New shot helps lower cholesterol when statins aren't enough
NCT ID NCT06109831
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new injectable drug called SHR-1918 in 335 people with high cholesterol that was not well controlled by their current statin therapy. Participants received either SHR-1918 or a placebo alongside their usual cholesterol medications. The main goal was to see how much their LDL (bad) cholesterol dropped after 16 weeks.
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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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335 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 to 75 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. Regularly taking any moderate-intensity or higher dose\* of statin stabilization therapy for ≥4 weeks at screening: 1. ASCVD risk is ultra-high risk Fasting LDL-C ≥ 1.4 mmol/L; 2. ASCVD risk very high risk Fasting LDL-C ≥1.8 mmol/L; 3. ASCVD risk is intermediate or high risk Fasting LDL-C ≥ 2.6 mmol/L. 2. Any other condition that is not met at screening Regularly taking any moderate intensity and higher dose\* statin stabilization therapy for ≥4 weeks; a) Fasting LDL-C ≥ 2.6 mmol/L. 3. Fasting triglycerides ≤ 5.6 mmol/L. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previously diagnosed type 1 diabetes or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes at screening (HbA1c \> 8.5%). 2. eGFR \<30ml/min/1.73m2 at the screening visit. 3. CK \>5times ULN at the screening visit.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China