Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland OH.
Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis IN.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Dec 3;8(23):e013790. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013790. Epub 2019 Nov 22.
Background The failure of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor torcetrapib was associated with an off-target increase in plasma aldosterone. We sought to evaluate the impact of evacetrapib on plasma aldosterone level and determine the association between plasma aldosterone level and major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with stable high-risk vascular disease enrolled in the ACCELERATE (Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition With Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes) trial. Methods and Results We included all patients with a plasma aldosterone level (N=1624) and determined the impact of evacetrapib exposure compared with placebo on plasma aldosterone levels after 12 months of treatment. Using baseline and postexposure aldosterone levels, hazard ratios for major adverse cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, hospitalization for unstable angina, and revascularization) with increasing quartile of baseline and percentage change in plasma aldosterone level at follow-up were calculated. The average age was 65.2 years, 75.7% were men, 93.7% were hypertensive, 73.3% were diabetic, and 57.6% had a prior myocardial infarction. Baseline plasma aldosterone level (85.2 [43, 150] versus 86.8 [43, 155] pmol/L; =0.81) and follow-up percentage change (13.6% [-29, 88] versus 17.9% [-24, 87]; =0.23) were similar between those who received evacetrapib and placebo. During median follow-up of 28 months, major adverse cardiovascular events occurred in 263 patients (16.2%). The hazard ratios for increasing quartile of baseline or percentage change in plasma aldosterone level at follow-up were not significant for major adverse cardiovascular events. These findings remained consistent when adjusting for significant characteristics. Conclusions Exposure to evacetrapib did not result in significant change in plasma aldosterone levels compared with placebo. Among patients with stable high-risk vascular disease, plasma aldosterone levels were not a predictor for future cardiovascular events. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01687998.
胆固醇酯转移蛋白抑制剂 torcetrapib 的失败与血浆醛固酮的非靶标增加有关。我们试图评估 evacetrapib 对血浆醛固酮水平的影响,并确定在 ACCELERATE(评估胆固醇酯转移蛋白抑制对高危血管结局患者的临床影响)试验中,稳定高危血管疾病患者的血浆醛固酮水平与主要不良心血管事件之间的关系。
我们纳入了所有具有血浆醛固酮水平的患者(N=1624),并确定了与安慰剂相比,在治疗 12 个月后 evacetrapib 暴露对血浆醛固酮水平的影响。使用基线和暴露后醛固酮水平,计算主要不良心血管事件(心血管死亡、非致死性心肌梗死、脑血管意外、不稳定型心绞痛住院和血运重建)的风险比,以及随着基线和随访时血浆醛固酮水平的四分位和百分比变化的增加。患者的平均年龄为 65.2 岁,75.7%为男性,93.7%为高血压,73.3%为糖尿病,57.6%有心肌梗死史。基线血浆醛固酮水平(85.2[43,150]与 86.8[43,155]pmol/L;=0.81)和随访时的百分比变化(13.6%[-29,88]与 17.9%[-24,87];=0.23)在接受 evacetrapib 和安慰剂的患者之间相似。在中位 28 个月的随访期间,263 例患者(16.2%)发生主要不良心血管事件。随着基线或随访时血浆醛固酮水平的四分位增加,主要不良心血管事件的风险比没有显著意义。当调整重要特征时,这些发现仍然一致。
与安慰剂相比,暴露于 evacetrapib 并没有导致血浆醛固酮水平的显著变化。在稳定的高危血管疾病患者中,血浆醛固酮水平不是未来心血管事件的预测因素。