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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT01652703
Other study ID # 20110231
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date July 10, 2012

Study information

Verified date November 2018
Source Amgen
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective is to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of subcutaneous evolocumab every 2 weeks or every 4 weeks, compared with placebo, on percent change from baseline in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) when used in addition to statin therapy in Japanese adults with hypercholesterolemia and high cardiovascular risk.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 310
Est. completion date
Est. primary completion date May 14, 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 20 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: Japanese adult, on statin, with or without ezetimibe, with stable dose(s) for at least 4 weeks, fasting LDL-C greater than or equal to 115 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L), fasting triglycerides less than or equal to 400 mg/dL (4.5 mmol/L); Exclusion Criteria: New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV, poorly controlled hypertension, recently diagnosed or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, last known left ventricular ejection fraction < 30%, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), stroke, planned cardiac surgery or revascularization within 6 months of randomization, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Biological:
Evolocumab
Administered by subcutaneous injection
Other:
Placebo
Administered by subcutaneous injection

Locations

Country Name City State
Japan Research Site Bunkyo-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Bunkyo-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Chuo-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Fujioka-shi Gunma
Japan Research Site Fukui-shi Fukui
Japan Research Site Fukui-shi Fukui
Japan Research Site Fukui-shi Fukui
Japan Research Site Gifu-shi Gifu
Japan Research Site Hachioji-shi Tokyo
Japan Research Site Hanyu-shi Saitama
Japan Research Site Hitachi-shi Ibaraki
Japan Research Site Ibaraki-shi Osaka
Japan Research Site Ina-shi Nagano
Japan Research Site Itabashi-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Kasuga-shi Fukuoka
Japan Research Site Kawani-shi Hyogo
Japan Research Site Kobe-shi Hyogo
Japan Research Site Kochi-shi Kochi
Japan Research Site Koga-shi Ibaraki
Japan Research Site Komatsu-shi Ishikawa
Japan Research Site Kumamoto-shi Kumamoto
Japan Research Site Kyoto-shi Kyoto
Japan Research Site Kyoto-shi Kyoto
Japan Research Site Maebashi-shi Gunma
Japan Research Site Maebashi-shi Gunma
Japan Research Site Matsumoto-shi Nagano
Japan Research Site Mito-shi Ibaraki
Japan Research Site Nagoya-shi Aichi
Japan Research Site Nagoya-shi Aichi
Japan Research Site Nagoya-shi Aichi
Japan Research Site Otsu-shi Shiga
Japan Research Site Sayama-shi Saitama
Japan Research Site Shinagawa-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Suita-shi Osaka
Japan Research Site Suwa-shi Nagano
Japan Research Site Taito-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Takamatsu-shi Kagawa
Japan Research Site Takasaki-shi Gunma
Japan Research Site Toda-shi Saitama
Japan Research Site Toshima-ku Tokyo
Japan Research Site Toyonaka-shi Osaka

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Amgen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Japan, 

References & Publications (3)

Hirayama A, Yamashita S, Inomata H, Kassahun H, Cyrille M, Ruzza A, Yoshida M, Kiyosue A, Ma Y, Teramoto T. One-Year Efficacy and Safety of Evolocumab in Japanese Patients - A Pooled Analysis From the Open-Label Extension OSLER Studies. Circ J. 2017 Jun 23;81(7):1029-1035. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-1016. Epub 2017 Mar 29. — View Citation

Kasichayanula S, Grover A, Emery MG, Gibbs MA, Somaratne R, Wasserman SM, Gibbs JP. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Evolocumab, a PCSK9 Inhibitor. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Jul;57(7):769-779. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0620-7. Review. — View Citation

Toth PP, Descamps O, Genest J, Sattar N, Preiss D, Dent R, Djedjos C, Wu Y, Geller M, Uhart M, Somaratne R, Wasserman SM; PROFICIO Investigators. Pooled Safety Analysis of Evolocumab in Over 6000 Patients From Double-Blind and Open-Label Extension Studies. Circulation. 2017 May 9;135(19):1819-1831. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025233. Epub 2017 Mar 1. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Percent Change From Baseline in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) at Week 12 LDL-C was measured using ultracentrifugation. Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Change From Baseline in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) at Week 12 LDL-C was measured using ultracentrifugation. Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Percentage of Participants With an LDL-C Response at Week 12 An LDL-C response was defined as LDL-C < 70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L) at Week 12. LDL-C was measured using ultracentrifugation. Week 12
Secondary Percent Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Non-HDL-C Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Percent Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Apolipoprotein B Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Percent Change From Baseline to Week 12 in VLDL-C Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Percent Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Total Cholesterol/HDL-C Ratio Baseline and Week 12
Secondary Percent Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A-1 Ratio Baseline and Week 12