[The (PRIMA) Study. Comparison of clinical effect of trimetazidine MR in men and women].

Main objective of epidemiological part of the (PRIMA) study was elucidation of special characteristics of Russian population of patients with stable angina and more precise characterization of variety and volume of drug and nondrug therapy used in patients with stable angina in Russian Federation. In clinical part of the PRIMA program we assessed efficacy and safety of standard antianginal therapy in combination with trimetazidine with modified release of active substance (MR) in standard therapeutic dose in patients with stable angina after myocardial infarction. According to results of the study prescription of trimetazidine MR was followed by improvement of clinical course of the disease. This manifested as decrease of average number of attacks per week, reduction of mean weekly consumption of short acting nitrates, improvement of quality of life, lessening of severity of main clinical manifestations of chronic heart failure, and lowering of its functional class. It is necessary to emphasize that analysis of results of the PRIMA study has revealed similar efficacy of trimetazidine MR in men and women what allows to recommend this metabolic myocardial cytoprotector to patients with ischemic heart disease irrespective of gender.