Evolocumab Cuts LDL-C in Pediatric HeFH Patients
The multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled HAUSER-RCT study assessed the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in 157 patients aged 10 to 17 years with HeFH.
The multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled HAUSER-RCT study assessed the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in 157 patients aged 10 to 17 years with HeFH.
Evinacumab is an investigational fully-human monoclonal antibody that binds to and blocks the function of angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3).
Nexlizet (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe; Esperion) is now available for use as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who require additional lowering of LDL-C.
Bempedoic acid is a first-in-class adenosine triphosphate-citrate lyase (ACL) inhibitor that lowers LDL-C by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis in the liver.
“This is the first phase 3 study to demonstrate that a PCSK9 inhibitor can effectively and safely reduce LDL-C in people living with HIV at risk for cardiovascular disease who have high cholesterol level despite statin treatment,” said Professor Franck Boccara, MD, PhD, cardiologist and primary study investigator.
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There is a high prevalence of discordance in the reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) in response to evolocumab treatment.
Regeneron and Sanofi announced that both doses of Praluent (alirocumab) will be made available at a new US list price—60% lower than the original—in early March.
Price of alirocumab would have to decrease from original cost of 14,560 to 1,974 to be cost-effective
Evolocumab and alirocumab, monoclonal antibodies that inhibit proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9), reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in the longer term, according to two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.