Prospective German Very High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Dyslipidemia Treatment Indication Registry

The study is purely observational, and will document data from the patient charts only. Treatment of patients will not be changed by this study, and all clinical decisions (including on frequency of visits) will be upon the discretion of the physician. No blood samples must be taken solely for the purpose of the study.

The registry will include two types of centers: 1) office-based cardiologists and 2) specialized lipid ambulances (outpatient departments).

Data on patient disease and treatment history will be collected a first documentation (retrospectively).

The documentation time is 3 years per patient. After the baseline visit, patients are followed-up every 6 ± 2months (last visit at month 36). This interval is considered narrow enough not to miss important events (safety reporting, cardiovascular events, hospitalizations).

Patients with stable (maintenance) lipid-lowering therapy (including those with existing PCSK9i therapy) or those with any therapy changes (including newly initiated PCSK9i treatment) will be documented in this study. Compared to the former group with stable drug treatment, the latter group will likely have major LDL-C changes during the first few weeks, which will be accounted for by (retrospective) monthly documentation in the first 3 months (data will be documented at the 6-month visit.

The documentation periods will be substantially longer than in the controlled studies of the PCSK9i (endpoints were as early as 3 months), and thus will provide much-needed information about the long-term effects on LDL-C and other lipid parameters, safety, and drug retention rates. Longer follow-up periods would likely be compromised by high rates of (administrative) discontinuation rates.

Inclusion criteria

• • with familial, homozygous hypercholesterolemia, in whom pharmaceutical and diet options for lipid lowering have proved insufficient, or

• with confirmed familial, heterozygous hypercholesterolemia under consideration of the total familial risk, or
• with heterozygous familial or non- familial hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia with

• therapy refractory course
• maximal dietary and pharmaceutical lipid lowering therapy - in any case documented over a 12-month period
• unsatisfactorily lowered LDL-C value (and thus with an indication for LDL apheresis)
• confirmed vascular disease
• other risk factors for cardiovascular events

Exclusion criteria

• Concurrent participation of the patient in a clinical randomised study.