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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024

Addition of Bempedoic Acid to Statin-Ezetimibe versus Statin Titration in Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk: A Single-Centre Prospective Study.

Giuseppe Marazzi, Giuseppe Caminiti, Marco Alfonso Perrone, Giuseppe Campolongo, Luca Cacciotti, Domenico Mario Giamundo, Ferdinando Iellamo, Paolo Severino, Maurizio Volterrani, Giuseppe Rosano

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07255820 (Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Dual Versus Triple Lipid-Lowering Therapies), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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NCT07255820 phase4completedstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Dual Versus Triple Lipid-Lowering Therapies (Rosuvastatin/Ezetimibe, Bempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe, and Rosuvastatin/Ezetimibe/Bempedoic Acid ) in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients With Elevated LDL Cholesterol

Ran2026Enrolled126Registered outcomes8Posted comparisons0ConditionsHypercholesterolemia / Elevated LDL Cholesterol, Type 2 Diabetes MellitusArmsBempedoic Acid + Ezetimibe, Rosuvastatin + Ezetimibe, Rosuvastatin + Ezetimibe + Bempedoic Acid
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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Giuseppe MarazziCardiology Rehabilitation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scinrifico ì San Raffaele, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2852-5610
Giuseppe CaminitiCardiology Rehabilitation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scinrifico ì San Raffaele, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7820-567X
Marco Alfonso PerroneDivision of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0511-2621
Giuseppe CampolongoDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, S. Carlo di Nancy Hospital, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Luca CacciottiCardiology Unit, Madre Giuseppina Vannini Hospital, 00177 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8510-6896
Domenico Mario GiamundoDepartment of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-2161-3066
Ferdinando IellamoDivision of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8421-5065
Paolo SeverinoDepartment of Clinical Internal Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6211-4482
Maurizio VolterraniCardiology Rehabilitation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scinrifico ì San Raffaele, 00163 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2624-9213
Giuseppe RosanoDepartment of Cardiology, St George's University, St George's University Hospitals, London SW17 0QT, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reducing levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) below recommended thresholds is a core component of cardiovascular prevention strategies. We hypothesized that the addition of bempedoic acid to patients already on statin-ezetimibe therapy was more effective than titrating the statin dose in reducing LDL-C. The study enrolled 120 patients at high cardiovascular risk and with LDL-C above 70 mg/dL. They were randomly divided into two groups: the bempedoic acid (BA) group, taking bempedoic acid in addition to statin plus ezitimibe, and the statin titration (ST) group, including patients who doubled the dose of statin. At 12 weeks, the BA group presented a more significant decrease in LDL-C compared to the ST group (-22.9% vs. 7.5%

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bempedoic acidezetimibehypercolesterolemiaprimary preventionstatins

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PMCPMC11432672

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