Evolocumab is Initiated in Central and Eastern Europe at Much Higher LDL-C Levels Than Recommended in Guidelines: Results from the Observational HEYMANS Study

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11140/23:10466189 RIV/00216208:11150/23:10466189

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10742484231172847" target="_blank" >10.1177/10742484231172847</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evolocumab is Initiated in Central and Eastern Europe at Much Higher LDL-C Levels Than Recommended in Guidelines: Results from the Observational HEYMANS Study

Original language description

Purpose: We examined clinical characteristics and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering in patients initiating evolocumab in real-world practice in a Central and Eastern European (CEE) cohort from the pan-European HEYMANS study. Methods: Patients from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia were enrolled at initiation of evolocumab (baseline) as per local reimbursement criteria. Demographic/clinical characteristics, lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) and lipid values were collected from medical records for &lt;= 6 months before baseline and &lt;= 30 months after evolocumab initiation. Results: Overall, 333 patients were followed over a mean (SD) duration of 25.1 (7.5) months. At initiation of evolocumab, LDL-C levels were markedly elevated in all three countries, with a median (Q1, Q3) LDL-C of 5.2 (4.0, 6.6) mmol/L in Bulgaria, 4.5 (3.8, 5.8) mmol/L in the Czech Republic, and 4.7 (4.0, 5.6) mmol/L in Slovakia. Within the first three months of evolocumab treatment, LDL-C levels were reduced by a median of 61% in Bulgaria, 64% in the Czech Republic, and 53% in Slovakia. LDL-C levels remained low throughout the remaining period of observation. The 2019 ESC/EAS guideline-recommended risk-based LDL-C goals were attained by 46% of patients in Bulgaria, 59% in the Czech Republic, and 43% of patients in Slovakia. LDL-C goal attainment was higher in patients receiving a statin +/- ezetimibe-based background therapy (Bulgaria: 55%, Czech Republic: 71%, Slovakia: 51%) compared to those receiving evolocumab alone (Bulgaria: 19%, Czech Republic: 49%, Slovakia: 34%). Conclusion: In the HEYMANS CEE cohort, patients initiated on evolocumab had baseline LDL-C levels approximately three-fold higher than guideline-recommended thresholds for PCSK9i initiation. Risk-based LDL-C goal attainment was highest in patients receiving high-intensity combination therapy. Lowering the LDL-C reimbursement threshold for PCSK9i initiation would allow more patients to receive combination therapy, thus improving LDL-C goal attainment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30202 - Endocrinology and metabolism (including diabetes, hormones)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

ISSN

1074-2484

e-ISSN

1940-4034

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JAN-DEC

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

10742484231172847

UT code for WoS article

000993789400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85159802138