%0 Journal Article %A Cariou, B %A Leiter, L A %A Müller-Wieland, D %A Bigot, G %A Colhoun, H M %A Del Prato, S %A Henry, R R %A Tinahones, F J %A Letierce, A %A Aurand, L %A Maroni, J %A Ray, K K %A Bujas-Bobanovic, M %T Efficacy and safety of alirocumab in insulin-treated patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk: Rationale and design of the ODYSSEY DM-INSULIN trial. %D 2017 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11012 %X The coadministration of alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor for treatment of hypercholesterolaemia, and insulin in diabetes mellitus (DM) requires further study. Described here is the rationale behind a phase-IIIb study designed to characterize the efficacy and safety of alirocumab in insulin-treated patients with type 1 (T1) or type 2 (T2) DM with hypercholesterolaemia and high cardiovascular (CV) risk. ODYSSEY DM-INSULIN (NCT02585778) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study that planned to enrol around 400 T2 and up to 100 T1 insulin-treated DM patients. Participants had low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels at screening≥70mg/dL (1.81mmol/L) with stable maximum tolerated statin therapy or were statin-intolerant, and taking (or not) other lipid-lowering therapy; they also had established CV disease or at least one additional CV risk factor. Eligible patients were randomized 2:1 to 24weeks of alirocumab 75mg every 2weeks (Q2W) or a placebo. Alirocumab-treated patients with LDL-C≥70mg/dL at week 8 underwent a blinded dose increase to 150mg Q2W at week 12. Primary endpoints were the difference between treatment arms in percentage change of calculated LDL-C from baseline to week 24, and alirocumab safety. This is an ongoing clinical trial, with 76 T1 and 441 T2 DM patients enrolled; results are expected in mid-2017. The ODYSSEY DM-INSULIN study will provide information on the efficacy and safety of alirocumab in insulin-treated individuals with T1 or T2 DM who are at high CV risk and have hypercholesterolaemia not adequately controlled by the maximum tolerated statin therapy. %K Alirocumab %K Diabetes %K Insulin %K LDL-C %K ODYSSEY %K PCSK9 %~