Atlantic Lipid Lowering Treatment Optimization Program

Official title

Atlantic Lipid Lowering Treatment Optimization Program (ALLTOP): A Comprehensive Approach to the Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Complex Dyslipidemias

Overview

Hypercholesterolemia is recognized as the major driver for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. To help address this in our community, Atlantic Medical Group (AMG) formed a lipid workgroup chaired by Robert D. Fishberg, MD, and Jeffrey N. Feldman, MD. The overarching goal of the lipid workgroup is to enhance the treatment of lipid disorders in those patients with abnormal lipid levels by improving access to resources at the primary care practice level and specialty level. We aim to develop a model for primary and secondary prevention that integrates guidelines for treatment at the practice level. Our primary objective is to identify high-risk patients by utilizing the electronic health record and partnering with patients' primary care providers to provide comprehensive medical management.

Detailed description

This study will screen patients with LDL-C \>160 mg/dL and with evidence of familial hypertension, reach out (using secure chat) to the attending practitioner of such patients and inform the practitioner of our comprehensive services to address FH. A study team member will inform the practitioner that one of the study team plans to reach out to their patient to inform the patient of the study. Unless one of the study team receives notification by the practitioner that they want to opt out of this service for their patients, and do not want further interaction, the patient will be informed of the study and the consent process.

The research question is: Will an innovative comprehensive outreach approach, in conjunction with the primary care provider, reduce LDL-C levels in individuals with familial hypercholesteremia below individual baseline values, ideally at a level at or below 100 mg/dL.

Interventions

• Other Supportive care
  The study model will utilize the accepted standard of care while implementing key enhancements to proactively reach high-risk patients as early as possible. Wrap around comprehensive care is defined as database screening, outreach, encouraging genetic testing for participants and their family members, and provide ongoing education, medical management (e.g., adherence to FDA-approved medications), routine laboratory testing, specialist referrals, Epic referrals to integrated care support such as

Primary outcome measures

• Proportion of patients with LDL-C maintenance<100 [Time frame: 6 months from enrollment in study]

Secondary outcome measures (2)

• Proportion of patients with LDL-C reaching <75 [Time frame: 6 months from enrollment in study]
• Proportion of patients with LDL-C reaching <55 [Time frame: 6 months from enrollment in study]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• LDL-C ≥160 mg/dL
• Untreated LDL-C ≥190 with family history of CAD
• Prior MI and currently without optimized lipid-lowering therapy
• Family history of CAD in first degree relative
• Personal history of CAD
• Untreated triglycerides >500
• Elevated Lp(a) and/or high calcium scores
• Consenting individuals

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who are pregnant
• Individuals who are incarcerated
• Individuals with a terminal illness
• Individuals who do not consent

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation

N/A

Model

Single group

Masking

Open label

Primary purpose

Supportive care

Study locations

United States · 2 centers

• Atlantic Medical Group — Clark
• Atlantic Medical Group — Springfield

Publications

• Writing Committee; Lloyd-Jones DM, Morris PB, Ballantyne CM, Birtcher KK, Covington AM, DePalma SM, Minissian MB, Orringer CE, Smith SC Jr, Waring AA, Wilkins JT. 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Nonstatin Therapies for LDL-Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Over PMID 36031461
• Myers KD, Farboodi N, Mwamburi M, Howard W, Staszak D, Gidding S, Baum SJ, Wilemon K, Rader DJ. Effect of Access to Prescribed PCSK9 Inhibitors on Cardiovascular Outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Aug;12(8):e005404. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005404. Epub 2019 Jul 23. PMID 31331194
• Khera AV, Won HH, Peloso GM, Lawson KS, Bartz TM, Deng X, van Leeuwen EM, Natarajan P, Emdin CA, Bick AG, Morrison AC, Brody JA, Gupta N, Nomura A, Kessler T, Duga S, Bis JC, van Duijn CM, Cupples LA, Psaty B, Rader DJ, Danesh J, Schunkert H, McPherson R, Farrall M, Watkins H, Lander E, Wilson JG, Correa A, Boerwinkle E, Merlini PA, Ardissino D, Saleheen D, Gabriel S, Kathiresan S. Diagnostic Yiel PMID 27050191
• Amrock SM, Duell PB, Knickelbine T, Martin SS, O'Brien EC, Watson KE, Mitri J, Kindt I, Shrader P, Baum SJ, Hemphill LC, Ahmed CD, Andersen RL, Kullo IJ, McCann D, Larry JA, Murray MF, Fishberg R, Guyton JR, Wilemon K, Roe MT, Rader DJ, Ballantyne CM, Underberg JA, Thompson P, Duffy D, Linton MF, Shapiro MD, Moriarty PM, Knowles JW, Ahmad ZS. Health disparities among adult patients with a phenotyp PMID 29080546
• Kastelein JJ, Ginsberg HN, Langslet G, Hovingh GK, Ceska R, Dufour R, Blom D, Civeira F, Krempf M, Lorenzato C, Zhao J, Pordy R, Baccara-Dinet MT, Gipe DA, Geiger MJ, Farnier M. ODYSSEY FH I and FH II: 78 week results with alirocumab treatment in 735 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. Eur Heart J. 2015 Nov 14;36(43):2996-3003. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv370. Epub 2015 Sep 1. PMID 26330422
• Alam L, Fishberg R, Echeverry T, Feldman J. Screening for familial hypercholesterolemia using Epic Secure Chat in comparison to Epic Letter as educational outreach. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2022;16(1):e20-e21. doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2021.09.029

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06439654 · 2096455

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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