Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of an Every Four Weeks Treatment Regimen of Alirocumab (REGN727/ SAR236553) in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia (ODYSSEY CHOICE 1)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To determine the efficacy, long-term safety, and tolerability of alirocumab 300 mg every 4 weeks (Q4W), in comparison with placebo, as well as its potential as a starting regimen. The dose regimen of 75 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W), as used in other studies, was added as a calibrator.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
• Collaborator: Sanofi
• Treatments: Antibodies, Monoclonal

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men and women > age 18 or legal age of majority with elevated LDL-C

2. Patients not having adequate control of their hypercholesterolemia based on their individual level of CVD risk

3. Willing and able to comply with clinic visits and study-related procedures

4. Provided signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Recent (within 3 months prior to the screening visit) myocardial infarction, unstable angina leading to hospitalization, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, stroke, transient ischemic attack, carotid revascularization, endovascular procedure or surgical intervention for peripheral vascular disease

2. Known history of positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

3. Any clinically significant abnormality identified at the time of screening that in the judgment of the investigator or any sub-investigator would preclude safe completion of the study or constrain assessment of endpoints, such as major systemic diseases or participants with short life expectancy.

4. Participants considered by the investigator or any sub-investigator to be inappropriate for this study (e.g, geographic or social), actual or anticipated, that the investigator felt would restrict or limit the participant's participation for the duration of the study.

5. Certain laboratory findings obtained during the screening period

The information listed above is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial and not all inclusion/ exclusion criteria are listed.