Efficacy and safety of the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab in patients with mixed hyperlipidemia

Purpose<br/> Evolocumab significantly reduces low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C); we investigated its effects on LDL-C lowering in patients with mixed hyperlipidemia. <br/><br/>Methods<br/> We compared the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in hypercholesterolemic...

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Үндсэн зохиолчид: Preiss, D, Rosenson, R, Jacobsen, T, Djedjos, C, Dent, R, Bridges, I, Miller, M
Формат: Journal article
Хэвлэсэн: Springer Verlag 2016
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Тойм:Purpose<br/> Evolocumab significantly reduces low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C); we investigated its effects on LDL-C lowering in patients with mixed hyperlipidemia. <br/><br/>Methods<br/> We compared the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in hypercholesterolemic patients selected from the phase 2 and 3 trials who had fasting triglyceride levels ≥1.7 mmol/L (150 mg/dL elevated triglycerides) and &lt;1.7 mmol/L (without elevated triglycerides). Fasting triglyceride level ≥ 4.5 mmol/L at screening was an exclusion criterion for these studies, but post-enrollment triglyceride levels may have exceeded 4.5 mmol/L (400 mg/dL). Efficacy was evaluated in four phase 3 randomized studies (n = 1148) and safety from the phase 2 and 3 studies (n = 2246) and their open-label extension studies (n = 1698). Efficacy analyses were based on 12-week studies, while safety analyses included data from all available studies. Treatment differences were calculated vs. placebo and ezetimibe after pooling dose frequencies. <br/><br/>Results<br/> Mean treatment difference in percentage change from baseline in LDL-C for participants with elevated triglycerides and those without elevated triglycerides (mean of weeks 10 and 12) with evolocumab was approximately −67 % vs. placebo and −42 % vs. ezetimibe (all P &lt; 0.001) compared to −6 % vs. placebo and −39 % vs. ezetimibe, respectively. Treatment differences for evolocumab vs. placebo and ezetimibe followed a similar pattern for non–high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein B. Evolocumab was well tolerated, with balanced rates of adverse events leading to discontinuation of evolocumab vs. comparator (placebo and/or ezetimibe). <br/><br/>Conclusion<br/> The significant reductions of atherogenic lipids including LDL-C, non–HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B seen with evolocumab are similar in patients with and without mixed hyperlipidemia.