Lowering LDL cholesterol is good, but how and in whom?

Two reports now published in the Journal describe the results of long-term studies of treatment with monoclonal antibodies to PCSK9 to lower LDL cholesterol levels. One trial, entitled Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Alirocumab in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients with Hypercholesterolemia Not Adequately Controlled with Their Lipid Modifying Therapy (ODYSSEY LONG TERM), was a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of alirocumab (150 mg administered subcutaneously every 2 weeks) versus placebo for 78 weeks in 2341 patients at high risk for cardiovascular events who were already receiving the maximum tolerated doses of statins..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:372

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 372(2015), 16, Seite 1564

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stone, Neil J [VerfasserIn]
Lloyd-Jones, Donald M [Sonstige Person]

Links:

Volltext
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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BKL:

44.60

44.00

Themen:

Analysis
Antibodies, Monoclonal - therapeutic use
Anticholesteremic Agents - therapeutic use
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Cardiovascular disease
Care and treatment
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, LDL
Cholesterol, LDL - blood
Clinical trials
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Heart attacks
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - administration & dosage
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Hypercholesterolemia - drug therapy
Low density lipoprotein
Monoclonal antibodies
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Statins
Usage

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1056/NEJMe1502192

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1968371761