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JAMA
Original Investigation
April 8, 2024
Steven E.Nissen, MD; Kathy Wolski, MPH; Gerald F.Watts, MD, DSc; Michael J.Koren, MD; Henry Fok, MBBS, PhD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; David A.Rider, PhD; Leslie Cho, MD; Steven Romano, MD; Carrie Melgaard, MS; Curtis Rambaran, MBBS, MD
JAMA. 2024; 331(18):1534-1543. 10.1001/jama.2024.4504
This phase 1 randomized study assesses the safety and tolerability of zerlasiran, a short interfering RNA targeting hepatic synthesis of apolipoprotein(a), and its effects on serum concentrations of lipoprotein(a), in healthy participants and patients with stable atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
April 7, 2024
Daniel Gaudet, MD, PhD; Denes Pall, MD, PhD; Gerald F.Watts, DSc, PhD, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Robert S.Rosenson, MD; Karen Modesto, MD; Javier San Martin, MD; Jennifer Hellawell, MD; Christie M.Ballantyne, MD
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JAMA Cardiol. 2024; 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.0959
This randomized clinical trial assesses the safety and effectiveness of plozasiran, an investigational APOC3-targeted drug, in the reduction of serum triglyceride level in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia.
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JAMA
Comment & Response
March 27, 2024
Steven E.Nissen, MD; Helle Linnebjerg, PhD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
JAMA. 2024; 331(16):1417-1418. 10.1001/jama.2024.0848
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
January 17, 2024
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Adam J.Nelson, MBBS, PhD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Danielle Brennan, MS; Kausik K.Ray, MD, MPhil; Leslie Cho, MD; Venu Menon, MD; Na Li, PhD; LeAnne Bloedon, MS; Steven E.Nissen, MD
JAMA Cardiol. 2024; 9(3):245-253. 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.5155
This prespecified analysis of the Cholesterol Lowering via Bempedoic Acid, an ATP Citrate Lyase (ACL)–Inhibiting Regimen (CLEAR) Outcomes trial investigates if bempedoic acid is associated with a reduction in the total burden of cardiovascular events in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
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JAMA
Original Investigation
November 12, 2023
Steven E.Nissen, MD; Helle Linnebjerg, PhD; Xi Shen, PhD; Kathy Wolski, MPH; Xiaosu Ma, PhD; Shufen Lim, PhD; Laura F.Michael, PhD; Giacomo Ruotolo, MD, PhD; Grace Gribble, MS; Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
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JAMA. 2023; 330(21):2075-2083. 10.1001/jama.2023.21835
This randomized clinical trial compares a single dose of lepodisiran vs placebo to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and effects on lipoprotein(a) concentrations in adults without cardiovascular disease and with lipoprotein(a) serum concentrations of 75 nmol/L or greater at baseline.
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JAMA
Comment & Response
November 7, 2023
Steven E.Nissen, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD
JAMA. 2023; 330(17):1696-1697. 10.1001/jama.2023.17341
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JAMA
Preliminary Communication
August 28, 2023
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Steven E.Nissen, MD; Cynthia Fleming, RN, MSN; Shweta Urva, PhD; Jeffrey Suico, PhD; Paul H.Berg, MS; Helle Linnebjerg, PhD; Giacomo Ruotolo, MD, PhD; P. Kellie Turner, PharmD, PhD; Laura F.Michael, PhD
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JAMA. 2023; 330(11):1042-1053. 10.1001/jama.2023.16503
This phase 1 randomized clinical trial evaluates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and exploratory pharmacodynamic biomarker effects of muvalaplin in humans.
