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ReviewTherapeutics and clinical risk management2020

Inclisiran for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: A Short Review on the Emerging Data and Therapeutic Potential.

Constantine E Kosmas, Alba Muñoz Estrella, Andreas Skavdis, Edilberto Peña Genao, Ian Martinez, Eliscer Guzman

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Review in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The Role of VEGF Family in Lipid Metabolism.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2023
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  17. RNA therapeutics in the clinic.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2023
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  20. Drug delivery systems for RNA therapeutics.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Constantine E KosmasDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Alba Muñoz EstrellaDepartment of Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke's-West Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Andreas SkavdisSchool of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Edilberto Peña GenaoCardiology Clinic, Cardiology Unlimited, PC, New York, NY, USA.
Ian MartinezDepartment of Medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA.
Eliscer GuzmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Montefiore Medical Center · USJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County · USNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK-9)-targeting therapy has arisen as a new line for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Inclisiran is a double-stranded small RNA molecule that works by blocking the transcription of PCSK-9, leading to a reduction of PCSK9 levels in the hepatocytes, resulting in an increased expression of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors in the hepatocyte membrane and, as a consequence, it reduces the circulating levels of LDL cholesterol (LDL-C). Compared to the other LDL-C-lowering medications, such as statins, ezetimibe and PCSK-9 inhibitors, inclisiran proposes an infrequent dosing of twice a year, while simultaneously providing a significant reduction of LDL-C. Its prolonged effect offers an advantage against medication non-compliance, which is one of the main causes for not achieving LDL-C goals with standard therapy. Inclisiran has also proven to have a relatively safe profile with adverse effects occurring in similar frequency as with placebo. This review aims to present and discuss the current clinical and scientific data pertaining to the role of inclisiran in the management of hypercholesterolemia and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Indexed as

cardiovascular diseaseCVDhypercholesterolemiainclisiranPCSK-9proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9

Identifiers

PMID33149595
PMCPMC7604242
OpenAlexW3096580040

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