In a woman with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia on statins, ezetimibe and evolocumab, adding oral semaglutide further reduced LDL cholesterol.
In plain wordsIn one woman with familial hypercholesterolemia, adding oral semaglutide lowered LDL cholesterol further.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseLDL cholesterol
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Lipids · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · oralAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
We introduced oral semaglutide, which contributed not only to the good management of diabetes, but also to the further reduction of LDL cholesterol in addition to intensive LDL-lowering therapies, including statins, ezetimibe, and evolocumab.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We present the case of a woman with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with a history of myocardial infarction at 53 years of age. Her initial low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level was 312 mg/dL, which was reduced to ~50 mg/dL using statins, ezetimibe, and evolocumab.