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JAMA
Original Investigation
June 24, 2023
Steven E.Nissen, MD; Venu Menon, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Danielle Brennan, MS; Luke Laffin, MD; Paul Ridker, MD; Kausik K.Ray, MD, MPhil; Denise Mason, BSN; John J. P.Kastelein, MD; Leslie Cho, MD; Peter Libby, MD; Na Li, PhD; JoAnne Foody, MD; Michael J.Louie, MD, MPH, MSc; A. Michael Lincoff, MD
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JAMA. 2023; 330(2):131-140. 10.1001/jama.2023.9696
This 32-country randomized clinical trial assesses the effects of bempedoic acid on cardiovascular outcomes in statin-intolerant patients receiving bempedoic acid vs placebo for primary prevention of a first major adverse cardiovascular event.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
May 16, 2021
Steven E.Nissen, MD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Kathy Wolski, MPH; Christie M.Ballantyne, MD; John J. P.Kastelein, MD, PhD; Paul M.Ridker, MD; Kausik K.Ray, MBChB, MD, MPhil; Darren K.McGuire, MD, MHSc; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH; Wolfgang Koenig, MD; Michael H.Davidson, MD; Michelle Garcia, RN, BSN, CCRC; Brian G.Katona, PharmD; Anders Himmelmann, MD, PhD; Larrye E.Loss, PharmD, MBA; Matthew Poole, MMath; Venu Menon, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
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JAMA Cardiol. 2021; 6(8):910-917. 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.1157
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial investigates the association between plasma levels of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid and cardiovascular outcomes in a trial of ω-3 fatty acids compared with corn oil placebo.
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JAMA
Comment & Response
April 6, 2021
Steven E.Nissen, MD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
JAMA. 2021; 325(13):1334-1335. 10.1001/jama.2021.0839
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JAMA
Original Investigation
November 15, 2020
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Michelle Garcia, RN, BSN, CCRC; Dianna Bash, BSN; Christie M.Ballantyne, MD; Philip J.Barter, MBBS, PhD; Michael H.Davidson, MD; John J. P.Kastelein, MD, PhD; Wolfgang Koenig, MD; Darren K.McGuire, MD, MHSc; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH; Paul M Ridker, MD; Kausik K.Ray, MBChB, MD, MPhil; Brian G.Katona, PharmD; Anders Himmelmann, MD, PhD; Larrye E.Loss, PharmD, MBA; Martin Rensfeldt; Torbjörn Lundström, MD, PhD; Rahul Agrawal, MD; Venu Menon, MD; Kathy Wolski, MPH; Steven E.Nissen, MD
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JAMA. 2020; 324(22):2268-2280. 10.1001/jama.2020.22258
This randomized trial examines the effects on cardiovascular outcomes of a carboxylic acid formulation of EPA and DHA (omega-3 CA) with documented favorable effects on lipid and inflammatory markers in patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia and high cardiovascular risk.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
July 8, 2020
Rishi Puri, MBBS, PhD; Steven E.Nissen, MD; Benoit J.Arsenault, PhD; Julie St John, MS; Jeffrey S.Riesmeyer, MD; Giacomo Ruotolo, MD, PhD; Ellen McErlean, MSN; Venu Menon, MD; Leslie Cho, MD; Kathy Wolski, MPH; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
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JAMA Cardiol. 2020; 5(10):1136-1143. 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2413
This secondary analysis of the randomized clinical ACCELERATE trial examines whether lipoprotein(a)-associated cardiovascular risk is modulated by systemic inflammation in optimally treated patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
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JAMA
Editorial
July 7, 2020
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Adam J.Nelson, MBBS, PhD
JAMA. 2020; 324(1):45-46. 10.1001/jama.2020.8390
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JAMA
Original Investigation
March 27, 2020
Kausik K.Ray, MBChB; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Kevin A.Buhr, PhD; Henry N.Ginsberg, MD; Jan O.Johansson, MD, PhD; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD; Ewelina Kulikowski, PhD; Peter P.Toth, MD, PhD; Norman Wong, MD; Michael Sweeney, MD; Gregory G.Schwartz, MD, PhD; BETonMACE Investigators and Committees
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JAMA. 2020; 323(16):1565-1573. 10.1001/jama.2020.3308
This randomized trial compares the effects of apabetalone (an inhibitor of bromodomain 2 and extraterminal protein, 2 epigenetic “readers”) vs placebo on major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), type 2 diabetes, and low HDL cholesterol level.
