12-Week Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy by Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibition in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Hypercholesterolemia　- Data From a Real-World Observational Study of Evolocumab in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Background: Evolocumab is the first monoclonal antibody against proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and hypercholesterolemia (HC). This study assessed the 12-week effectiveness and safety of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering therapy by PCSK9 inhibition in patients with FH (homozygous [HoFH] or heterozygous [HeFH]) and HC by analyzing evolocumab data collected in the real-world setting in Japan. Methods and Results: Overall, 427 patients (mean±SD age, 61.6±13.8 years; female, 38.4%; 28 HoFH, 320 HeFH, 79 HC), enrolled from 299 clinical sites, were included in the safety analysis set. The major cardiovascular risk factors were coronary arter

SUBMITTER: Yokote K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889485 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature