Active clinical trials for "Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II"

The aim of the study is to identify children and families that are at risk for cardiovascular disease because of a condition known as familial hyperlipidemia. This condition may increase the risk of cardiac events such as hardening of the arteries anywhere in the body which can result in heart attacks, strokes, and death over ten fold. Children have already been assessed in the Healthy Hearts screening program and identified as having elevated cholesterol. A buccal smear will identify whether the familial hyperlipidemia condition exist in your child. If the child's test shows that they have the specific gene for familial hyperlipidemia and shows a genetic tendency towards premature heart disease, we would encourage genetic testing for as many blood family members as possible. The study plan is to determine whether the Healthy Hearts screening program is a more effective way of identifying students at risk since it is estimated that less than 10% of those individuals with the problem have been identified. If it is effective, then it will be incorporated as part of the standard screening process in the Healthy Hearts program. Aim 1: Is a school screening program a more effective method to identifying those at risk for familial hyperlipidemia? Aim 2: What percent of children with elevated cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dl have familial hyperlipidemia?

To compare the safety, tolerability and LDL-C response after 24 Weeks of monthly (every 4 weeks [Q4W]) subcutaneous (SC) dosing of LIB003 300 mg with monthly (Q4W) SC dosing of 420 mg evolocumab (Repatha®) in patients with HoFH on stable diet and oral LDL-C-lowering drug therapy

AK102 is being developed for the treatment of HoFH. The study will be conducted in 2 parts, part 1 is open label, single arm study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of PCSK9 inhibitor AK102, and part 2 is double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PCSK9 inhibitor AK102. The treatment period will last 12 week.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of alirocumab 150 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) in comparison with placebo on the frequency of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis treatments in participants with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) undergoing weekly or bi-weekly LDL apheresis therapy.

Alirocumab (SAR236553/REGN727) is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9). Primary Objective of the study: To evaluate the effect of alirocumab on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels after 24 weeks of treatment in comparison with placebo. Secondary Objectives: To evaluate the effect of alirocumab in comparison with placebo on LDL-C at other time points To evaluate the effects of alirocumab on other lipid parameters To evaluate the safety and tolerability of alirocumab

The primary objective of the study is to assess the pharmacodynamic (PD) effect of alirocumab on serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) during 14 weeks of subcutaneous (SC) administered alirocumab in patients with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH) and gain-of-function mutation (GOFm) in 1 or both alleles of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene or with loss-of-function mutation (LOFm) in 1 or more alleles of the apolipoprotein (ApoB) gene.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 4 doses of lomitapide (AEGR-733; BMS-201038) given as an initial low dose and then escalated through an additional 3 dose levels over a 16-week period. The secondary objectives of this study included the evaluation of the pharmacodynamics of lomitapide based on: Percent change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides, and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) concentrations at the end of each 4-week dosing period compared to the Baseline value of each parameter at the end of the previous dose phase(s). Changes in other plasma lipoproteins: apolipoproteins (apo B, apo AI, apo AII, apo CIII, apo E) and lipoprotein a [Lp(a)].

Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited disease in which the level of bad cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) is increased, leading to an increase in coronary heart disease even if adequately treated with cholesterol lowering medication (statins). Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) including omega-3 is known to affect the risk for coronary disease, however its effect on patients with FH is not known. The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of PUFA on patients with FH, with regard to inflammation measured in the blood and the effect on the blood vessels'ability to relax (endothelial function) by means of tonometry. Hypothesis Treatment with 4 grams of PUFA a day for 4 months will lead to an improvement in the endothelial function, and the treatment will also lead to a decrease in in several markers of inflammation and in lipids in the blood.

The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of evolocumab subcutaneously once every 2 weeks (Q2W) and once monthly (QM), compared with placebo, on percent change from baseline in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).

This clinical study was designed to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of long-term dosing of inclisiran and evolocumab given as subcutaneous injections in participants with high cardiovascular risk and elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).