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Study of Evinacumab (REGN1500) in Participants With Persistent Hypercholesterolemia

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Hypercholesterolemia
Interventions
Drug: Matching placebo
Other: Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)
Registration Number
NCT03175367
Lead Sponsor
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the reduction of LDL-C by evinacumab in comparison to placebo after 16 weeks in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia (HeFH, or non-HeFH with a history of clinical ASCVD) with persistent hypercholesterolemia despite receiving maximally-tolerated LMT. Persistent hypercholesterolemia is defined as LDL-C ≥70 mg/dL (1.81 mmol/L) for those patients with clinical ASCVD and LDL-C ≥100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) for those patients without clinical ASCVD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
272
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Men and women, ages 18 through 80 at the screening visit
  2. Diagnosis of primary hypercholesterolemia, either HeFH or non-HeFH with clinical ASCVD
  3. A history of clinical ASCVD, for those patients who are non-HeFH.
  4. Receiving a stable maximally tolerated statin (± ezetimibe) for at least 4 weeks at screening
  5. For those patients with HeFH who are not receiving a statin at screening, documentation of inability to tolerate at least 2 statins.
  6. Receiving alirocumab 150 mg SC Q2W, OR evolocumab 140 mg SC Q2W or 420 mg SC Q4W for at least 8 weeks prior to the screening visit
  7. For those patients with a history of clinical ASCVD, serum LDL-C ≥ 70 mg/dL at screening (1 repeat lab is allowed)
  8. For those patients without a history of clinical ASCVD, serum LDL-C ≥ 100 mg/dL at screening (1 repeat lab is allowed)
  9. Provide signed informed consent

Key

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Known history of homozygous FH (clinically, or by previous genotyping)

  2. Presence of any clinically significant uncontrolled endocrine disease known to influence serum lipids or lipoproteins

  3. Newly diagnosed diabetes (within 3 months prior to screening)

  4. Use of thyroid medications (except for replacement therapy which has been stable for at least 12 weeks before screening)

  5. Laboratory findings during screening period (not including randomization labs):

    1. Triglycerides > 400 mg/dL (> 4.52 mmol/L) for patients without a known history of diabetes mellitus; OR Triglycerides > 300 mg/dL (> 3.39 mmol/L) for patients with a known history of diabetes mellitus
    2. Positive test for Hepatitis B surface antigen and/or Hepatitis C antibody (associated with a positive HCV ribonucleic acid [RNA] polymerase chain reaction)
    3. Positive serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin or urine pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential
    4. Estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2
    5. TSH > 1.5 x ULN
    6. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 2 x ULN
  6. Systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg at screening visit or time of randomization

  7. History of heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] Class III-IV) within 12 months before screening

  8. History of MI, unstable angina leading to hospitalization, CABG surgery, PCI, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, carotid surgery or stenting, stroke, TIA, carotid revascularization, endovascular procedure or surgical intervention for peripheral vascular disease within 3 months prior screening

  9. History of cancer within the past 5 years (except for adequately treated basal cell skin cancer, squamous cell skin cancer, or in situ cervical cancer)

  10. Having received LDL apheresis within 2 months before screening

  11. Pregnant or breast-feeding women

  12. Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice a highly effective birth control method

  13. Men who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and are unwilling to consistently use condoms during the study drug treatment period regardless of vasectomy status.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group A: dosing regimen 1Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)SC Evinacumab QW for 16 weeks
Group A: matching placeboMatching placeboPlacebo SC QW for 16 weeks
Group A: dosing regimen 3Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)SC Evinacumab QW for 16 weeks
Group B: dosing regimen 1Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)Intravenous (IV) Evinacumab Q4W for 24 weeks
Group A: dosing regimen 2Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)SC Evinacumab Q2W for 16 weeks (alternating with matching placebo on opposite weeks)
Group B: matching placeboMatching placeboPlacebo IV Q4W for 24 weeks
Group A: matching placeboBackground Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)Placebo SC QW for 16 weeks
Group B: dosing regimen 2EvinacumabIV Evinacumab Q4W for 24 weeks
Group B: dosing regimen 2Background Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)IV Evinacumab Q4W for 24 weeks
Group B: matching placeboBackground Lipid Modifying Therapy (LMT)Placebo IV Q4W for 24 weeks
Group A: dosing regimen 1EvinacumabSC Evinacumab QW for 16 weeks
Group A: dosing regimen 2EvinacumabSC Evinacumab Q2W for 16 weeks (alternating with matching placebo on opposite weeks)
Group A: dosing regimen 3EvinacumabSC Evinacumab QW for 16 weeks
Group B: dosing regimen 1EvinacumabIntravenous (IV) Evinacumab Q4W for 24 weeks
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percent Change From Baseline in Calculated Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) at Week 16 (Intent-to-Treat [ITT] Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percent Change From Baseline in Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Percent Change From Baseline in Apo B at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24
Percent Change From Baseline in Non High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (Non-HDL-C) at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Percent Change From Baseline in Non-HDL-C at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants With >= 30% Reduction in Calculated LDL-C at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Week 16
Percentage of Participants With >= 50% Reduction in Calculated LDL-C at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Week 16
Percentage of Participants With Calculated LDL-C < 50 mg/dL (1.30 mmol/L) at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Week 16

Percentage of Participants with Calculated LDL-C \< 50 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dL) \[1.30 Millimoles per liter (mmol/L)\] at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)

Percent Change From Baseline in Calculated LDL-C at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24
Percent Change From Baseline in Total Cholesterol (TC) at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Percent Change From Baseline in Total Cholesterol at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24
Percent Change From Baseline in Fasting Triglycerides at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Percent Change From Baseline in Fasting Triglycerides at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24
Percent Change From Baseline in Lipoprotein a [Lp(a)] at Week 16 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 16
Percent Change From Baseline in Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] at Week 24 (ITT Estimand)Baseline and Week 24

Trial Locations

Locations (95)

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Federico II di Napoli

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Napoli, Italy

Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione dell'Università degli Studi di

🇮🇹

Rome, Italy

Office of Dr. John D Homan MD

🇺🇸

Newport Beach, California, United States

Clear Clinical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Schertz, Texas, United States

PharmaTex Research

🇺🇸

Tyler, Texas, United States

Preventive Cardiology Inc

🇺🇸

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

King Abdullah University Hospital-1

🇯🇴

Irbid, Jordan

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

🇦🇺

Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Redcliffe Hospital

🇦🇺

Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia

Massachusetts General Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Heart Health Cardiology

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Care Research Center Inc

🇺🇸

Doral, Florida, United States

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Medizinische Universitaetsklinik Graz

🇦🇹

Graz, Austria

Clinique des maladies lipidiques de Quebec

🇨🇦

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Univerzita Karlova v Praze 1 Lekarska Fakulta

🇨🇿

Karlov, Praha 2, Czechia

Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio Per La Ricerca Medica E Di Sanita Pubblica

🇮🇹

Pisa, Italy

Ausl Della Romagna-Ospedale Degli Infermi

🇮🇹

Rimini, Italy

Tokyo-Eki Center-building Clinic

🇯🇵

Chuo-ku, Japan

Minamino Cardiovascular Hospital

🇯🇵

Hachioji, Japan

Saitama Medical University Hospital

🇯🇵

Iruma-gun, Japan

M3 Helse AS

🇳🇴

Oslo, Norway

Papamoa Pines Medical Centre

🇳🇿

Papamoa, New Zealand

King Abdullah University Hospital

🇯🇴

Irbid, Jordan

VOC Hoorn

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Hoorn, Hoorn Noord-Hollan, Netherlands

Academic Medical Center

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Lipid and Diabetes Research Group

🇳🇿

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Clinical Horizons NZ Ltd

🇳🇿

Tauranga, New Zealand

Federal State Budgetary Institution Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovacsular Disease

