The Effects of Lipid-Lowering Therapy on Serum Eicosapentaenoic Acid to Arachidonic Acid Ratio : An HIJ-PROPER Sub-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Controversy remains regarding the influence of lipid-lowering therapy on the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to clarify the effects of lipid-lowering therapy on the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

METHODS: This was a post hoc sub-analysis of the Heart Institute of Japan-PRoper level of lipid-lowering with pitavastatin and ezetimibe in ACS study. We compared the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio changes from baseline to the 3-month follow-up after contemporary lipid-lowering therapy with pitavastatin + ezetimibe therapy and pitavastatin mono-therapy.

RESULTS: Among patients with ACS and dyslipidemia, the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid increased significantly in the pitavastatin mono-therapy group (0.40 ± 0.26 to 0.46 ± 0.34, P < .0001) but did not increase in the pitavastatin + ezetimibe group (0.37 ± 0.22 to 0.38 ± 0.27, P = .18). When the analysis was limited to patients who received 2 mg/day of pitavastatin during the follow-up period, these trends in changes of the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio remained unchanged. Multivariate analysis showed that ezetimibe use (P = .005; β = 0.09), ST-elevation myocardial infarction (P = .04; β = -0.01), and baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level (P = .0003; β = 0.12) were independent predictors of the percentage change in the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio. These trends were similar even when the analysis was limited to patients who did not take statins at enrollment.

CONCLUSION: Standard lipid-lowering therapy with pitavastatin mono-therapy improved the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio for patients with ACS. Intensive lipid-lowering therapy with pitavastatin + ezetimibe did not improve the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio, although LDL-C decreased significantly. Inhibition of the improvement in the eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio by adding ezetimibe may affect cardiovascular disease prognosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics - 25(2020), 6 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 548-555

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arashi, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Junichi [VerfasserIn]
Kawada-Watanabe, Erisa [VerfasserIn]
Otsuki, Hisao [VerfasserIn]
Sekiguchi, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Hagiwara, Nobuhisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

27YG812J1I
AAN7QOV9EA
Acute coronary syndrome
Anticholesteremic Agents
Arachidonic Acid
Arachidonic acid
Biomarkers
Comparative Study
EOR26LQQ24
Eicosapentaenoic Acid
Eicosapentaenoic acid
Ezetimibe
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Lipid-lowering therapy
M5681Q5F9P
Pitavastatin
Quinolines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.11.2020

Date Revised 23.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/1074248420931621

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311459625