Effects of the PCSK9 Antibody AliroCuMab on Coronary Atherosclerosis in PatieNts With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Serial, Multivessel, Intravascular Ultrasound, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy And Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Study
Latest Information Update: 06 Sep 2024
At a glance
- Drugs Alirocumab (Primary)
- Indications Coronary arteriosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Stroke
- Focus Therapeutic Use
- Acronyms PACMAN-AMI
- 01 May 2024 Results (n=139 from substudy) assessing the effects of the PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab added to high-intensity statin on FMD, and its association with coronary atherosclerosis in non-infarct related arteries using intracoronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and optical coherence tomography published in the Atherosclerosis
- 08 Apr 2024 Results assessing if PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab decrease carotid inflammation assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.
- 28 Aug 2023 Results assessing the influence of aggressive LDL-lowering on neutrophil activation, and immune cell gene expression of pro-inflammatory markers in a subset of the PACMAN-AMI cohort, presented at the ESC Congress 2023 - Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology.