. We sincerely thank all participants and GP practices, whose commitment made the trial possible.

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Publications

Baseline characteristics of participants in STAREE: A randomized trial for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease events and prolongation of disability-free survival in older people
Zoungas S, Moran C, Curtis AJ, Spark S, Flanagan Z, Beilin L, Chong TT, Cloud GC, Hopper I, Kost A, McNeil JJ, Nicholls SJ, Reid CM, Ryan J, Tonkin AM, Ward S, Wierzbicki AS, Wolfe R, Zhou Z, Nelson MR; The STAREE Investigator Group.
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024 Nov 19;13(22):e036357. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036357.

Statins in the elderly: an answered question?
Zoungas S, Curtis AJ, Tonkin A, McNeil JJ.
Current Opinion in Cardiology. 2014 Jul;29(4):372-80. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000082.

Treatment of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular outcomes: the journey so far–is this the end for statins?
Zoungas S, Curtis AJ, McNeil JJ, Tonkin A.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2014 Aug;96(2):192-205. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2014.86.

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