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| Name | Class |
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| National Natural Science Foundation of China | OTHER_GOV |
| Nanjing Medical University | OTHER |
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The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of PCSK 9 Inhibitor (initiated within 4 h from PCI for the culprit lesion) with high-intensity statin treatment, compared to placebo with high-intensity statin treatment, on cardiovascular events (including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, re-hospitalization due to acute coronary syndromes or heart failure, or any ischemia-driven coronary revascularization) in patients with acute coronary syndrome and multiple lesions. Alirocumab was used before June 10, 2025; Tafolecimab has been used from June 10, 2025 onward.
Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at high-risk. ACS patients are commonly associated with multiple lesions or multivessel disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an effective treatment for culprit lesions in ACS. Statin at high-intensity is recommended by current guidelines in order to prevent/slow the progression of non-culprit disease or restenosis. PCSK9 inhibitor serves as the most powerful medication in lowering LDL via promoting the expression of LDL receptors in the liver. However, if the combination of PCSK9 inhibitor with high-intensity statin treatment could significantly reduce the cardiovascular events in patients with ACS who underwent PCI remains unknown. Alirocumab was used before June 10, 2025; Tafolecimab has been used from June 10, 2025 onward.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Placebo plus high-intensity statin | Placebo Comparator | Participants received placebo subcutaneous injections once every 2 weeks (Q2W) plus high-intensity statin treatment (Rosuvastatin, 20 mg, once daily) |
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| PCSK 9 Inhibitor plus high-intensity statin | Active Comparator | Participants received PCSK 9 Inhibitor Q2W subcutaneous injections |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Placebo plus high-intensity statin | Drug | Administered subcutaneously using a spring-based prefilled 1.0 mL autoinjector/pen, Q2W, and oral administration of rosuvastatin (20 mg, once daily). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cardiovascular events | Cardiovascular events defined as the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke or transit ischemic attack, re-hospitalization due to unstable angina or heart failure, or any ischemia-driven coronary revascularization. | 12 months after randomization |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cardiovascular death | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC according to protocol defined definition. | 12 months after randomization |
| All cause death | It is defined as any death from randomization to the last visit. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
(1) Unstable angina (characterized by rest pain lasting between 5 and 30 minutes or worsening exertional angina accompanied by either transient ST segment depression or elevation, or angiography revealing visually estimated diameter stenosis of 90% or greater, or a ruptured plaque or thrombotic lesion), or (2) Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, indicated by positive troponin levels consistent with the clinical syndrome and non-ST segment elevation, or (3) ST elevation myocardial infarction, indicated by positive troponin levels consistent with the clinical syndrome and ST-segment elevation.
4. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels must meet the following criteria:
5. Subjects must have at least one culprit lesion for ACS in a major native coronary artery (diameter stenosis >70% with a QFR or FFR<0.8), and have at least one non-culprit vessel disease (diameter stenosis ≤70% with a QFR or FFR ≥0.8).
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Shao-Liang Chen, MD, PhD | Contact | +86-25-52271351 | chmengx@126.com | |
| Jing Kan, MPH | Contact | +86-25-52271398 | kanjingok@126.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Shao-Liang Chen, MD, PhD | Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Nanjing First Hospital | Recruiting | Nanjing | Jiangsu | 210006 | China |
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Participants are randomly (at a ratio of 1:1) assigned to PCSK9 inhibitor plus high-intensity statin or placebo plus high-intensity statin group, and then the results at 1 year, 2- or 3-year are compared
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Neither the participants nor the investigators are aware of the treatment assignment until the end of the trial
| PCSK 9 Inhibitor plus high-intensity statin | Drug | Administered subcutaneously using a spring-based prefilled 1.0 mL autoinjector/pen, Q2W, and oral administration of rosuvastatin (20 mg, once daily). |
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| 12 months after randomization |
| Myocardial infarction | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| Stroke | stroke will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| Ischemia-driven coronary revascularization | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| Re-hospitalization due to unstable angina or heart failure | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| Diagnostic malignant tumor | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| PCSK9 inhibitors or statin intolerance | It will be adjudicated by an independent external CEC. | 12 months after randomization |
| ID | Term |
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| D054058 | Acute Coronary Syndrome |
| D006949 | Hyperlipidemias |
| ID | Term |
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| D017202 | Myocardial Ischemia |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D050171 | Dyslipidemias |
| D052439 | Lipid Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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