The Association Between PCSK9 Inhibitor Use and Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 20 Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials - 24/05/23
, Wei Zhang, MD c, David Burgner, PhD d, e, Andrew Tonkin, MBBS, MD b, Chao Zhu, PhD f, Chenyu Sun, MD, MSc g, Costan G. Magnussen, PhD h, i, j, Michael E. Ernst, PharmD k, Monique Breslin, PhD a, Stephen J. Nicholls, MBBS, PhD l, Mark R. Nelson, MBBS, MFM, PhD aAbstract |
Objective |
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor use on incident sepsis and other severe infections.
Methods |
We searched PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrial.gov up to September 14, 2021, for double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trials of alirocumab, evolocumab, or inclisiran with >100 participants in each arm and report of serious adverse events related to infection. Data were synthesized with the fixed-effect Mantel-Haenszel model to generate risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of each outcome for PCSK9 inhibitor versus placebo. Main outcome was sepsis. Other outcomes were total severe infections, severe bacterial and viral infections, and severe organ system-specific infections including respiratory tract, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tract infections.
Results |
A total of 20 studies of 64,984 participants were included (alirocumab: n = 7; evolocumab: n = 9; inclisiran: n = 4). Sepsis was reported in 292 (0.51%) participants from 11 trials (PCSK9 inhibitor 0.47%; placebo 0.56%). PCSK9 inhibitor use was not associated with risk of sepsis compared with placebo (Summary RR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.67-1.07, P = .16); nor was it associated with any severe infection (0.96, 95% CI: 0.89-1.03), severe bacterial (0.96, 95% CI: 0.81-1.14) and viral infections (1.01, 95% CI: 0.77-1.33); nor with any severe organ system-specific infection (all P values >.05). The between-study heterogeneity in all analyses was small.
Conclusion |
There was neither a beneficial nor a harmful association between PCSK9 inhibitors and risk of sepsis or severe infections. These findings provide reassurance regarding the safety of PCSK9 inhibitors in patients who are concerned about potential drug side effects related to infections.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Drug safety, Infection, Meta-analysis, PCSK9 inhibitor, Sepsis
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| Funding: CGM and DB are supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) investigator grants (APP1176494 and APP1175744). The contents of the published material are solely the responsibility of the individual authors and do not reflect the views of the NHMRC. |
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| Conflicts of Interest: ZZ, WZ, DB, CZ, CS, CGM, MEE, MB report none. AT is a member of the Safety Monitoring Committee of the ORION-4 study (which is funded by Novartis). SJN received research support from AstraZeneca, New Amsterdam Pharma, Amgen, Anthera, Eli Lilly, Esperion, Novartis, Cerenis, The Medicines Company, Resverlogix, InfraReDx, Roche, Sanofi-Regeneron and LipoScience and consulting and honoraria from AstraZeneca, Amarin, Akcea, Eli Lilly, Anthera, Omthera, Merck, Takeda, Resverlogix, Sanofi-Regeneron, CSL Behring, Esperion, Boehringer Ingelheim, Vaxxinity and Sequris. MRN served on a lipid advisory board in 2020 funded by Novartis. |
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| Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing this manuscript. |
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