Rationale and design of two trials assessing the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of inclisiran in adolescents with homozygous and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inclisiran is a small interfering RNA molecule that reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by inhibition of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9. This subcutaneous, twice-yearly administered agent has been shown to effectively and safely lower LDL-C in adult patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, adults at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, as well as in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. With the current, limited treatment options available to reach treatment goals in children with severe heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia, homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia, or statin intolerance, inclisiran could be a valuable new therapeutic option. OBJECTIVES: The objective of these ongoing studies is to investigate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of inclisiran in adolescents diagnosed with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (ORION-13) or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (ORION-16). STUDY DESIGN: ORION-13 and ORION-16 are both two-part (1-year double-blind inclisiran vs. placebo/1 year open-label inclisiran) multicentre trials including adolescents aged 12 to <18 years diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia. ORION-13 will include ∼12 participants diagnosed with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia and ORION-16 will include ∼150 participants diagnosed with heterozygous familial hypercholesteroleamia. The primary endpoint is the percentage change in LDL-C from baseline to Day 330. Secondary efficacy and safety endpoints include changes in other lipid parameters and treatment-emergent adverse events as well as laboratory parameters and vital signs. Exploratory endpoints include individual responsiveness of the participants and change in LDL-C according to the type of underlying causal mutation. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/. Unique identifier: NCT04659863 (ORION-13) and NCT04652726 (ORION-16).
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.085 | 0.081 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.005 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.007 | 0.006 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.008 | 0.007 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.020 | 0.005 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".