E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 18.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10020603 |
E.1.2 | Term | Hypercholesterolaemia |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10027433 - Metabolism and nutrition disorders |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To evaluate the efficacy of subcutaneous (SC) evolocumab, compared to regularly scheduled LDL-C apheresis, on reducing the need for future apheresis. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To assess the effects of SC evolocumab compared with apheresis on percent change from baseline to week 4 in LDL-C, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), and total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Male or female, ≥ 18 years of age at signing of informed consent.
- Subject has been receiving regular apheresis for LDL-C lowering for at least 3 months immediately prior to lipid screening (per subject or physician report), has a treatment goal of LDL-C < 100 mg/dL (2.6 mmol/L) according to the physician managing the subject’s hypercholesterolemia, and has been receiving LDL-C apheresis during the last ≥ 4 weeks prior to lipid screening at regular QW or Q2W schedule and with no changes in apheresis type.
- Subject is receiving lipid-lowering pharmacological background therapy which includes a high-intensity statin dose (moderate-intensity statin dose with attestation that a higher dose is not appropriate for the subject) per Appendix D, unless the subject has a history of statin intolerance.
- Pre-apheresis LDL-C is ≥ 100 mg/dL (≥ 2.6 mmol/L) and ≤ 190 mg/dL (≤ 4.9 mmol/L) at screening.
- Fasting triglycerides ≤ 400 mg/dL (4.5 mmol/L) at screening. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Known homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
- Missing any apheresis session is medically contraindicated or inappropriate based on the opinion of the investigator.
- Stopping apheresis would be inappropriate in the opinion of the investigator even if LDL-C is controlled to < 100 mg/dL with other therapies (eg, subject with Lp(a) > 60 mg/dL and for whom investigator would continue apheresis for Lp(a) reduction even with LDL-C <100 mg/dL).
- Myocardial infarction, unstable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or stroke within 3 months prior to randomization.
- Known active infection or major hematologic, renal, metabolic, gastrointestinal or endocrine dysfunction (except diabetes) or receiving renal replacement therapy.
- Uncontrolled hypertension defined as sitting systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 110 mmHg.
- Subject has taken a cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor such as anacetrapib, dalcetrapib or evacetrapib in the last 12 months, or mipomersen or lomitapide in the last 5 months prior to LDL-C screening.
- Subject has previously received fully human anti-PCSK9 antibody therapy (eg, evolocumab) within < 12 weeks prior to lipid screening or has received any other therapy to inhibit PCSK9 at any time.
- Currently receiving treatment in another investigational device or drug study, or less than 30 days since ending treatment on another investigational device or drug study(s) or planning to receive other investigational procedures while participating in this study.
- Female subject who has (1) not used (an) acceptable method(s) of birth control for at least 1 month prior to screening and/or (2) is not willing to inform her partner of her participation in this clinical study and to use such (an) acceptable method(s) of effective birth control during treatment with IP
(evolocumab) and for an additional 15 weeks after the end of treatment with IP (evolocumab), unless the female subject is permanently sterilized or postmenopausal (see protocol);
- Subject is pregnant or breast feeding, or planning to become pregnant or planning to breastfeed during treatment with IP (evolocumab) and/or within 15 weeks after the end of treatment with IP (evolocumab).
-Malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancers, cervical in-situ carcinoma, breast ductal carcinoma in situ, or stage 1 prostate carcinoma) within the last 1 year prior to screening.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Apheresis avoidance at the end of randomized therapy, defined as no apheresis at week 5 and week 6 |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
Percent change from baseline to week 4 in the following:
− LDL-C
− non-HDL-C
− total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 17 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
Australia |
Czech Republic |
France |
Germany |
Italy |
Spain |
United Kingdom |
United States |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |