セキグチ ハルキ   SEKIGUCHI Haruki
  関口 治樹
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   准教授
言語種別 英語
発表タイトル Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK-9) Inhibitor Improve Lipid Profile and Vascular Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation in Japanese High-Risk Familia Hypercholesterolemia
会議名 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2018
主催者 American Heart Association (AHA)
学会区分 国際学会及び海外の学会
発表形式 ポスター掲示
講演区分 一般
発表者・共同発表者◎ABE Takuro, SATO Kayoko, IMAMURA Yasutaka, YAMAMOTO Eri, MATSUURA Junya, NOMURA Hidekimi, SAKAI Akiko, SEKIGUCHI Haruki, HAGIWARA Nobuhisa
発表年月日 2018/11/12
開催地
(都市, 国名)
Chicago, USA
概要 *Session Title: Lipids and Lipoprotein Metabolism

Introduction: The effectiveness of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK-9) inhibitors in patients with ischemic heart disease was revealed by FOURIER and GLAGOV trials. For secondary prevention, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels should be controlled below 70mg/dL. However, for the patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH), it is difficult to reach the target levels of LDL-C with conventional hypolipidemic drugs.

Hypothesis: PCSK-9 inhibitors rapidly improve the levels of LDL-C and the atherosclerosis in heFH patients with high risk.

Methods: We examined the effects of PCSK-9 inhibitors in the high-risk heFH patients. From 2016, we selected the patients with heFH had multiple risk factors, such as the past history of CVD, Age>35 years (men) and >45 years (women), TG>150mg/dl, HDL-C<40mg/dl, LP(a)>50mg/dl, achilles tendon xanthoma (ATX)>15mm, current smoker, DM, Hypertension, or CKD. Furthermore, we administered PCSK-9 inhibitors to the patients could not achieve the ideal LCL-C levels treated with the maximum dose of statin. We analyzed the clinical course for first and second prevention, clinical characteristics, biochemical data, physiological examination, and gene mutation in the consecutive 30 high-risk heFH patients (16 men and 14 women).

Results: The age of heFH patients was 59.4±13.2 years and BMI was 26.9±4.1 kg/m2. We examined the gene mutation in 17 patients with heFH, and found 8 of LDLR and 4 of PCSK-9 gene mutations, and 3 of those had double heterozygous mutations. Therefore, the many heFH patients with high risk had the genetic mutation, and had more atherosclerotic developments. The T-cho, LDL-C, ApoB, LP(a), and oxidized LDL-C were improved significantly after PCSK-9 inhibitor treatments within 4 weeks. In many cases, the maximum carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and ATX, and coronary artery plaques were decreased dramatically after 24W.

Conclusions: The plaque formation in high-risk heFH patients was improved following strong lipids-lowering effects by PCSK-9 inhibitor, it could be prevented the future cardiovascular events.