Effects of Ezetimibe Combination Therapy for Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease; Randomized Comparison of LDL-cholesterol Targeting <70 Versus <55mg/dL; Ez-PAVE Trial
- Conditions
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- Interventions
- Drug: Ezetimibe/Statin Combination therarpy (ezetimibe plus rosuvastatin)Drug: Statin monotherapy (rosuvastatin or atorvastatin)
- Registration Number
- NCT04626973
- Lead Sponsor
- Yonsei University
- Brief Summary
Although the clinical efficacy of LDL-cholesterol lowering therapy has been proven with strong evidences and emphasized, there are also growing concerns that intensive lipid-lowering therapy would be related to increased risk of adverse effects. In addition, statin potency from recent guidelines was set from the studies composed of mainly Caucasian population, although there is an inconsistency of statin effect according to ethnicity. Asian population showed more profound LDL reduction not only from high potent statin but also from moderate to low potent statin. Conventional strategies for lowering LDL-cholesterol focused on statins, therefore doubling of previously described dose of statin would be common way in patients with inadequate LDL-cholesterol levels. Adding ezetimibe will be an alternative strategy not only to lower LDL-cholesterol level and also to reduce the need of dosage of high-intensity statin to achieve sufficient LDL-cholesterol lowering effect. However, studies regarding the effect of intensive-targeting of lipid-lowering therapy and therapy regimens are lacking. Thus, on these basis, we sought to evaluate whether intensive-targeting of lipid-lowering therapy will have more prominent beneficial effect compared to conventional-targeting in patients with documented ASCVD with either an ezetimibe/statin combination therapy or a statin monotherapy.
- Detailed Description
All eligible patients who have documented ASCVD will be enrolled according to inclusion/exclusion criteria after voluntary agreement with informed consent. At the time of enrollment, we will stratify all patients according to LDL-cholesterol \<100mg/dL, DM, and acute coronary syndrome, and randomly assign them in two groups according to LDL-cholesterol targeting level with a 1:1 ratio: "Intensive-targeting group" vs. "Conventional-targeting group". In addition, patients in each group will be randomly assigned to receive two lipid-lowering therapy regimen with a 1:1 ratio: "Ezetimibe/Statin combination therapy" vs. "Statin monotherapy". Patients allocated to each treatment group will receive lipid-lowering therapy with following protocols.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3048
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Age 19-80 years
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Documented atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
- Previous acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction [MI] or unstable angina),
- Or stable angina with imaging or functional studies
- Or coronary revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI], coronary artery bypass graft [CABG], and other arterial revascularization procedures)
- Or stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
- Or peripheral artery disease
- LDL-cholesterol level less than 70 mg/dL without statin therapyAllergy or hypersensitive to ezetimibe or statin
- Active liver disease or persistent unexplained serum AST/ALT elevation more than 2 times the upper limit of normal range
- Allergy or hypersensitivity to any statin or ezetimibe
- Solid organ transplantation recipient
- Pregnant women, women with potential childbearing, or lactating women
- Life expectancy less than 3 years
- Inability to follow the patient over the period of 1 year after enrollment, as assessed by the investigator
- Inability to understand or read the informed content
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intensive-targeting group Statin monotherapy (rosuvastatin or atorvastatin) - Intensive-targeting group Ezetimibe/Statin Combination therarpy (ezetimibe plus rosuvastatin) - Conventional-targeting group Statin monotherapy (rosuvastatin or atorvastatin) - Conventional-targeting group Ezetimibe/Statin Combination therarpy (ezetimibe plus rosuvastatin) -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical outcomes by different lipid-lowering therapy Within 3 years after the enrollment Composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, any revascularization, and hospitalization for unstable angina
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of cross-over into the non-allocated therapy regimen in order to achieve target LDL-cholesterol level Within 3 years after the enrollment Rate of worsening of glycemic control or homeostatic model assessment (HOMA)-index Within 3 years after the enrollment Occurence of elevation of muscle enzymes (CPK > 4 x UNL) Within 3 years after the enrollment Occurence of elevation of serum creatinine level (>50% from baseline) Within 3 years after the enrollment Rate of cancer diagnosis Within 3 years after the enrollment Rate of operation due to cataract Within 3 years after the enrollment Difference in rate of primary outcome according to body mass index Within 3 years after the enrollment Proportion of subjects achieving target LDL-cholesterol level Within 3 years after the enrollment Difference in rate of primary outcome according to sex Within 3 years after the enrollment Change of proteinuria Within 3 years after the enrollment Each component of primary endpoint within 3 years Within 3 years after the enrollment * A. Rate of Cardiovascular death
* B. Rate of non-fatal MI
* C. Rate of non-fatal stroke
* D. Rate of any revascularization
* E. Rate of hospitalization for unstable anginaOccurrence of statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) requiring change of therapy regimen or dosage Within 3 years after the enrollment Occurence of elevation of hepatic enzymes (AST, ALT, or both ≥ 3 x UNL) Within 3 years after the enrollment Various composite outcomes within 3 years Within 3 years after the enrollment * A. Rate of composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI, and non-fatal stroke
* B. Rate of composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, and any revascularization
* C. Rate pf composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI, and any revascularization
* D. Rate of composite of all-cause death, non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, any revascularization, and hospitalization for unstable anginaProportions of subjects requiring proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor to achieve target LDL-cholesterol level Within 3 years after the enrollment Rate of New-onset diabetes mellitus Within 3 years after the enrollment
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Division of Cardiology, Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine
🇰🇷Seoul, Korea, Republic of