CETP inhibitors Sample Clauses

CETP inhibitors. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is a plasma protein that catalyzes the exchange of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides (TG) between the atheroprotective HDL and the athero- genic apolipoprotein (apo) B– containing lipoproteins, especially very low density lipopro- tein (VLDL)88. Reduction in CETP activity resulting from genetic mutations or pharmacologic inhibition has been associated with reductions in cholesterol within the apo B-containing particles and cholesterol enrichment of HDL89, 90.
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CETP inhibitors. Several efficacious CETP inhibitors have been identified; these include torcetrapib (Pfizer, New York, NY, USA), dalcetrapib (previously referred to as RO4607381/JTT-705, Roche/Japan Tobacco, Basel, Switzerland), and anacetrapib (MK-0859, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA). Torcetrapib, a CETP inhibitor, has been shown to produce substantial increases in HDL-C and modest reductions in LDL-C133-138. However, in a study conducted on hyperlipidemic mice, it was found that torcetrapib did not reduce atherosclerosis beyond atorvastatin and induced more proinflammatory lesions than atorvastatin139. Moreover, treatment with torcetrapib was associated with an increase in blood pressure, an effect that has not been reported with other CETP inhibitors in development140, 141. This blood-raising effect of torcetrapib may be merely compound-specific and unrelated to the mechanism of CETP inhibition, and is thought to be related to an increase in plasma aldosterone and corticosterone xxxxxx000. A clinical out- comes study of torcetrapib in high-risk patients, ILLUMINATE (Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in Atherosclerotic Events), was stopped early owing to an excess in cardiovascular events and death in patients treated with the combination of torcetrapib and atorvastatin versus atorvastatin alone133. Subsequently, 3 studies have reported that torcetrapib did not reduce the atherosclerotic burden assessed in the coronary arteries (by intravascular ultrasonography) and in the carotid arteries (by ultrasonography of intima-media thickness)134, 136, 138. Dalcetrapib has demonstrated a favorable safety profile in a phase II study, and no changes in xxxxx xxxxx including blood pressure have been observed143-145. Several phase III clinical trials are ongoing with the objective of evaluating the clinical efficacy and safety of dalcetrapib. One of these, dal- VESSEL, is focused on modulation of vascular function by CETP inhibition and will shed further light on the mechanisms implicated in the improved endothelial func- tion which was recently observed in hypercholesterolaemic subjects with low baseline HDL-C subsequent to dalcetrapib treatment146. Another trial, the impact of dalcetrapib on atheroscle- rotic plaque development (dal-PLAQUE), has been initiated in some 100 patients with CHD using positron emission tomography/computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging147. Finally, in order to evaluate the effects of dalcetrapib ...

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