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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01375764




Registration number
NCT01375764
Ethics application status
Date submitted
16/06/2011
Date registered
17/06/2011
Date last updated
7/11/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
Goal Achievement After Utilizing an Anti-PCSK9 Antibody in Statin Intolerant Subjects
Scientific title
A Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Tolerability and Efficacy of AMG 145 on LDL-C, Compared With Ezetimibe, in Hypercholesterolemic Subjects Unable to Tolerate an Effective Dose of a HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
20090159
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
GAUSS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Hyperlipidemia 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Metabolic and Endocrine 0 0 0 0
Other metabolic disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Other - Evolocumab
Treatment: Drugs - Ezetimibe
Other interventions - Placebo to Evolocumab

Active comparator: Ezetimibe - Participants received placebo subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks and 10 mg ezetimibe orally once a day for 12 weeks.

Experimental: Evolocumab + Ezetimibe - Participants received 420 mg evolocumab by subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks and 10 mg ezetimibe orally once a day for 12 weeks.

Experimental: Evolocumab 280 mg - Participants received 280 mg evolocumab by subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks for 12 weeks.

Experimental: Evolocumab 350 mg - Participants received 350 mg evolocumab by subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks for 12 weeks.

Experimental: Evolocumab 420 mg - Participants received 420 mg evolocumab by subcutaneous injection once every 4 weeks for 12 weeks.


Treatment: Other: Evolocumab
Administered by subcutaneous injection

Treatment: Drugs: Ezetimibe
Administered orally once a day

Other interventions: Placebo to Evolocumab
Administered by subcutaneous injection
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Other
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Intervention code [3] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) at Week 12
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in LDL-C at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in LDL-C at Week 12
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change From Baseline in LDL-C at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Non-HDL-C at Week 12
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Non-HDL-C at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Apolipoprotein B at Week 12
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Apolipoprotein B at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Total Cholesterol/HDL-C Ratio at Week 12
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Total Cholesterol/HDL-C Ratio at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A1 Ratio at Week 12
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline in Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A1 Ratio at Week 12: Ezetimibe Alone Versus Evolocumab + Ezetimibe
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline and Week 12

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Male or female = 18 to = 75 years of age
* On a statin or a low dose statin with stable dose for at least 4 weeks
* Lipid lowering therapy has been stable prior to enrollment
* Fasting triglycerides must be < 400 mg/dL.
* Subject not at LDL-C goal
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
75 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* New York Heart Association (NYHA) III or IV heart failure or known left ventricular ejection fraction < 30%
* Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
* Myocardial infarction, unstable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or stroke within 3 months prior to randomization
* Type 1 diabetes or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (HbA1c > 8.5%)
* Uncontrolled hypertension

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
28/07/2011
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
8/05/2012
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
160
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Research Site - Camperdown
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Research Site - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Research Site - Melbourne
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Research Site - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2015 - Camperdown
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2022 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3004 - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
6000 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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California
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United States of America
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Georgia
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United States of America
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Maine
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United States of America
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Maryland
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United States of America
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Montana
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United States of America
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Nevada
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United States of America
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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United States of America
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Tennessee
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Belgium
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Bruxelles
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Belgium
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Uccle
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Canada
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
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Quebec
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Denmark
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Ballerup
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Denmark
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Vejle
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Finland
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Helsinki
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Finland
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OYS
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Spain
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Aragón
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Spain
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Aragón
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Spain
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Cataluña
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Spain
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Cataluña
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Sweden
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Göteborg
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Sweden
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Göteborg
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Sweden
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Lund
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Sweden
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Stockholm

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Amgen
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of subcutaneous evolocumab (AMG 145), compared with ezetimibe, on percent change from baseline in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients with hypercholesterolemia unable to tolerate an effective dose of a statin.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01375764
Trial related presentations / publications
Sullivan D, Olsson AG, Scott R, Kim JB, Xue A, Gebski V, Wasserman SM, Stein EA. Effect of a monoclonal antibody to PCSK9 on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in statin-intolerant patients: the GAUSS randomized trial. JAMA. 2012 Dec 19;308(23):2497-506. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.25790.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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MD
Address 0 0
Amgen
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01375764