2007
DOI: 10.1185/030079907x210507
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Meta-analysis of the cholesterol-lowering effect of ezetimibe added to ongoing statin therapy

Abstract: The meta-analysis we performed included only five studies and was restricted to analysis of the changes in cholesterol levels relative to baseline. However, the results suggest that ezetimibe co-administered with ongoing statin therapy provides significant additional lipid-lowering in patients not at LDL-C goal on statin therapy alone, allowing more patients to reach their LDL-C goal.

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“…Other systematic reviews conducted so far have typically been focused on surrogate parameters rather than patient-relevant endpoints. Furthermore, most studies included in these reviews were short, lasting only a few weeks (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(36)(37)(38). The authors of a comparable review (17), also focusing on patientrelevant endpoints, arrived at the conclusion that, based on the available evidence, no additional or fewer benefits and no greater or lesser harm can be attributed to ezetimibe-statin combination therapy.…”
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“…Other systematic reviews conducted so far have typically been focused on surrogate parameters rather than patient-relevant endpoints. Furthermore, most studies included in these reviews were short, lasting only a few weeks (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(36)(37)(38). The authors of a comparable review (17), also focusing on patientrelevant endpoints, arrived at the conclusion that, based on the available evidence, no additional or fewer benefits and no greater or lesser harm can be attributed to ezetimibe-statin combination therapy.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Ezetimibe is approved in combination with a statin when the target cholesterol levels are not attained with statin treatment alone (10). To date, studies comparing the advantages and disadvantages of ezetimibe-statin combination therapy with statin treatment alone have generally focused on surrogate parameters, such as the reduction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Numerous studies demonstrated a cholesterollowering effect (12,14,16).…”
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“…Az ezetimib a vékonybélsejtek szintjén csökkenti a koleszterin felszívódását, célpontja a bélhámsejtek kefeszegélyében expresszálódó NPC1L1 protein, a statinkezelés kiegészítéseként az LDL-C-szint további körülbelül 26%-os csökkentése érhető el [26].…”
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“…Azoknál a betegeknél azonban, akiknél célér-ték alatti LDL-C-szintet sikerült elérni, tovább csökkent a major cardiovascularis események rizikója [32]. A statinterápiát ezetimibbel kiegészítve további 26%-os LDL-C-szint-csökkenést érhetünk el [26], így az ezetimibet akár közepes dózisú statinhoz adva célértékre hozható a beteg, ugyanakkor a magasabb dózisú statinkezelés mellékhatásait és rizikóit (diabetes, vérzéses stroke) elkerülhetjük vagy csökkenthetjük. Ezen túlmenően az IMPROVE-IT vizsgálat és számos más tanulmány eredményei is azt támasztják alá, hogy az LDL-C-szint és a cardiovascularis rizikó közötti lineáris összefüggés körül-belül az 1,3 mmol/l szintig fennáll.…”
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