Study of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) Reduction Using Evolocumab (AMG 145) in Japanese Patients With Advanced Cardiovascular Risk

After a screening and placebo run-in period, eligible patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to 1 of 2 open-label background statin treatments (atorvastatin 5 mg or 20 mg daily [QD]) and entered a 4-week lipid stabilization period. After the lipid stabilization period, eligible patients were randomized in a 1:1:1:1 ratio to investigational product (evolocumab or placebo) for the 12-week treatment period.

Both randomizations were stratified by subject diagnosis and lipid-lowering therapy as follows:

• current or prior diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH)
• no diagnosis of HeFH and receiving intensive lipid-lowering therapy
• no diagnosis of HeFH and receiving non-intensive lipid-lowering therapy. A participant was considered randomized into the study after successfully completing the screening period, meeting all inclusion/exclusion criteria including meeting final laboratory safety criteria, and undergoing both randomization procedures.

Inclusion criteria

Male or female, Japanese adult, 20-85 years of age; Subjects on stable dose of statin for greater than equal to 4 weeks; Fasting LDL-C greater than equal to 100 mg/dL; Fasting triglycerides less than equal to 400 mg/dL; Subject is at high risk for cardiovascular events. Exclusion Criteria: New York heart Association (NYHA) III or IV - heart failure; Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia; Uncontrolled hypertension; Type 1 diabetes, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes; Uncontrolled hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism