PR Newswire Europe - Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Rimonabant Demonstrated in Two-Year Study.

ANTWERP, Belgium, March 8 /PRNewswire/ —
- Results from RIO-Europe trial demonstrated that first-year improvements in cardiovascular risk factors are seen through two-year study period

Luc Van Gaal, M.D.
Principal Investigator
RIO-Europe
On behalf of the RIO Steering Committee

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The results of a two-year phase III study in 1,507 patients treated with rimonabant, the first in a new class of therapeutic agents called selective CB1 Blockers, demonstrated that the improvements in cardiovascular risk factors achieved with rimonabant 20 mg/day at the end of …

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