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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2023

Bempedoic Acid: A Contemporary Review of Its Pharmacology, Efficacy, and Safety Profile, Including Recent Data from the CLEAR Outcomes Clinical Trial.

Jong Kun Park, Noah Balarbar, Anandita Agarwala

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular targets of bempedoic acid and related decoy fatty acids.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jong Kun ParkThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Noah BalarbarCenter for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Baylor Scott and White Health Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, TX, USA.
Anandita AgarwalaCenter for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Baylor Scott and White Health Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, TX, USA. anandita.kulkarni@bswhealth.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9273-7936
Heart Hospital Baylor Plano · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo provide an updated review of bempedoic acid's clinical application in lowering LDL-C in the setting of statin intolerance and the recent findings in the CLEAR Outcomes trial as well as summarize and synthesize the current state of knowledge regarding bempedoic acid while providing an in-depth analysis of the drug's pharmacological properties, mechanism of action, clinical trials, safety, and efficacy. RECENT

findingsThe CLEAR Outcomes trial has provided evidence to support bempedoic acid as a viable alternative to statins for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Bempedoic acid is a promising treatment option for patients with hypercholesterolemia who are unable to tolerate statin therapy or require additional LDL-C reduction in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, with the newest lipid-lowering cardiovascular outcomes trials expanding on their generalizability particularly in the inclusion of women.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypercholesterolemiaCholesterol, LDLDicarboxylic AcidsFatty AcidsFemaleHumans8-hydroxy-2,2,14,14-tetramethylpentadecanedioic acidCholesterol, LDLDicarboxylic AcidsFatty AcidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsBempedoic acidCLEAR OutcomesLDL cholesterolStatin intoleranceWomen’s inclusion

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PMID37405598
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