COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study

The purpose of this study is to determine whether taking daily, dietary supplements of cocoa extract (containing cocoa flavanols and theobromine from the cocoa bean) and/or a standard multivitamin reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (including heart attack, stroke, coronary revascularization, unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) requiring hospitalization, carotid artery surgery, and peripheral artery surgery or angioplasty, and cardiovascular mortality) and cancer.