🇷🇺

Kemerovo, Russian Federation

University of Cape Town

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Cape Town, South Africa

Nzoz Przychodnia Specjalistyczna

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Ruda Slaska, Podlaskie, Poland

Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (HUVN)

🇪🇸

Granada, Spain

NII of Therapy and Preventive Medicine

🇷🇺

Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Municipal Medical and Prophylactic Institution - City Hospital for Emergency Care No.2

🇷🇺

Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation

Federal State Budgetary Institution Clinical-Diagnostic Center with Polyclinic

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

🇪🇸

Córdoba, Spain

Royal Victoria Infirmary - The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Hospital Universitario A Coruna

🇪🇸

A Coruña, A Coruna, Spain

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

University of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Florida Lipid Institute

🇺🇸

Winter Park, Florida, United States

St. Vincent Medical Group, Inc

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

University of Maryland School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Mt Sinai Ichan Medical Institute

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Washington University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Duke University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Rowan Diagnostic Clinic

🇺🇸

Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

The University Of Texas Health Science Center Houston

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Wasatch Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Centre Etudes Cliniques Econogene-21

🇨🇦

Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada

CCR Prague, S.R.O

🇨🇿

Praha, Prague 3, Czechia

University Hospital, Charles University

🇨🇿

Hradec Kralove, Czechia

Ikem Institut Klinicke A Experimentalni Mediciny

🇨🇿

Prague, Czechia

Sydvestjysk Sygehus

🇩🇰

Esbjerg, Denmark

SKDS Research Inc.

🇨🇦

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Regionshospitalet Herning

🇩🇰

Herning, Denmark

Hopital G Et R Laennec

🇫🇷

Nantes, Cedex, France

Edith Wolfson Medical Center

🇮🇱

H̱olon, Israel

Houpital Du Bocage

🇫🇷

Dijon, France

Galilee Medical Center

🇮🇱

Nahariya, Israel

Sourasky Medical Center, Cardiovascular Research Center

🇮🇱

Tel Aviv, Israel

Sheba Mc

🇮🇱

Ramat Gan, Israel

Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Hospital

🇯🇵

Fujisawa-shi, Japan

Halina Serafin NZOZ Centrum Medyczne SERAFIN-MED

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Żarów, Dolnoslaskie, Poland

National Research Center For Preventative Medicine of Federal Agency of High Technology Medical Aid

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Karolinska University Hospital

🇸🇪

Malmö, Sweden

Karolinska Institutet

🇸🇪

Stockholm, Sweden

Akademiska sjukhuset

🇸🇪

Uppsala, Sweden

TREAD Research CC

🇿🇦

Parow, South Africa

Jongaie Research

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Pretoria, West Gauteng, South Africa

Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Akardo MedSite

🇸🇪

Stockholm, Sweden

Royal Free Hospital-Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

Samara Regional Clinical Cardiologic Dispensary

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Samara, Russian Federation

Cardiology Research Institute

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Tomsk, Russian Federation

University Hospital Innsbruck - Tyrolean Hospital

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Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrech - Locatie AZU

🇳🇱

Utrecht, Netherlands

Limmited Liability Company International Medical Centre SOGAZ

🇷🇺

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Federal State Institution of Healthcare Clinical Hospital #122 N.A.L.G Sokolov

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

King Abdullah University Hospital-2

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Irbid, Jordan

Slaskie Centrum Chorob Serca, III Katedra i Oddzial Kliniczny Kardiologii SUM- Oddzial Chorob Serca i Naczyn

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Zabrze, Poland

LLC- Institute of Medical Research

🇷🇺

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Istishari Hospital

🇯🇴

Amman, Jordan

Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny

🇵🇱

Bytom, Poland

EMMC Northeast Cardiology Assocites

🇺🇸

Bangor, Maine, United States

Federal State Budget Institution Out-patient Clinic 3

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Capital Area Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, United States

San Antonio Premiere Internal Medicine

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Robarts Research Institute

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis

🇳🇱

Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands

The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

🇿🇦

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Dr JM Engelbrecht Trial Site

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

University of Kansas Medical Center

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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