Study of Alirocumab (REGN727/SAR236553) in Patients With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) Undergoing Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL) Apheresis Therapy

Summary

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of alirocumab 150 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) in comparison with placebo on the frequency of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis treatments in participants with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) undergoing weekly or bi-weekly LDL apheresis therapy.

Timeline

Start

2015-03-31

Primary completion

2016-01-31

Completion

2016-04-30

Publications

• Background Moriarty PM, Parhofer KG, Babirak SP, Cornier MA, Duell PB, Hohenstein B, Leebmann J, Ramlow W, Schettler V, Simha V, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Thompson PD, Vogt A, von Stritzky B, Du Y, Manvelian G. Alirocumab in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia undergoing lipoprotein apheresis: the ODYSSEY ESCAPE trial. Eur Heart J. 2016 Dec 21;37(48):3588-3595. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw388. Epub 2016 Aug 29.
• Moriarty PM, Parhofer KG, Babirak SP, deGoma E, Duell PB, Hohenstein B, Ramlow W, Simha V, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Thompson PD, Vogt A, von Stritzky B, Du Y, Manvelian G. Alirocumab in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia undergoing lipoprotein apheresis: Rationale and design of the ODYSSEY ESCAPE trial. J Clin Lipidol. 2016 May-Jun;10(3):627-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2016.02.003. Epub 2016 Feb 18.

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