LDL-Cholesterol Lowering Effect of KB2115 as Add on to Statin

Dyslipidemia Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase II, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomised, 12-Week, Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Efficacy of Different Doses of KB2115 as Add on to Statin Treatment in Patients With Dyslipidemia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Thyroid hormones are known to reduce cholesterol levels through regulation of a number of key enzymes involved in synthesis, degradation, and lipid transport. However, the currently marketed thyroid agonists are non-selective, and cannot be used for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia due to extrahepatic consequences of hyperthyroidism, especially on heart, bone, and muscle.

To take advantage of thyroid hormone effect on lipid metabolism for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, it is necessary to develop a selective thyroid receptor agonist that can induce hyperthyroidism in the liver, while an euthyroid state is preserved in the extrahepatic tissue. KB2115 is a thyroid agonist developed to be liver selective.

The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of KB2115 as add on therapy to low and middle doses of statin following 12 weeks of exposure compared to placebo. The aim of the study is to assess efficacy (LDL-cholesterol lowering effects) and safety of KB2115 at doses between 25 and 100 µg and to define a clinically relevant dose or dose range for future studies.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dyslipidemia
• Dyslipidemias

• NCT number: NCT00593047
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Karo Bio AB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: November 2007
• Completion date: September 2008