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Submitted on November 3, 2003
Accepted on January 12, 2004

Raising High-Density Lipoprotein in Humans Through Inhibition of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein: An Initial Multidose Study of Torcetrapib

Ronald W. Clark *; Tamara A. Sutfin ; Roger B. Ruggeri ; Ann T. Willauer ; Eliot D. Sugarman ; George Magnus-Aryitey ; Patricia G. Cosgrove ; Thomas M. Sand ; Ronald T. Wester ; John A. Williams ; Michael E. Perlman ; and Mark J. Bamberger

From the Departments of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases (R.W.C., R.B.R., E.D.S., G.M.-A., P.G.C., T.M.S., R.T.W., M.J.B.), Clinical Sciences (T.A.S.), Pharmacokinetics Dynamics and Metabolism (A.T.W.), Pharmaceutical Research (M.E.P.), and Materials Management (J.A.W.), Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Conn.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ronald_w_clark{at}groton.pfizer.com.

Objective-- The ability of the potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor torcetrapib (CP-529,414) to raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in healthy young subjects was tested in this initial phase 1 multidose study.

Methods and Results-- Five groups of 8 subjects each were randomized to placebo (n=2) or torcetrapib (n=6) at 10, 30, 60, and 120 mg daily and 120 mg twice daily for 14 days. Torcetrapib was well tolerated, with all treated subjects completing the study. The correlation of plasma drug levels with inhibition (EC50=43 nM) was as expected based on in vitro potency (IC50 {approx}50 nM), and increases in CETP mass were consistent with the proposed mechanism of inhibition. CETP inhibition increased with escalating dose, leading to elevations of HDL-C of 16% to 91%. Total plasma cholesterol did not change significantly because of a reduction in nonHDL-C, including a 21% to 42% lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol at the higher doses. Apolipoprotein A-I and E were elevated 27% and 66%, respectively, and apoB was reduced 26% with 120 mg twice daily. Cholesteryl ester content decreased and triglyceride increased in the nonHDL plasma fraction, with contrasting changes occurring in HDL.

Conclusions-- These effects of CETP inhibition resemble those observed in partial CETP deficiency. This work serves as a prelude to further studies in subjects with low HDL, or combinations of dyslipidemia, in assessing the role of CETP in atherosclerosis.


Key words: CETP • HDL • torcetrapib • CP-529,414 • atherosclerosis




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