Evolocumab Versus LDL Apheresis in Patients With Hypercholesterolemia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

An open-label, prospective phase III study to compare the efficacy and safety of administering evolocumab versus treatment with LDLapheresis in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and high cardiovascular risk.

Clinical Trial Description

STUDY DESIGN An open-label, prospective phase III study to compare the efficacy and safety of administering evolocumab versus treatment with LDLapheresis in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and high cardiovascular risk.

STUDY POPULATION The chosen population is constituted by patients belonging to the LDL-apheresis program of the General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón with the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia and a history of cardiovascular disease.

Number of patients expected to participate in the study according to the base of patients treated with LDL-apheresis: 10.

STUDY DESIGN:

Non-controlled intervention study to evaluate the different therapies in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, in which each patient will be self-controlled. The variables will be analyzed during different phases

1. LDL-apheresis phase: Retrospectively during the previous year, pre- and postapheresis variables will be collected from the following lipid parameters: total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, atherogenicity index, Lipoprotein A, apo-A, apo- B; inflammatory parameters: PCR, ferritin, fibrinogen, leukocytes and polymorphonuclear and immunological parameters: immunoglobulins and complement.

2. Evolocumab phase: LDL-apheresis will be suspended for three months and Evolocumab administered: 140 mg / 15 days subcutaneously. The same parameters indicated in the previous section will be measured every two weeks.

3. Combined phase: During the following three months evolocumab will continue to be administered biweekly and the LDL-apheresis procedure will be spaced from biweekly to monthly, the same analytical parameters being measured again every two weeks. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Hypercholesterolemia

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03429998
Study type	Interventional
Source	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 3
Start date	April 1, 2017
Completion date	January 28, 2018

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