Evaluating PCSK9 Binding antiBody Influence oN coGnitive HeAlth in High cardiovascUlar Risk Subjects

Summary

This study evaluated change over time in neurocognitive testing in patients receiving statin therapy in combination with evolocumab (AMG 145), compared with patients receiving statin therapy in combination with placebo.

Timeline

Start

2014-09-10

Primary completion

2016-11-11

Completion

2016-11-11

Publications

• Background Giugliano RP, Mach F, Zavitz K, Kurtz C, Schneider J, Wang H, Keech A, Pedersen TR, Sabatine MS, Sever PS, Honarpour N, Wasserman SM, Ott BR; EBBINGHAUS Investigators. Design and rationale of the EBBINGHAUS trial: A phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to assess the effect of evolocumab on cognitive function in patients with clinically evident cardiovascular disease and receiving statin background lipid-lowering therapy-A cognitive study of patients enrolled in the FOURIER trial. Clin Cardiol. 2017 Feb;40(2):59-65. doi: 10.1002/clc.22678. Epub 2017 Feb 16.
• Background Giugliano RP, Mach F, Zavitz K, Kurtz C, Im K, Kanevsky E, Schneider J, Wang H, Keech A, Pedersen TR, Sabatine MS, Sever PS, Robinson JG, Honarpour N, Wasserman SM, Ott BR; EBBINGHAUS Investigators. Cognitive Function in a Randomized Trial of Evolocumab. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):633-643. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1701131.
• Schmidt AF, Carter JL, Pearce LS, Wilkins JT, Overington JP, Hingorani AD, Casas JP. PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Oct 20;10(10):CD011748. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011748.pub3.

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