I posted a summary on Facebook page and copied below and was 3 posts so all 3 below
Just listened to a good portion of the Sirius interview with Dr. Bahtt. I caught the last 25 minutes and it ended at 7:30 but not clear what time he started.
The host was very positive towards the drug and called it practice changing. The host was also very complementary of the doctor and said he knows how detail oriented he is from all the other trials and clearly had a huge amount of respect for Dr. Bahtt. I don’t think there was anything earth shattering. The host asked why he said in his first interview that it “might” be practice changing when it really is and Dr. Bhatt said that when you do the trial you always try to remain conservative because you’re a researcher and that should be your approach but that yes he agreed its practice changing.
They address the mineral oil again and the host said he does not buy it and Dr. Bhatt originally answered that it was a large number of shorts that were angry over losing a lot of money and that there are a few doctors who love to be interviewed and be in the limelight that didn’t even read the whole study that were to blame and said that even if you bought that the mineral oil had some affect you are talking maybe 2,3,4 if you want to be incredibly generous 5% difference but he said that it did not affect the trial and the host followed up with I don’t buy that it was 20% and that there was any effect that it was actually 25% and the host mentioned the odyssey trial and another trial where the placebo group had a similar jump. They compared it to the first statin trial in terms of importance
They also mentioned regression to the mean how in order to get into the trial you had to have LDL below a certain level so people may have got there LDL down in order to get into the trial and then it went back to the normal level
Overall was of course very positive and the host was basically in love with Dr. Bahtt and Vascepa
One thing I forgot, the host stated to Dr. Bhatt that his presentation at the AHA might have been the best, most detailed scientific presentations he had ever heard for a trial result and that his presentation was extraordinary. It was unclear if the host was there at the AHA but if he was he definitely was giving a standing ovation at the end. The host seemed to be some type of Dr. with cardiologist background but not 100% clear what his credentials were but he was a doctor.
I believe this was the host based on his name being listed on the same show multiple times on the Sirius website
Dr. Fred Feit, an internationally-renowned interventional cardiologist, likes to accentuate the positive on his weekly program Heart to Heart. You'll hear stories that will inspire you as well as make you laugh - and also take away the best medical information available on the radio. Dr. Feit and his team at Bellevue Hospital helped revolutionize the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks, but for Fred it's not about his legendary technical skills. He loves treating the whole patient and not just the blocked artery in isolation.
