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A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Phase IIIb Study Evaluating the Effect of Inclisiran on Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) in Participants With a Diagnosis of Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Without Previous Cardiovascular Events (VICTORION-PLAQUE)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
Novartis Reference Number:CKJX839D12303
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Study Description

CKJX839D12303 is a research study to determine if the study treatment, called inclisiran,
in comparison to placebo taken in addition to statin medication can effectively reduce
the total amount of plaque formed in the heart's vessels as measured by coronary computed
tomography angiography (CCTA) from baseline to month 24. This study is being conducted in
eligible participants with a diagnosis of non-obstructive coronary artery disease
(NOCAD), where the coronary arteries are blocked less than 50%, and with no previous
cardiovascular events. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of inclisiran compared to placebo
on top of maximally tolerated statin therapy in reducing total coronary atheroma volume
assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography from baseline to month 24 in
participants with a diagnosis of NOCAD without previous cardiovascular events, a
CT-adapted Leaman score >5 and a FFRct >0.8. Participants will either receive inclisiran
300 mg subcutaneously administered on Day 1, Month 3 (Day 90), and every 6 months up
until Month 21. The study duration is 24 months. Participants will have a CCTA performed
at baseline and at the month 24/end of study visit.

Coronary Artery Disease
Phase3
Recruiting
600
Jul 08, 2022
Jan 15, 2027
All
18 Years - 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)

Interventions

Drug

Inclisiran sodium 300 mg

Subcutaneously administered on Days 1, Month 3 (Day 90), and every 6 months thereafter.
Drug

Placebo

Subcutaneously administered on Day 1, Month 3 (Day 90), and every 6 months thereafter.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female ≥18 years or ≤80 years of age at signing of informed consent.

- Fasting LDL-C local lab value at the Screening Visit of either i) ≥100 mg/dL if on
statin therapy but not on a maximally tolerated statin therapy; ii) ≥150 mg/dL if
statin naive and without documented statin intolerance; or iii) ≥70 mg/dL if on a
stable (≥4 weeks) dose of maximally tolerated statin therapy or if statin
intolerant.

- Participants may be pre-identified based on a CCTA or an invasive angiography that
is performed as part of standard of care within 12 months prior to the participant's
Screening Visit demonstrating:

- Presence of coronary artery plaque with visual diameter stenosis <50% or

- Coronary artery plaque with visual artery stenosis >50% but Fractional Flow Reserve
(FFR) >0.8 by special wire measurement (CCTA or coronary angiography)

- Fasting LDL-C local lab value ≥70 mg/dL at the assessment performed during the
Statin Optimization Period 3 Visit for participants going through the Statin
Optimization Period.

- Participants having Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery (NOCA)* confirmed by CCTA with
FFRct >0.8 and CT-adapted Leaman score >5** or coronary artery plaque with visual
diameter stenosis >50% but with FFRct >0.8 and CT-adapted Leaman score >5 without
previous cardiovascular events.

*=NOCA is defined as the presence of coronary artery plaque with visual diameter
stenosis <50%.

**=CT-adapted Leaman score, which includes information on lesion localization,
plaque composition, degree of stenosis by CCTA is demonstrated to be an independent
long-term predictor of hard cardiac events.

- A standard of care CCTA may serve as the study baseline CCTA scan if it is performed
within 3 months prior to the participant's Screening Visit and meets the inclusion
criteria of FFRct >0.8 and CT-adapted Leaman score >5, which will be assessed by the
Imaging Core Lab.

- At the Baseline Visit, participants must be on a stable (≥4 weeks) dose of maximally
tolerated statin therapy. Participants not on maximally tolerated statin therapy and
who do not have documented statin intolerance can be screened but must enter the
study via a Statin Optimization Period.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous cardiovascular events history including myocardial infarction (MI), or
prior coronary revascularization [percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)].

- Planned revascularization (PCI) or (CABG).

- Previous cerebrovascular events including:

- Prior ischemic stroke thought not to be caused by atrial fibrillation, valvular
heart disease or mural thrombus.

- History of prior percutaneous or surgical carotid artery revascularization.

- History of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD):

- Prior documentation of a resting ankle-brachial index <0.85.

- History of prior percutaneous or surgical revascularization of an iliac, femoral, or
popliteal artery.

- Prior non-traumatic amputation of a lower extremity due to peripheral artery
disease.

- Cardiac disorders, including any of the following:

- Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., ventricular tachycardia, atrial
fibrillation) within 3 months prior to randomization that is not controlled by
medication or via ablation at the time of the Screening Visit.

- Complete left bundle branch block, high-grade atrioventricular (AV) block (e.g.,
bifascicular block, Mobitz type II and third-degree AV block) prior to
randomization.

- NOCA participant who was prescreened by the Investigator with visual diameter
stenosis >50% but FFR <0.8.

- Contraindication for CCTA (e.g., allergic reactions to the contrast dye) or CCTA not
meeting entry standards after two attempts during the Baseline CCTA Visit as
assessed by the Imaging Core Lab.

- Pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in situ.

- Systolic Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction <30% at the Screening Visit.

- Uncontrolled severe hypertension: systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic
blood pressure >110 mmHg prior to randomization (assessed at the Screening Visit)
despite antihypertensive therapy.

- Heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or class IV at the
Screening Visit.

- Renal insufficiency (eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73m2) as measured by the Modification of Diet
in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula at the Screening Visit and at the Statin
Optimization 3 Visit.

- Active liver disease defined as any known current infectious, neoplastic, or
metabolic pathology of the liver at the Screening Visit. Participants who enter the
Statin Optimization Period must have AST and ALT ≤3x ULN (as defined by local
laboratory reference ranges collected at the Screening Visit) and reported by the
Statin Optimization Telephone Visit 1 to be allowed to continue in the Statin
Optimization Period.

