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The '''ASTEROID trial''' was a [[clinical trial]] published in [[2006]] that shows the effects of [[statin]]s (drugs that inhibit the enzyme [[HMG-CoA reductase]]) on [[atherosclerosis]]. Employing [[intravascular ultrasound]] (IVUS), they showed regression of the atherosclerotic plaques in response to a high dose of [[rosuvastatin]]<ref>Nissen SE, Nicholls SJ, Sipahi I, Libby P, Raichlen JS, Ballantyne CM, Davignon J, Erbel R, Fruchart JC, Tardif JC, Schoenhagen P, Crowe T, Cain V, Wolski K, Goormastic M, Tuzcu EM; ASTEROID Investigators. Effect of very high-intensity statin therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerosis: the ASTEROID trial. ''JAMA'' 2006;295:1556-65. PMID 16533939.</ref>

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