著者
Tamio Teramoto Masahiko Kobayashi Hiromi Tasaki Hiroaki Yagyu Toshinori Higashikata Yoshiharu Takagi Kiyoko Uno Marie T. Baccara-Dinet Atsushi Nohara
出版者
日本循環器学会
雑誌
Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.CJ-16-0387, (Released:2016-07-22)
参考文献数
30
被引用文献数
3 85

Background:The ODYSSEY Japan study was designed to demonstrate the reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by alirocumab as add-on to existing lipid-lowering therapy in Japanese patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) or non-FH at high cardiovascular risk who require additional pharmacological management to achieve their LDL-C treatment goal (<2.6 or <3.1 mmol/L, depending on risk category).Methods and Results:This randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, 52-week study was conducted in Japan. Patients (n=216) with heFH, non-FH at high cardiovascular risk with coronary disease, or classified as category III were enrolled. The prespecified safety analysis was done after the last patient completed 52 weeks. Patients were randomized (2:1, alirocumab:placebo) with stratification for heFH to s.c. alirocumab (75 mg every 2 weeks [Q2 W] with increase to 150 mg if week 8 LDL-C ≥2.6/3.1 mmol/L) or placebo for 52 weeks plus stable statin therapy. At week 24, mean±SE change in LDL-C from baseline was –62.5±1.3% in the alirocumab group and 1.6±1.8% in the placebo group (difference, –64.1±2.2%; P<0.0001); the reduction was sustained to week 52 (alirocumab, –62.5±1.4%; placebo, –3.6±1.9%). No patterns were evident between treatment groups for adverse events at 52 weeks.Conclusions:In high-risk Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia on stable statin therapy, alirocumab markedly reduced LDL-C vs. placebo and was well tolerated over 52 weeks.
著者
Masahiko Kobayashi Miyuki Kajiwara Setsuo Hasegawa
出版者
一般社団法人 日本動脈硬化学会
雑誌
Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (ISSN:13403478)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.22, no.11, pp.1186-1196, 2015-11-02 (Released:2015-11-02)
参考文献数
19
被引用文献数
13

Aim: We investigated the safety of 600/150 mg regimen of clopidogrel and the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of both 300/75 mg regimen and 600/150 mg regimen of clopidogrel in 72 Japanese subjects.Methods: A randomized study was conducted in healthy Japanese male subjects. Eligible subjects were stratified by dose regimen (300 mg loading dose of clopidogrel on day 1 followed by a 75 mg maintenance dose from days 2 to 7 or a 600 mg loading dose of clopidogrel on day 1 followed by a 150 mg maintenance dose from days 2 to 7) and CYP2C19 metabolizer group [extensive metabolizers (EMs), intermediate metabolizers (IMs), and poor metabolizers (PMs)]. Platelet aggregation and platelet reactivity were evaluated by measuring the maximum platelet aggregation intensity (MAI) induced by 5 and 20 μM ADP, phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), and P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) using the VerifyNow system, respectively. We also measured the plasma concentrations of clopidogrel and its active metabolite H4.Results: No treatment emergent adverse events in the 300/75 mg and 600/150 mg regimen were observed in EMs, IMs, and PMs. All CYP metabolizer groups exhibited a lower MAI (%) induced by ADP in the 300/75 mg and 600/150 mg clopidogrel regimens, and MAI (%) in IM group was equipotent to EM irrespective of the clopidogrel dosage. The double dose regimen decreased MAI in the PM group as equipotent to the IM group receiving the standard dose regimen without the extension of bleeding time. No clear relationship of exposure to clopidogrel and CYP2C19 function was observed, whereas active metabolite H4 exposure was likely to be related to CYP2C19 function.Conclusion: Clopidogrel in the 600/150 mg regimen was well tolerated. All CYP metabolizer groups exhibited a lower MAI (%) induced by ADP and anti-platelet activities analyzed by VASP and VerifyNow test in the 300/75 mg and 600/150 mg regimens in healthy Japanese subjects.