Methods for treating patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) with an anti-PCSK9 antibody
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1. A method for treating hypercholesterolemia, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a patient with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) not adequately controlled by a maximally tolerated statin therapy; and
(b) administering to the patient one or more doses of a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises heavy and light chain CDR amino acid sequences having SEQ ID NOs;
2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10, thereby treating hypercholesterolemia in the patient.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia who are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy with or without other lipid lowering therapy.
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1. A method for treating hypercholesterolemia, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a patient with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH) not adequately controlled by a maximally tolerated statin therapy; and (b) administering to the patient one or more doses of a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises heavy and light chain CDR amino acid sequences having SEQ ID NOs;
2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10, thereby treating hypercholesterolemia in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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