A 52-Week Placebo-Controlled Trial of Evolocumab in Hyperlipidemia
Author(s) -
Dirk Blom,
Tomas Hala,
Michael A. Bolognese,
Michael Lillestol,
Phillip D. Toth,
Lesley Burgess,
R Češka,
Eli M. Roth,
Michael J. Koren,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Maria Laura Monsalvo,
Kate Tsirtsonis,
Jae Bum Kim,
Robert C. Scott,
Scott M. Wasserman,
Evan A. Stein
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1316222
Subject(s) - evolocumab , medicine , pcsk9 , placebo , atorvastatin , hyperlipidemia , ezetimibe , cholesterol , clinical endpoint , endocrinology , gastroenterology , urology , randomized controlled trial , lipoprotein , diabetes mellitus , ldl receptor , alternative medicine , apolipoprotein a1 , pathology
Evolocumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in phase 2 studies. We conducted a phase 3 trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 52 weeks of treatment with evolocumab.
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