Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Bempedoic Acid (ETC-1002) 180mg When Added to PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | High Cholesterol |
Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 3/31/2019 |
Start Date: | April 7, 2017 |
End Date: | February 19, 2018 |
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Bempedoic Acid (ETC-1002) 180mg QD When Added to Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9)-Inhibitor Therapy
The purpose of this study is to determine if bempedoic acid (ETC-1002) 180mg added to PCSK9
inhibitor (evolocumab) therapy is effective and safe in patients with elevated LDL
cholesterol.
inhibitor (evolocumab) therapy is effective and safe in patients with elevated LDL
cholesterol.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years or legal age of majority depending on regional law
- Fasting, calculated LDL-C at screening ≥160 mg/dL
- Men and nonpregnant, nonlactating women
Exclusion Criteria:
- Heterozygous (HeFH) or Homozygous (HoFH) Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- Total fasting TG ≥500 mg/dL
- Renal dysfunction or a glomerulonephropathy; eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Known cardiovascular disease (CVD), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), or
cerebrovascular disease (CD)
- History of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Uncontrolled hypothyroidism
- Liver disease or dysfunction
- Gastrointestinal conditions or procedures (including Lap-Band® or gastric bypass)
- History of hematologic or coagulation disorders
- History of malignancy (except non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin and cervical carcinoma in situ)
- Unexplained creatine kinase (CK) >3 × ULN
- Use of a cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor in the last 12 months
prior to screening, such as: anacetrapib, dalcetrapib, or evacetrapib
- Pregnant or breast feeding, or planning to become pregnant during treatment and/ or
within 30 days after the end of treatment
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