Dirk J Blom1, Wael Almahmeed2, Khalid Al-Rasadi3, Joseph Azuri4, Veronique Daclin5, Meral Kayikcioglu6, Florence Mercier7, Alvaro J Ruiz8, Raul D Santos9. 1. Division of Lipidology and Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: dirk.blom@uct.ac.za. 2. Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 3. Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. 4. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. 5. Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France. 6. Ege University, Medical School Cardiology Department, Izmir, Turkey. 7. Stat Process, Paris, France. 8. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. 9. Lipid Clinic, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The cross-sectional observational International ChoLesterol management Practice Study study assessed achievement of European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets in patients outside Western Europe. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess LDL-C goal achievement in International ChoLesterol management Practice Study participants with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). METHODS: A total of 334 patients (aged ≥18 years) with definite or probable FH (Dutch Lipid Clinic Network score ≥6; 43.1% genetically confirmed) who had been receiving stable lipid-modifying therapy (LMT) for ≥3 months were enrolled. RESULTS: The mean ± standard deviation age of the patients was 58.5 ± 13.1 years, 49.1% were male, and 48.2% had coronary artery disease. Most were receiving statin (∼99%). Of these, 57.6% were on high-intensity statin therapy, 49.1% on the highest dose available, and 13.0% used a statin together with a cholesterol absorption inhibitor (CAI). Mean ± standard deviation LDL-C level was 5.6 ± 3.0 mmol/L before LMT and 3.3 ± 2.0 mmol/L at enrollment. Overall, 32.0% of patients achieved their LDL-C target. Target achievement rates were 36.6% for patients with coronary artery disease, and 27.5% for those without, and 27.9%, 28.0%, and 37.5% for patients treated with a statin plus CAI, highest-dose statin (no CAI), and lower-dose statin (no CAI), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: LDL-C target achievement rates were low in patients with FH, even in those receiving intensive LMT. Factors that are likely to have contributed to the low LDL-C target achievement rates include high baseline LDL-C, inadequate statin dosages, and low use of CAI. Many patients would have been eligible for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor therapy.
BACKGROUND: The cross-sectional observational International ChoLesterol management Practice Study study assessed achievement of European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets in patients outside Western Europe. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess LDL-C goal achievement in International ChoLesterol management Practice Study participants with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). METHODS: A total of 334 patients (aged ≥18 years) with definite or probable FH (Dutch Lipid Clinic Network score ≥6; 43.1% genetically confirmed) who had been receiving stable lipid-modifying therapy (LMT) for ≥3 months were enrolled. RESULTS: The mean ± standard deviation age of the patients was 58.5 ± 13.1 years, 49.1% were male, and 48.2% had coronary artery disease. Most were receiving statin (∼99%). Of these, 57.6% were on high-intensity statin therapy, 49.1% on the highest dose available, and 13.0% used a statin together with a cholesterol absorption inhibitor (CAI). Mean ± standard deviation LDL-C level was 5.6 ± 3.0 mmol/L before LMT and 3.3 ± 2.0 mmol/L at enrollment. Overall, 32.0% of patients achieved their LDL-C target. Target achievement rates were 36.6% for patients with coronary artery disease, and 27.5% for those without, and 27.9%, 28.0%, and 37.5% for patients treated with a statin plus CAI, highest-dose statin (no CAI), and lower-dose statin (no CAI), respectively. CONCLUSIONS:LDL-C target achievement rates were low in patients with FH, even in those receiving intensive LMT. Factors that are likely to have contributed to the low LDL-C target achievement rates include high baseline LDL-C, inadequate statin dosages, and low use of CAI. Many patients would have been eligible for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor therapy.
Authors: Mohammed Al Dubayee; Meral Kayikcioglu; Jeanine Roeters van Lennep; Nadia Hergli; Pedro Mata Journal: Adv Ther Date: 2022-04-26 Impact factor: 4.070