A Post-Marketing Clinical Trial of Pemafibrate in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia and Inadequate Response to Statins

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorKowa Company, Ltd.

About this trial

To investigate the efficacy and safety of Pemafibrate 0.2 mg/day or 0.4 mg/day for 12 weeks in patients with hypercholesterolemia and inadequate response to statins, using placebo as a control.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients with hypercholesterolemia aged 18 years or older at the time of obtaining written informed consent

Patients who have taken statins at a fixed dose and regimen within the approved dose range for at least four weeks prior to the first screening assessment.

Patients who have received stable dietary and/or exercise therapy for at least 12 weeks prior to the first screening assessment.

Patients with the fasting serum TG < 150 mg/dL on two consecutive occasions at screening

Disqualifiers

Patients who require administration of prohibited drugs during the post-marketing clinical trial period after written informed consent

Patients with type 1 diabetes and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes [HbA1c(NGSP) >= 10.0 % at Screening]

Patients whose LDL-C level changed by more than +20% or -20% in the second screening test compared to the the first.

Patients with uncontrolled thyroid disease

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pemafibrate 0.2 mg/day

    Drug

    Administered orally once daily

  • Pemafibrate 0.4 mg/day

    Drug

    Administered orally once daily

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Administered orally once daily

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Pemafibrate 0.2mg/dayExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Pemafibrate 0.4mg/dayExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Percentage change from baseline in LDL-C (direct)

Percent change = (measured value at each time point - baseline value) / baseline value

Time frame
4, 8, and 12 weeks after administration

Secondary outcomes

1

Achievement of lipid management targets based on the mean LDL-C (direct) values

Calculate the percentage of participants who achieved lipid management targets

Time frame
4, 8, and 12 weeks after administration
2

Percentage change from baseline in LDL-C(Friedewald formula), HDL-C(direct), non-HDL-C, TC, TG

Time frame
4, 8, and 12 weeks after administration

Other outcomes

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