Prevention & lipids

Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Inclisiran in Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Results From the ORION-5 Randomized Clinical Trial

CirculationPublished Randomised controlled trial

Primary result · Placebo-corrected % change in LDL-CResult — go to the resultPlacebo-corrected percentage change −1.68 % 95% CI −29.19% to 25.83%

Authors' conclusion

Inclisiran treatment did not reduce LDL-C levels in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia despite substantial lowering of PCSK9 levels.

Study context

Population
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with elevated LDL-C despite maximum tolerated LDL-C-lowering therapies with or without lipoprotein apheresis
Participants
56 participants
Comparison
Inclisiran vs placebo
Primary endpoint
Percentage change in LDL-C from baseline
Follow-up
Day 150
Methodological detailsphase 3, 2-part, multicenter, double-blind (part 1, 6 months), randomized 2:1, open-label part 2 (18 months)
  • Phase 3
  • 2-part
  • Multicenter
  • Double-blind (part 1, 6 months)
  • Randomized 2:1
  • Open-label part 2 (18 months)

Primary result

Placebo-corrected % change in LDL-C

Placebo-corrected percentage change

−1.68 %

95% CI −29.19% to 25.83%

P = 0.90

Inclisiran vs Placebo
placebo-corrected percentage change −1.68 % (95% CI −29.19% to 25.83%); P = 0.90

As reported in the abstract

Further findings

OutcomePlacebo-corrected percentage change (%)P value
Placebo-corrected % change in PCSK9 · day 150 · sustained throughout the study−60.6P < 0.0001

Other lipids and lipoproteins (apolipoprotein B, total cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol)

No statistically significant differences between inclisiran and placebo

Safety

Adverse events and serious adverse events · throughout the study

Did not differ between inclisiran and placebo

Original publication

Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Inclisiran in Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Results From the ORION-5 Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. Published 18 October 2023. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.122.063460

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it

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