A Safety and Efficacy Study of AEGR-733 to Treat Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

Summary

The goal of this trial is to study the effects of AEGR-733 on LDL cholesterol, other lipids as well as measures of safety over the long-term.

Timeline

Start

2007-12

Primary completion

2010-09

Completion

2011-10

Publications

• Background Cuchel M, Bloedon LT, Szapary PO, Kolansky DM, Wolfe ML, Sarkis A, Millar JS, Ikewaki K, Siegelman ES, Gregg RE, Rader DJ. Inhibition of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in familial hypercholesterolemia. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 11;356(2):148-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa061189.
• Results Cuchel M, Meagher E, Marais AD, et.al. Abstract 1077: A phase III study of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor lomitapide (AEGR-733) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: interim results at 6 months. Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S441
• Larrey D, D'Erasmo L, O'Brien S, Arca M; Italian Working Group on Lomitapide. Long-term hepatic safety of lomitapide in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. Liver Int. 2023 Feb;43(2):413-423. doi: 10.1111/liv.15497. Epub 2022 Dec 30.
• Averna M, Cefalu AB, Stefanutti C, Di Giacomo S, Sirtori CR, Vigna G. Individual analysis of patients with HoFH participating in a phase 3 trial with lomitapide: The Italian cohort. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2016 Jan;26(1):36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.11.001. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
• Stefanutti C, Blom DJ, Averna MR, Meagher EA, Theron Hd, Marais AD, Hegele RA, Sirtori CR, Shah PK, Gaudet D, Vigna GB, Sachais BS, Di Giacomo S, du Plessis AM, Bloedon LT, Balser J, Rader DJ, Cuchel M; Phase 3 HoFH Lomitapide Study Investigators. The lipid-lowering effects of lomitapide are unaffected by adjunctive apheresis in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia - a post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3, single-arm, open-label trial. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Jun;240(2):408-14. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.03.014. Epub 2015 Mar 14.

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