Heart attack drug shows promise in reducing inflammation
NCT ID NCT04082442
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding evolocumab, a drug that lowers bad cholesterol, to standard care helps people who recently had a heart attack. The goal was to see if it reduces cholesterol and inflammation in the heart and blood vessels. 100 adults aged 25 to 90 who had a specific type of heart attack took part. The drug is already approved for some patients, but this study looked at its effects right after a heart attack.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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25 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 25 to 90 years. 2. ST elevation myocardial infarction, with compatible symptoms and ECG changes. 3. Non ST elevation myocardial infarction, with a troponin I \> 5ng/mL and with compatible symptoms and ECG changes. 4. Permission of attending physician. 5. Ability to understand the risk, benefits, and alternatives of participation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Scheduled for cardiac surgery. 2. Current treatment with a PCSK9 antibody. 3. Current participation in an intervention clinical trial. 4. Latex allergy 5. Previous adverse reaction to monoclonal antibodies 6. Non-English speaking 7. Female of childbearing potential. This is a female subject who has not used acceptable method(s) of birth control (see below) for at least one month prior to screening, unless the subject is sterilized or postmenopausal. Menopause is defined as: 12 months of spontaneous and continuous amenorrhea in a female \> 55 year of age. * Acceptable method(s) of birth control definition: One highly effective method (methods that can achieve a failure rate of less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly) * Combined hormonal (estrogen and progestogen) contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal) * Progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable) * Intrauterine device (IUD) * Intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS) * Bilateral tubal occlusion * Vasectomized partner * Sexual abstinence 8. Subject likely not to be available to complete all protocol-related study visits or procedures.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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