ACETP inhibitor is a member of a class of drugs that inhibitcholesterylester transfer protein (CETP).^[1][2][3][4] They are intended to reduce the risk ofatherosclerosis (acardiovascular disease) by improving blood lipid levels. At least three medications within this class have failed to demonstrate a beneficial effect.^[5]

These drugs have generally failed in clinical trials, either causing a marked increase in deaths (torcetrapib), or having no meaningful clinical improvement despite HDL increases (dalcetrapib,evacetrapib).

Failed:

• Torcetrapib: failed in 2006 due to excess deaths in Phase III clinical trials.^{[citation needed]}
• Dalcetrapib: development halted in May 2012 when Phase III trials failed to show clinically meaningful efficacy.^[6]
• Evacetrapib: development discontinued in 2015 due to insufficient efficacy.^[7]

Others:

• Anacetrapib: In 2017, the REVEAL trial based on more than 30,000 participants showed a modest benefit of the addition of anacetrapib to statin therapy.^[8]Merck halted the development of the drug in 2017, concluding it wasn't sufficiently effective to be a competitive product.^[9][10]
• Obicetrapib (TA-8995, AMG-899): Phase II results were reported in 2015 and Phase III trials beginning in 2023.^{[11][needs update]}

Drugs in this class substantially increaseHDL cholesterol, lowerLDL cholesterol, and enhancereverse cholesterol transport.^{[citation needed]}

CETP inhibitors inhibitcholesterylester transfer protein (CETP), which normally transfers cholesterol fromHDL cholesterol tovery low density orlow density lipoproteins (VLDL or LDL). Inhibition of this process results in higher HDL levels and reduces LDL levels.^[12] CETP inhibitors do not reduce rates of mortality, heart attack, or stroke in patients already taking a statin.^[13]

In 2015, a pharmacogenomic sub-study of the dal-OUTCOMES clinical trial on 5,749 individuals identified a genetic variant in the ADCY9 gene which modulates response todalcetrapib. In patients with the rs1967309 'AA' genotype, there was a significant reduction in the rate of cardiovascular events in the dalcetrapib arm whereas non-carriers were at increased risk.^[14] Beginning in 2015, the efficacy of dalcetrapib in the genetic sub-population was being investigated in the dal-GenE trial.^{[15][needs update]}

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