Extending the Evidence: What did the FOURIER trial teach us on managing high risk patients?
Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH
Chairman, TIMI Study Group Lewis Dexter, MD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH Professor of Medicine, HMS
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Extending the Evidence: What did the FOURIER trial teach us on managing high risk patients? PCSK9i, Changing Practice in Cardiology: The Emerging Story ESC Satellite Symposium August 31, 2019 Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH Chairman, TIMI Study
Chairman, TIMI Study Group Lewis Dexter, MD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, BWH Professor of Medicine, HMS
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Evolocumab SC
140 mg Q2W or 420 mg QM
Placebo SC
Q2W or QM LDL-C ≥70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L) or non-HDL-C ≥100 mg/dL (2.6 mmol/L)
Follow-up Q 12 weeks Median f/up 2.2 yrs
Screening, Lipid Stabilization, and Placebo Run-in High or moderate intensity statin therapy (± ezetimibe) 27,564 high-risk, stable patients with established CV disease (prior MI, prior stroke, or symptomatic PAD)
RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND
Sabatine MS et al. Am Heart J 2016;173:94-101
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Evolocumab (median 30 mg/dl, IQR 19-46 mg/dl) Placebo 59% reduction P<0.00001 Absolute 56 mg/dl 14,6 9,9 12,6 7,9
5 10 15 KM Rate (%) at 3 Years
HR 0.85 (0.79-0.92) P<0.0001 HR 0.80 (0.73-0.88) P<0.0001
CVD death, MI, stroke, UA, cor revasc CVD death, MI, stroke
Sabatine MS et al. NEJM 2017;376:1713-22
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Subgroup Patients Overall 27564 Type of disease MI alone 19113 Stroke alone 3366 PAD alone 1505 Polyvascular disease 3563 Baseline LDL-C Q1 (<80 mg/dl) 6961 Q2 (80-<92 mg/dl) 6886 Q3 (92-109 mg/dl) 6887 Q4 (>109 mg/dl) 6829 Baseline statin intensity High 19103 Not high 8461 Ezetimibe Yes 1440 No 26124 Initial Dosing Regimen Every 2 weeks 24774 Monthly 2790 1° Endpoint HR (95% CI) Key 2° Endpoint HR (95% CI)
1.0
EvoMab better Pbo better
0.4 2.5 1.0
EvoMab better Pbo better
0.4 2.5
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) Weeks
Evolocumab (median 21 mg/dl, IQR 11.5-37 mg/dl) Placebo (median 66 mg/dl, IQR 56-78 mg/dl) 66% mean reduction (95%CI 62-69), P<0.00001
Giugliano RP et al. and Sabatine MS. JAMA Cardiol 2017;2:1385-91
(median 0.5 mmol/L, IQR 0.3-1.0 mmol/L) (median 1.7 mmol/L, IQR 1.4-2.0 mmol/L)
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CVD, MI, stroke, UA, or cor revasc HR (95% CI) Pinteraction All Patients 0.85 (0.79-0.92) Baseline LDL-C <70 mg/dL 0.80 (0.60-1.07) Baseline LDL-C ≥70 mg/dL 0.86 (0.79-0.92)
0.65
1.0
EvoMab better Pbo better
0.4 2.5
CVD, MI, or stroke All Patients 0.80 (0.73-0.88) Baseline LDL-C <70 mg/dL 0.70 (0.48-1.01) Baseline LDL-C ≥70 mg/dL 0.81 (0.73-0.89)
1.0 0.4 2.5
0.44
Giugliano RP et al. and Sabatine MS. JAMA Cardiol 2017;2:1385-91
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Sabatine MS et al. JAMA Cardiol 2018;3:823-8
Trial LDL-C (mg/dl) Expt Arm Ctrl Arm RR (95% CI) per 1 mM in LDL-C Statins CTTC <2 mmol/L subgp 66 910 1012 0.78 (0.65-0.94) Non-statin LDL-C Lowering IMPROVE-IT 70 2455 2649 0.79 (0.67-0.93) FOURIER <1.8 mmol/L subgp 66 81 103 0.80 (0.61-1.04) REVEAL 63 2068 2214 0.77 (0.63-0.96) Summary 4604 4966 0.79 (0.70-0.88) OVERALL SUMMARY 5514 5978 0.79 (0.71-0.87) P=0.00005 P=0.000001
0.2 0.5 1 2 5 LDL-C Lowering Better LDL-C Lowering Worse
Events Starting Major Vascular Events
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13,0 17,1 11,4 14,4
5 10 15 20
No Diabetes Diabetes
CV Death, MI or Stroke, UA or Cor Revasc (KM Rate at 3 yrs)
Sabatine MS et al. Lancet Diab Endocrin 2017;5:941-50
RRR 13% 17% ARR 1.6% 2.7%
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7,1 7,7 12,8 5,4 6,2 10,3
5 10 15
≥90 60 to <90 <60
CV Death, MI or Stroke KM Rate (%) at 30 Months
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)
Charytan et al. JACC 2019;73:2961-70
RRR 25% 18% 21% ARR 1.7% 1.5% 2.5%
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Qualifying MI <2 yrs ago
Months after Randomization
CV Death, MI, or Stroke
6 12 18 24 30 36
24% RRR HR 0.76 (95% CI 0.64-0.89) P<0.001 7.9% 10.8%
Pinteraction=0.18
D 2.9% NNT 35 Evolocumab Placebo 8.3% 9.3% D 1.0% NNT 101 Qualifying MI ≥2 yrs ago 13% RRR HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.76-0.99) P=0.04
6 12 18 24 30 36
Sabatine et al. Circ 2018;138:756-66
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≥2 Prior MIs
Months after Randomization
CV Death, MI, or Stroke
6 12 18 24 30 36
21% RRR HR 0.79 (95% CI 0.67-0.94) P=0.006 12.4% 15.0%
Pinteraction=0.57
D 2.6% NNT 38 Evolocumab Placebo 6.6% 8.2% D 1.7% NNT 60 1 Prior MI 16% RRR HR 0.84 (95% CI 0.74-0.96) P=0.008
6 12 18 24 30 36
Sabatine et al. Circ 2018;138:756-66
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Multivessel Disease
Months after Randomization
CV Death, MI, or Stroke
6 12 18 24 30 36
30% RRR HR 0.70 (95% CI 0.58-0.84) P<0.001 9.2% 12.6%
Pinteraction=0.03
D 3.4% NNT 29 Evolocumab Placebo 7.6% 8.9% D 1.3% NNT 78 No Multivessel Disease 11% RRR HR 0.89 (95% CI 0.79-1.00) P=0.055
6 12 18 24 30 36
Sabatine et al. Circ 2018;138:756-66
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22,351 patients w/ prior MI 8402 Pts <2 y from MI 5618 Pts w/ MVD 5285 Pts ≥2 MIs
63% of the population w/ at least 1 risk factor 37% of the population
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0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%
Months after Randomization
CV Death, MI, or Stroke
6 12 18 24 30 36
Pinteraction=0.11
Evolocumab Placebo ≥1 Feature 22% RRR 2.5% ARR
High-risk feature: <2 yrs from qualifying MI, ≥2 prior MIs, or residual multivessel disease
Sabatine et al. Circulation 2018;138:756-66 0 Features 6% RRR 0.5% ARR
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0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8%
Evolocumab Placebo
Months from Randomization
CV Death, MI, Stroke
3 9 12 24 30 36 6 12 18
19% RRR
HR 0.81 (95%CI 0.68-0.95) P=0.01
27% RRR
HR 0.73 (95%CI 0.62-0.86) P<0.001
High-risk feature: <2 yrs from qualifying MI, ≥2 prior MIs, or multivessel disease
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Months from Randomization
CV Death, MI, Stroke
3 9 12 6
19% RRR
HR 0.81 (95%CI 0.68-0.95) P=0.01
24 30 36 12 18
27% RRR
HR 0.73 (95%CI 0.62-0.86) P<0.001 Evolocumab Placebo 2% absolute risk reduction
If same pattern continues, would extrapolate to 5% ARR
NNT5y of ~20
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Bonaca MP et al. & Sabatine MS. Circulation 2018;137:338-50
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Bonaca MP et al. & Sabatine MS. Circulation 2018;137:338-50
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