Long-term treatment with evolocumab among japanese patients: Final report of the osler open-label extension studies

Abstract

Background: Treatment with evolocumab reduces mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) up to 75% and cardiovascular events by 16% in the first year and 25% thereafter. Methods and Results: Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia enrolled in the parent YUKAWA-1-2 studies could enroll, once eligible, in the OSLER studies (n=556). OSLER re-randomized patients 2:1 to evolocumab plus standard of care (SOC; evolocumab+SOC) or SOC alone for 1 year; after year 1, patients could enter the all-evolocumab+SOC open-label extension of OSLER. Patients received evolocumab+SOC from the 2nd year through up to 5 years. Long-term efficacy and safety, including antidrug antibodies, were evaluated. Of 556 patients, 532 continued to the all-evolocumab+SOC extension: mean (standard deviation [SD]) age 61 (10) years, 39% female. A total of 91% of 532 patients completed the studies. Mean (SD) LDL-C change from parentstudy baseline with evolocumab from a mean (SD) baseline of 142.3 (21.3) and 105.0 (31.1) mg/dL in OSLER-1 and OSLER-2, respectively, was maintained through the end of the study: -58.0% (19.1%) at year 5 in OSLER-1, -62.7% (25.6%) at year 3 in OSLER-2. The overall safety profile of the evolocumab+SOC periods was similar to that of the year-1 controlled period. Antidrug antibodies were detected transiently in 3 patients. No neutralizing antibodies were detected. Conclusions: Japanese patients who continued evolocumab+SOC for up to 5 years experienced sustained high LDL-C level reduction. Long-term evolocumab+SOC exposure showed no new safety signals.