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Clinical TrialPhase 4NCT04719221

Impact of Evolocumab as an Additional Lipid-lowering Therapy to Changes in Lipid Core Burden Index of Non-culprit Vulnerable Plaque in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Acute Coronary Syndrome

A Phase 4 study testing Evolocumab and NIRS IVUS in people with Clinical Trial and Acute Coronary Syndrome, run by Korea University Anam Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

This study aimed to investigate the impact of intensive cholesterol-lowering therapy (including evolocumab), drug treatment for high-risk plaques (Vulnerable plaques) with a high probability of developing acute coronary syndrome. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Clinical Trial, Acute Coronary Syndrome
What is being tested?
Evolocumab and NIRS IVUS
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
60 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
1 Mar 2021to Dec 2024
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 19 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Over 19 years old
  • Patients who agree to the study plan and clinical follow-up plan, voluntarily decide to participate in this study, and consent in writing to the consent to use information
  • Patients who underwent NIRS-IVUS guided coronary stent surgery for acute coronary syndrome
  • Patients who did not meet the LDL-Cholesterol level (<70mg/dL) even after receiving the maximum dose of combined cholesterol therapy for 2 months

Who cannot join

  • Subjects with known hypersensitivity or contraindications to the following drugs or substances: heparin, aspirin, clopidogrel, ticagrelor, prasugrel, rosuvastatin, ezetimibe, evolocumab, lansoprazole, cobalt chromium, stainless steel nickel And contrast agents (however, even a subject who is hypersensitive to contrast agents can register if they can be controlled by steroids and pheniramine, except for known anaphylaxis.)
  • Pregnant women, lactating women, or women of childbearing age who plan to become pregnant during this study
  • Subjects who plan to have surgery to stop antiplatelet drugs within 12 months from registration
  • Those whose surviving life is expected to be less than 1 year
  • Subjects who visited the hospital due to psychogenic shock and are predicted to have low survival probability based on medical judgment
  • Subjects participating in a randomized study on cholesterol therapy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

South Korea1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul

    Jung-Joon Cha, MD, PhD, 821089534950, joonletter@hanmail.net

    Recruiting

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: A Single-center, Randomized, Parallel-group, Open-label Pilot Study to Evaluate the Impact of Evolocumab as an Additional Lipid-lowering Therapy to Changes in Lipid Core Burden Index of Non-culprit Vulnerable Plaque in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Acute Coronary Syndrome

This study aimed to investigate the impact of intensive cholesterol-lowering therapy (including evolocumab), drug treatment for high-risk plaques (Vulnerable plaques) with a high probability of developing acute coronary syndrome. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the change in the Lipid core burden index and compare the rate of cardiac events over 12 months following cholesterol therapy.

Being tested
Evolocumab, NIRS IVUS
Keywords
evolocumab, Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
Medical subject headings
Acute Coronary Syndrome

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • EvolocumabDrug

    Also called Repatha

    The maximum dose of combined cholesterol therapy (Statin + Ezetimibe) is prescribed for 2 months, and a cholesterol test is performed in an outpatient clinic to ensure that LDL-Cholesterol <70mg/dL is met. Patients who do not meet the criteria are randomized to maintain current treatment or receive additional Evolocumab according to randomization.

  • NIRS IVUSDevice

    near-infrared spectroscopy

Study groups in NCT04719221
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Statin+EzetimibePlacebo comparatorDrug: Statin + Ezetimibe (combined cholesterol therapy)
Receives: Drug: Evolocumab; Device: NIRS IVUS
Statin+Ezetimibe+EvolocumabActive comparatorDrug: Statin + Ezetimibe (combined cholesterol therapy) and Drug: Evolocumab
Receives: Drug: Evolocumab; Device: NIRS IVUS

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change of 1-year lipid core burden index

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. patient-oriented composite end point

    composite of all cause mortality, any myocardial infarction, and any revascularization

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Percentage of All cause mortality

    Measured: 1 year

  3. Percentage of cardiac death

    Measured: 1 year

  4. Percentage of myocardial infarction

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Percentage of revascularization

    Measured: 1 year

  6. Rate of usage of cholesterol lowering agents (2 month)

    Measured: 1 year

  7. Rate of usage of cholesterol lowering agents (12 month)

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Jan 2021
  2. Study start1 Mar 2021
  3. Primary completionDec 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2024 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
60 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04719221
Sponsor's protocol ID
ELoNirs-ACS
Status last verified
Oct 2023
First submitted
12 Jan 2021
Last updated
5 Oct 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

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    PubMed 22575325
  • Moussa I, Hermann A, Messenger JC, Dehmer GJ, Weaver WD, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. The NCDR CathPCI Registry: a US national perspective on care and outcomes for percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart. 2013 Mar;99(5):297-303. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303379. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

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    PubMed 23996286
  • Nallamothu BK, Tommaso CL, Anderson HV, Anderson JL, Cleveland JC Jr, Dudley RA, Duffy PL, Faxon DP, Gurm HS, Hamilton LA, Jensen NC, Josephson RA, Malenka DJ, Maniu CV, McCabe KW, Mortimer JD, Patel MR, Persell SD, Rumsfeld JS, Shunk KA, Smith SC Jr, Stanko SJ, Watts B. ACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 Performance Measures for Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Circulation. 2014 Feb 25;129(8):926-49. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000441966.31451.3f. Epub 2013 Dec 19. No abstract available.

    PubMed 24357402
  • Authors/Task Force members; Windecker S, Kolh P, Alfonso F, Collet JP, Cremer J, Falk V, Filippatos G, Hamm C, Head SJ, Juni P, Kappetein AP, Kastrati A, Knuuti J, Landmesser U, Laufer G, Neumann FJ, Richter DJ, Schauerte P, Sousa Uva M, Stefanini GG, Taggart DP, Torracca L, Valgimigli M, Wijns W, Witkowski A. 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). Eur Heart J. 2014 Oct 1;35(37):2541-619. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu278. Epub 2014 Aug 29. No abstract available.

    PubMed 25173339
  • Madder RD, Goldstein JA, Madden SP, Puri R, Wolski K, Hendricks M, Sum ST, Kini A, Sharma S, Rizik D, Brilakis ES, Shunk KA, Petersen J, Weisz G, Virmani R, Nicholls SJ, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Stone GW, Muller JE. Detection by near-infrared spectroscopy of large lipid core plaques at culprit sites in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Aug;6(8):838-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.04.012. Epub 2013 Jul 17.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Evolocumab and NIRS IVUS in people with Clinical Trial and Acute Coronary Syndrome, run by Korea University Anam Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Oct 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in South Korea. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change of 1-year lipid core burden index (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04719221, which also lists 14 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Oct 2023.

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