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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of the Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Inhibitor Lomitapide in Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Dominique LarreyDaniel J. RaderPamela FouldsClaudia StefanuttiEmma A. MeagherLeanne T. BloedonDaniel GaudetDirk J. BlomMaurizio AvernaCesare R. SirtoriGiovanni Battista VignaRobert A. HegeleMarina CuchelHendrik Du Toit TheronPrediman K. Shahsubject
AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaApolipoprotein BSocio-culturaleFamilial hypercholesterolemia030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyGastroenterologyMicrosomal triglyceride transfer proteinLDLTimeSudden cardiac deathHyperlipoproteinemia Type II03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicinePhysiology (medical)Internal medicinemedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineAdverse effectlomitapidebiologybusiness.industryCholesterolAnticholesteremic AgentsCholesterol LDLlomitapide; Adult; Anticholesteremic Agents; Benzimidazoles; Carrier Proteins; Cholesterol LDL; Female; Humans; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II; Male; Timemedicine.diseaseLomitapideCholesterolEndocrinologychemistrybiology.proteinBenzimidazolesFemalelipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)lomitapide; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology (medical)Carrier ProteinsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessLipoproteindescription
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder characterized by low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor dysfunction, markedly elevated levels of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) and premature atherosclerosis. Patients are often poorly responsive to conventional lipid-lowering therapies that upregulate LDL-receptor expression.1 Lomitapide inhibits microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, which lipidates nascent apolipoprotein (apo)B-containing lipoproteins. In a pivotal 78-week open-label trial, lomitapide, titrated to the maximal tolerable dose, decreased LDL-C by 50% at the end of the efficacy phase (week 26) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.2 The principal adverse events included gastrointestinal disturbances, hepatic enzyme elevations, and increased liver fat. Here we provide additional long-term efficacy and safety data, including an exploratory analysis of the potential metabolic consequences of hepatic fat accumulation from an extension trial (NCT00943306). Patients continued on lomitapide at the maximally tolerated dose until transition to commercial or compassionate lomitapide. Lipid-lowering therapies, including apheresis, could be modified at the investigator’s discretion if LDL-C was <100 mg/dL. Both studies received institutional review board and regulatory approval, and all participants provided informed consent. Significance of the percent changes from baseline was assessed using a mixed linear model; correlations were assessed with Pearson correlation. Nineteen (mean age, 30.4 years; 10 male/9 female) of the 23 patients who completed the pivotal trial enrolled in the extension trial, and 17 completed week 126 (78 weeks pivotal + 48 weeks extension) assessments (primary efficacy end point). Three patients discontinued prematurely (relocation, elevated transaminases and excess alcohol, sudden cardiac death). The median lomitapide dose remained mostly consistent at 40 mg (range, 20–60 mg) from week 36 in the pivotal study to week 282 in the extension trial. Overall, the median treatment duration with lomitapide across both trials was 5.1 years (range, 2.1–5.7 years). Among the 17 patients who completed week 126, LDL-C decreased from 356±127 mg/dL at baseline to …
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | Circulation |