Key takeaways:
A monthly injection of olezarsen reduced triglyceride levels in adults with elevated cardiovascular risk.
More than 80% of patients assigned olezarsen achieved a normal triglyceride level at 6 months.
Monthly olezarsen reduced triglyceride levels by up to 60% at 6 months among patients with moderate hypertriglyceridemia and elevated cardiovascular risk.
Treatment with olezarsen (Tryngolza, Ionis Pharmaceuticals) also lowered levels of remnant cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B, with no change in LDL cholesterol, according to results from the phase 3 Essence-TIMI 73b trial.
A monthly injection of olezarsen reduced triglyceride levels in adults with elevated cardiovascular risk. Image: Adobe Stock
“This triglyceride effect was greater than is possible