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EVEREST data on use of tolvaptan published in JAMA and featured at ACC

03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!

Once-daily dosing with Otsuka's investigational oral medication tolvaptan, a vasopressin receptor antagonist, was associated with improvements in signs and symptoms of acutely decompensated heart failure in hospitalized patients receiving conventional care, without an adverse effect on their long-term survival versus placebo. These data are from the short- and long-term analyses of the international landmark trial EVEREST published in the March 28 issue of JAMA and presented at ACC.

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