Usability Study of the Commercial Auto-injector Device and the New Auto-injector Device (SYDNEY) in Patients With High or Very High CV Risk With Hypercholesterolemia Not Adequately Controlled With Their Lipid-Modifying Therapy
Hypercholesterolaemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hypercholesterolaemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria :
Participants were in either category A or B (below), and were not adequately controlled with a stable daily dose of atorvastatin (20 mg or 40 mg), or rosuvastatin (10 mg or 20 mg) for at least 4 weeks prior to the screening visit (Week -2), with or without other LMT:
- A. Participants with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) (diagnosis based on either genotyping or clinical criteria) OR
- B. Non-FH Participants at high or very high cardiovascular (CV) risk. High and very high cardiovascular risk participants included participants with coronary heart disease (CHD), non-CHD cardiovascular disease (CVD), and other risk factors.
- Participant willing and able to self-inject for the duration of the study.
Exclusion criteria:
- LDL-C <70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) (<1.81 millimoles per litre [mmol/L]) at the screening visit.
- Currently taking a daily dose of statin that was not atorvastatin 20 mg or 40 mg, or rosuvastatin 10 mg or 20 mg.
- Not on a stable dose of LMT (including statin) for at least 4 weeks, prior to the screening visit and from screening to randomization.
- Having previously used any device for the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor administration, or having participated in any clinical trial for a PCSK9 inhibitor.
- Fasting serum Triglyceride (TG) >400 mg/dL (>4.52 mmol/L) at the screening visit.
The above information was not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.
Sites / Locations
- Investigational Site Number 8400024
- Investigational Site Number 8400007
- Investigational Site Number 8400017
- Investigational Site Number 8400013
- Investigational Site Number 8400014
- Investigational Site Number 8400001
- Investigational Site Number 8400019
- Investigational Site Number 8400006
- Investigational Site Number 8400010
- Investigational Site Number 8400022
- Investigational Site Number 8400026
- Investigational Site Number 8400005
- Investigational Site Number 8400027
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Auto-Injector Device (AI)
New Auto-injector Device (SYDNEY)
Alirocumab 300 milligram (mg) subcutaneous (SC) injection on Week 0 (Day 1), self-administered using AI device, on-site under supervision in the parallel arm treatment period of 4 weeks. From Week 4, participants switched to other arm of SYDNEY device to receive Alirocumab 300 mg, self- administered (unsupervised) using new auto-injector device (SYDNEY) every 4 weeks (Q4W) from Week 4 until Week 16 in the single arm treatment period added to lipid modifying therapy (LMT).
Alirocumab 300 mg SC injection on Week 0 (Day 1), self-administered using new auto-injector device (SYDNEY), on-site under supervision in the parallel arm treatment period of 4 weeks. From Week 4, same treatment (Alirocumab 300 mg) with the same device (SYDNEY) was self-administered, (unsupervised) Q4W until Week 16 in the single arm treatment period added to LMT. Duration of single arm treatment period was 12 weeks, i.e. from Week 4 to 16.