Study Location

Novartis Investigative Site

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Ciudad Autonoma de Bs As,Buenos Aires,C1119acn,Argentina

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Buenos Aires,C1428dco,Argentina

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Leabrook,South Australia,5068,Australia

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Chemside,Queensland,4032,Australia

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Milton,Queensland,4064,Australia

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Auchenflower,Queensland,4066,Australia

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Yvoir,5530,Belgium

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Aalst,9300,Belgium

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Hasselt,3500,Belgium

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Turnhout,2300,Belgium

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Genk,3600,Belgium

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Sao Paulo,01409-902,Brazil

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Porto Alegre,RS,90560 030,Brazil

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Curitiba,PR,80040-050,Brazil

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Montreal,Quebec,H1t 1c8,Canada

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North York,Ontario,M6b 3h7,Canada

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Ottawa,Ontario,K1y 4w7,Canada

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Temuco,Region De La Araucania,4781156,Chile

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Santiago,RM,8380465,Chile

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Beijing,100029,China

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Hangzhou,Zhejiang,310016,China

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Beijing,100050,China

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Shanghai,200080,China

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Nanjing,Jiangsu,211166,China

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Paris,75015,France

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Pessac Cedex,33604,France

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Toulouse 4,31054,France

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Poitiers,86021,France

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Paris 13,75651,France

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Budapest,1085,Hungary

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Szeged,6720,Hungary

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New Delhi,Delhi,110 017,India

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DehraDun,Uttarakhand,248001,India

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New Delhi,Delhi,110 060,India

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Chennai,Tamil Nadu,600006,India

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Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,226003,India

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New Delhi,110025,India

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Coimbatore,641 009,India

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Bangalore,Karnataka,560 069,India

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Dublin,94568,Ireland

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Galway,H91,Ireland

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Milano,MI,20157,Italy

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Torino,TO,10126,Italy

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Rozzano,MI,20089,Italy

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Milano,MI,20138,Italy

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Miyhazaki-city,Miyazaki,880-2102,Japan

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Izumisano-city,Osaka,598-8577,Japan

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Urasoe,Okinawa,901-2102,Japan

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Kumamoto City,Kumamoto,860-8556,Japan

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Kyoto-city,Kyoto,607-8062,Japan

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Goyang si,Gyeonggi Do,10380,Korea, Republic of

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Seoul,03722,Korea, Republic of

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Seoul,07804,Korea, Republic of

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Bundang Gu,Gyeonggi Do,13620,Korea, Republic of

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A Coruna,Galicia,15006,Spain

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Madrid,28034,Spain

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Cordoba,Andalucia,14004,Spain

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Madrid,28040,Spain

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Barcelona,Catalunya,08035,Spain

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Valencia,Comunidad Valenciana,46010,Spain

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Salamanca,Castilla Y Leon,37007,Spain

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Valencia,Comunidad Valenciana,46014,Spain

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Barcelona,08041,Spain

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Lugano,6903,Switzerland

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Geneve 14,1211,Switzerland

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London,Se5 9rs,United Kingdom

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Bradford,West Yorkshire,Bd9 6rj,United Kingdom

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Edinburgh,Eh16 4sa,United Kingdom

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Newcastle upon Tyne,Ne7 7dn,United Kingdom

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Craigavon,Northern Ireland,Bt63 5qq,United Kingdom

NorthShore University Health System .

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Evanston,Illinois,60201,United States

Stanford Health Care .

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Stanford,California,94305,United States

Icahn School of Med at Mt Sinai .

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New York,New York,10029,United States

Virginia Heart

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Falls Church,Virginia,22042,United States

Aultman Hospital Main Centre

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Canton,Ohio,44710,United States

State Uni of NY at Stony Brook .

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Stony Brook,New York,11794-3362,United States

Lankenau Hospital

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Wynnewood,Pennsylvania,19096,United States

Oregon Health Sciences University Main Center

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Portland,Oregon,97239,United States

Washington Hospital Center Medstar

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Washington,District of Columbia,20010,United States

Bridgeport Hospital .

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Swedish Medical Ctr Cardiovascular Re .

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Seattle,Washington,98122,United States

Lundquist Inst BioMed at Harbor UCLA Medical Center

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Torrance,California,90509-2910,United States

Orion Medical

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Houston,Texas,77034,United States

Westchester Medical Center .

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Valhalla,New York,10595,United States

Cardio Metabolic Institute Research

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Somerset,New Jersey,08873,United States

The Uni of Kansas Medical Center

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Kansas City,Kansas,66160,United States

MCVI Baptist Hlth of S FL

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Miami,Florida,33173,United States

R Ins For Heart And Vascular Health .

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Reno,Nevada,89502,United States

Cardiovascular Res Found

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Beverly Hills,California,90210,United States

U of Louisville Rudd Heart and Lung

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Louisville,Kentucky,40202,United States

Midwest Heart and Vascular Spec .

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Overland Park,Kansas,66211,United States

Reid Physician Associates

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Richmond,Indiana,47374,United States

George Washington Univ Medical Ctr

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Washington,District of Columbia,20037,United States

UC San Diego Health .

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La Jolla,California,92037,United States

Alaska Heart and Vascular

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Anchorage,Alaska,99508,United States

Minneapolis Heart Institute

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Minneapolis,Minnesota,55407,United States

Soltero Cardiovascular Research Ctr .

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Dallas,Texas,75226,United States

Heart Center Research Llc .

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Huntsville,Alabama,35801,United States

Anderson Medical Research Main Center

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Fort Washington,Maryland,20744,United States

Univ of Washington Medical Center .

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