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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2019 Jan 4;124(1):32–37. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.314191

Table 3.

LDL-C Lowering after PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy
% Change after
3rd injection
% Change after
6 months
% Change after
1 year
Alirocumab 75mg
  Median (IQR) −52% (−39, −62) −59% (−47, −72) −56% (−46, −68)
Alirocumab 150mg
  Median (IQR) −49% (−46, −57) −55% (−40, −72) −53% (−44, −68)
Evolocumab 140mg
  Median (IQR) −65% (−50, −78) −64% (−49, −78) −61% (−54, −67)
Overall
  Median (IQR) −57% (−45, −71) −61% (−48, −75) −60% (−48, −75)
Lipoprotein (a) Lowering after PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy
% Change after 3rd injection % Change after 6 months % Change after 1 year
Alirocumab 75mg
  Median (IQR) −12% (0, −27) −23% (−12, −40) −25% (−13, −39)
Alirocumab 150mg
  Median (IQR) −12% (−9, −16) −15% (−9, −21) −18% (−12, −25)
Evolocumab 140mg
Median (IQR) −14% (0, −31) −25% (−11, −43) −18% (0, −35)
Overall
Median (IQR) −13% (0, −29) −23% (−10, −38) −23% (−9, −38)

Patients were excluded from this analysis if they changed from one PCSK9 inhibitor to another

IQR = interquartile range