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JAMA
Original Investigation
September 2, 2019
Brian A.Ference, MD, MPhil, MSc; Deepak L.Bhatt, MD, MPH; Alberico L.Catapano, PhD; Chris J.Packard, DSc; Ian Graham, MD; Stephen Kaptoge, PhD; Thatcher B.Ference; Qi Guo, PhD; Ulrich Laufs, MD, PhD; Christian T.Ruff, MD, MPH; Arjen Cupido; G. Kees Hovingh, MD, PhD; John Danesh, DPhil; Michael V.Holmes, MBBS, PhD; George Davey Smith, MD, DSc; Kausik K.Ray, MD, MPhil; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Marc S.Sabatine, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 2019; 322(14):1381-1391. 10.1001/jama.2019.14120
This genetic epidemiology study uses UK Biobank database data to estimate the association between genetic variants associated with lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), or both and cardiovascular disease (CVD), defined as coronary death, nonfatal, myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularization.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
April 10, 2019
Donald Clark III, MD, MPH; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Julie St John, MS; Mohamed B.Elshazly, MD; Haitham M.Ahmed, MD, MPH; Haitham Khraishah, MD; Steven E.Nissen, MD; Rishi Puri, MBBS, MD, PhD
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JAMA Cardiol. 2019; 4(5):437-443. 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0751
This study examines the association of intraindividual blood pressure variability, coronary atheroma progression, and clinical outcomes using serial intravascular ultrasonography.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
March 6, 2019
Preethi Mani, MD; Rishi Puri, MBBS, PhD; Gregory G.Schwartz, MD, PhD; Steven E.Nissen, MD; Mingyuan Shao, MS; John J. P.Kastelein, MD, PhD; Venu Menon, MD; A. Michael Lincoff, MD; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
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JAMA Cardiol. 2019; 4(4):314-320. 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0179
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines whether longitudinal increases in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels during 16 weeks after an acute coronary syndrome are associated with increased risk of a major adverse cardiac event, cardiovascular death, and all-cause death.
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JAMA
Original Investigation
January 29, 2019
Brian A.Ference, MD, MPhil, MSc; John J. P.Kastelein, MD, PhD; Kausik K.Ray, MD, MPhil; Henry N.Ginsberg, MD; M. John Chapman, PhD, DSc; Chris J.Packard, DSc; Ulrich Laufs, MD, PhD; Clare Oliver-Williams, PhD; Angela M.Wood, PhD; Adam S.Butterworth, PhD; Emanuele Di Angelantonio, MD; John Danesh, DPhil; Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Deepak L.Bhatt, MD, MPH; Marc S.Sabatine, MD, MPH; Alberico L.Catapano, PhD
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JAMA. 2019; 321(4):364-373. 10.1001/jama.2018.20045
This mendelian randomization analysis compares the association of triglyceride-lowering variants in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene and of LDL-C–lowering variants in the LDL receptor gene (LDLR) with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk per unit change in apolipoprotein B.
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JAMA Cardiology
Original Investigation
September 1, 2018
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Jordan Andrews, BS; John J. P.Kastelein, MD, PhD; Bela Merkely, MD; Steven E.Nissen, MD; Kausik K.Ray, MBBS, PhD; Gregory G.Schwartz, MD, PhD; Stephen G.Worthley, MBBS, PhD; Connie Keyserling, MS; Jean-Louis Dasseux, PhD; Liddy Griffith, BA; Susan W.Kim, PhD; Alex Janssan, BS; Giuseppe Di Giovanni, BS; Anthony D.Pisaniello, MBBS; Daniel J.Scherer, MBBS; Peter J.Psaltis, MBBS, PhD; Julie Butters, BHSc
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JAMA Cardiol. 2018; 3(9):815-822. 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.2121
This randomized clinical trial determines the effect of an intravenous infusion of CER-001 on coronary atherosclerosis progression in statin-treated patients.
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JAMA Cardiology
Comment & Response
December 1, 2018
Stephen J.Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Rishi Puri, MBBS, PhD; Steven E.Nissen, MD
JAMA Cardiol. 2018; 3(12):1255-1256. 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3973