In one small human trial involving 28 patients with acute coronary syndrome, seven once weekly treatments resulted in a numerical trend towards a decrease in atheroma volume compared to baseline [ 47 ].
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There was one unexpected beneficial effect of torcetrapib that was observed in the 6,000 patients with type 2 diabetes who participated in the clinical outcome trial; the patients with diabetes who received the drug had a highly significant improvement in diabetic control [ 5 ].