A Clinical Trial to Assess the Long Term Safety and Tolerability of MK-0653C in Japanese Participants With Hypercholesterolemia (MK-0653C-384)

Primary outcomes

1. Percentage of Participants Who Experience 1 or More Adverse Event (AE)

   Time frame: up to 54 Weeks

   An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a subject which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment. An AE was any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. The percentage of participants that reported at least 1 AE was summarized.

2. Percentage of Participants Who Experience 1 or More Gastrointestinal-related AEs

   Time frame: up to 54 weeks

   Gastrointestinal-related AEs included all preferred terms within system organ class of Gastrointestinal Disorders except Chapped Lips and Toothache.

3. Percentage of Participants Who Experience 1 or More Gallbladder-related AEs

   Time frame: up to 54 weeks

   Gallbladder-related AEs included Bile Duct Obstruction, Bile Duct Stone, Bile Duct Stenosis, Biliary Colic, Cholangitis, Cholecystectomy, Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Gallbladder Disorder, Gallbladder Perforation, Hepatic Pain, and Hydrocholecystis.

4. Percentage of Participants Who Experience 1 or More Allergic Reaction or Rash AEs

   Time frame: up to 54 weeks

   Allergic Reaction or Rash AEs included Allergy to Arthropod Sting, Anaphylactoid Reaction, Anaphylactic Reaction, Anaphylatic Shock, Anaphylactoid Shock, Angioedema, Conjunctivitis Allergic, Contrast Media Reaction, Dermatitis, Dermatitis Allergic, Dermatitis Atopic, Dermatitis Bullous, Dermatitis Contact, Dermatitis Psoriasiform, Drug Hypersensitivity, Eczema, Eosinophila, Erythema, Eye Allergy, Face Oedema, Hypersensitivity, Mechanical Urticaria, Palmar Erythema, Periorbital Oedema, Photodermatosis, Photosensitivity Allergic reaction, Photosensitivity Reaction, Pigmentation Disorder, Pruritus, Pruritus Generalised, Rash, Rash Erythematous, Rash Follicular, Rash Generalised, Rash Maculo-Papular, Rash Papulosquamous, Rash Pruritic, Rash Pustular, Rash Vesicular, Rhinitis, Rhinitis Allergic, Rosacea, Skin Exfoliation, Skin Disorder, Skin Hyperpigmentation, Skin Lesion, Skin Mass, Skin Ulcer, Subcutaneous Nodule, Swelling Face, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Rash, Urticaria.

5. Percentage of Participants Who Experience 1 or More Hepatitis-related AEs

   Time frame: up to 54 weeks

   Hepatitis-related AEs included Cholestasis, Cytolytic Hepatitis, Hepatic Cyst, Hepatic Failure, Hepatic Lesion, Hepatic Necrosis, Hepatitis, Hepatitis Cholestatic, Hepatitis Fulminant, Hepatitis Infectious, Hepatocellular Injury, Hepatomegaly, Jaundice, Jaundice Cholestatic.

6. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Consecutive Elevations in Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and/or Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≥3 Times Upper Normal Limit (ULN)

   Time frame: up to 52 weeks

   Participants had ALT and AST levels assessed throughout the 52 week treatment period. Participants who had 2 consecutive assessments of ALT and/or AST that were 3 x ULN or greater were recorded. The ALT and AST ULNs were 40 U/L.

7. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Elevations in ALT or AST ≥5 Times ULN

   Time frame: up to 52 weeks

   Participants had ALT and AST levels assessed throughout the 52 week treatment period. Participants who had assessments of ALT or AST that were 5x ULN or greater were recorded. The ALT and AST ULNs were 40 U/L.

8. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Elevations in ALT or AST ≥10 Times ULN

   Time frame: up to 52 weeks

   Participants had ALT and AST levels assessed throughout the 52 week treatment period. Participants who had assessments of ALT and/or AST that were 10x ULN or greater were recorded. The ALT and AST ULNs were 40 U/L.

9. Percentage of Participants With Potential Hy's Law Condition

   Time frame: up to 52 weeks

   Percentage of Participants with Potential Hy's Law Condition (defined as serum ALT or serum AST elevations >3xULN, with serum alkaline phosphatase <2xULN and total bilirubin (TBL) ≥2xULN) was summarized. The ALT and AST ULNs were 40 U/L. The ULN for alkaline phosphatase was 359 IU/L and the ULN for total bilirubin was 1.2 mg/dL.

10. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Elevations in Creatine Kinase (CK) ≥10 Times ULN

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

    Participants had creatine phosphokinase (CK) levels assessed throughout the 12 week treatment period. Participants who had any CK level that was ≥10 x ULN were recorded. The CK ULNs for males and females were 287 IU/L and 163 IU/L, respectively.

11. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Elevations in Creatine Kinase (CK) ≥10 Times ULN With Muscle Symptoms

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

    Participants had CK levels assessed throughout the 52 week treatment period. Participants who had any CK level that was ≥10 x ULN and had associated muscle symptoms present within +/- 7 days were recorded. The CK ULNs for males and females were 287 IU/L and 163 IU/L, respectively.

12. Percentage of Participants Who Experience Elevations in Creatine Kinase (CK) ≥10 Times ULN and Drug-Related Muscle Symptoms

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

    Participants had CK levels assessed throughout the 52 week treatment period. Participants who had any CK level that was ≥10 x ULN and had associated muscle symptoms present within +/- 7 days that were reported as at least possibly-related to study drug were recorded. The CK ULNs for males and females were 287 IU/L and 163 IU/L, respectively.