1. Evolocumab in HIV-Infected Patients With Dyslipidemia
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Franck Boccara, Princy N. Kumar, Bruno Caramelli, Alexandra Calmy, J. Antonio G. López, Sarah Bray, Marcoli Cyrille, Robert S. Rosenson, David Baker, Mark Bloch, Robert Finlayson, Jennifer Hoy, Kenneth Koh, Norman Roth, Stephane De Wit, Eric Florence, Linos Vandekerckhove, Jose Valdez Ramalho Madruga, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Greg Bondy, Michael Gill, George Tsoukas, Sylvie Trottier, Marek Smieja, Christine Katlama, Fabrice Bonnet, Francois Raffi, Laurent Cotte, Jean-Michel Molina, Jacques Reynes, Antonios Papadopoulos, Simeon Metallidis, Vassilios Paparizos, Vasileios Papastamopoulos, Cristina Mussini, Massimo Galli, Andrea Antinori, Antonio Di Biagio, Pierluigi Viale, Andrzej Horban, Nuno Marques, Daniel Coutinho, Joaquim Oliveira, Paula Freitas, Liliana-Lucia Preotescu, Iosif Marincu, Rodica Silaghi, Sorin Rugina, Noluthando Mwelase, Sheena Kotze, Jose Ignacio Bernardino de la Serna, Vicente Estrada Perez, Esteban Martinez, Adrian Curran, Dominique Laurent Braun, Enos Bernasconi, Matthias Cavassini, John Walsh, Julie Fox, Graeme Moyle, Robert Rosenson, Jamie Morano, Jason Baker, Gerald Pierone, Carl Fichtenbaum, Paul Benson, Deborah Goldstein, Joseph Sacco, Princy Kumar, Robert Grossberg, Kara Chew, Christopher DeFilippi, Vilma Drelichman, Norman Markowitz, David Parenti, Katherine Doktor, and Paul Thompson
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Statin ,medicine.drug_class ,business.industry ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Placebo ,3. Good health ,Double blind ,03 medical and health sciences ,Evolocumab ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Clinical endpoint ,Hiv infected patients ,lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Adverse effect ,business ,Dyslipidemia - Abstract
Background People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and prone to statin-related adverse events from drug-drug interactions with certain antiretroviral regimens. Objectives This study sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in dyslipidemic PLHIV. Methods BEIJERINCK is a randomized, double-blind, multinational trial comparing monthly subcutaneous evolocumab 420 mg with placebo in PLHIV with hypercholesterolemia/mixed dyslipidemia taking maximally-tolerated statin therapy. The primary endpoint was the percent change (baseline to week 24) in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C); secondary endpoints included achievement of LDL-C Results A total of 464 patients were analyzed (mean age of 56.4 years, 82.5% male, mean duration with HIV of 17.4 years). ASCVD was documented in 35.6% of patients, and statin intolerance/contraindications to statin use were present in 20.7% of patients. Evolocumab reduced LDL-C by 56.9% (95% CI: 61.6%, 52.3%) from baseline to week 24 versus placebo. An LDL-C level of Conclusions Evolocumab was safe and significantly reduced lipid levels in dyslipidemic PLHIV on maximally-tolerated statin therapy. Evolocumab is an effective therapy for lowering atherogenic lipoproteins in PLHIV with high cardiovascular risk.
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- 2020
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