Intensive Lipid-lowering for Plaque and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Low to Intermediate 10-year ASCVD Risk Population

Summary

Current guidelines recommend moderate-intensity lipid-lowering therapy (goal for LDL-C \<2.6 mmol/L or 30%-50% reduction from baseline) for patients with intermediate 10-year ASCVD risk. In these patients, early coronary atherosclerotic plaques detected by coronary CT angiography are common, but further interventions are lacking. This study aims to analyze whether intensive lipid-lowering therapy (goal for LDL-C \<1.8 mmol/L or ≥50% reduction from baseline) could delay the progression of coronary atherosclerotic lesions and reduce the adverse cardiovascular events in these target patients.

Timeline

Start

2022-10-10

Primary completion

2029-07

Completion

2029-08

Publications

• Background Mach F, Baigent C, Catapano AL, Koskinas KC, Casula M, Badimon L, Chapman MJ, De Backer GG, Delgado V, Ference BA, Graham IM, Halliday A, Landmesser U, Mihaylova B, Pedersen TR, Riccardi G, Richter DJ, Sabatine MS, Taskinen MR, Tokgozoglu L, Wiklund O; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk. Eur Heart J. 2020 Jan 1;41(1):111-188. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz455. No abstract available.
• Background Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Munoz D, Smith SC Jr, Virani SS, Williams KA Sr, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019 Sep 10;140(11):e596-e646. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000678. Epub 2019 Mar 17. No abstract available.
• Background Grundy SM, Stone NJ, Bailey AL, Beam C, Birtcher KK, Blumenthal RS, Braun LT, de Ferranti S, Faiella-Tommasino J, Forman DE, Goldberg R, Heidenreich PA, Hlatky MA, Jones DW, Lloyd-Jones D, Lopez-Pajares N, Ndumele CE, Orringer CE, Peralta CA, Saseen JJ, Smith SC Jr, Sperling L, Virani SS, Yeboah J. 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019 Jun 18;139(25):e1082-e1143. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000625. Epub 2018 Nov 10.
• Zheng J, Hou Z, Yuan J, Zhao X, Wang Y, Li J, Zhang W, Dou K, Lu B. Effects of intensive lipid lowering compared with moderate-intensity lipid lowering on coronary atherosclerotic plaque phenotype and major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with low to intermediate 10-year ASCVD risk (ILLUMINATION study): protocol for a multicentre, open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 5;13(6):e070832. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070832.

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