NCT04652726CompletedPhase 3
Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Inclisiran in Adolescents With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Two Part (Double-blind Inclisiran Versus Placebo [Year 1] Followed by Open-label Inclisiran [Year 2]) Randomized Multicenter Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Inclisiran in Adolescents (12 to Less Than 18 Years) With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Elevated LDL-cholesterol (ORION-16)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This was a pivotal phase III study designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inclisiran in adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 141 (actual)
- First submitted
- 2 Dec 2020
- Start date
- 27 Jan 2021
- Primary completion date
- 9 Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Familial hypercholesterolaemia
- NCT number
- NCT04652726
- EudraCT number
- 2020-002757-18
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 141
- From 27 Jan 2021 to the primary completion date, 9 Nov 2023
- 57 sites in 26 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Previous treatment with monoclonal antibodies directed towards PCSK9 (within 90 days of screening)
Other illness
- Active liver disease
- Secondary hypercholesterolemia, e.g. hypothyroidism or nephrotic syndrome
Other
- Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)
- Recent and/or planned use of other investigational medicinal products or devices
Who the study is looking for
- Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) diagnosed either by genetic testing or on phenotypic criteria
- Fasting LDL-C \>130 mg/dL (3.4 mmol/L) at screening
- Fasting triglycerides \<400 mg/dL (4.5 mmol/L) at screening
- On maximally tolerated dose of statin (investigator's discretion) with or without other lipid-lowering therapy; stable for ≥ 30 days before screening
Age in the registry: 12 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (57)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Formosa | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Unidade de pesquisa clinica - Hospital Universitario Walter Cantidio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fortaleza | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Nucleo de Pesquisa Clínica do Rio Grande do Sul Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Setor de Lípides, Aterosclerose e Biologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Heart Institute (InCOr) HCMFUSP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Québec | Canada | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Geneva | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Unknown status |
| KKIM UK Frankfurt/Main Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsmedizin Mannheim Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mannheim | Germany | Unknown status |
| Hospital Abente y Lago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Reina Sofia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Virgen de la Vcitoria Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Central de Asturias Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oviedo | Spain | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Besançon | France | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bron | France | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Middlesex | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Metropolitan Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Unknown status |
| Hippokrateion General Hospital of Athens Greece Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Unknown status |
| University General Hospital of Ioannina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ioannina | Greece | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pécs | Hungary | Unknown status |
| Lipid Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| Lipids Center Sheba Medical Center, Israel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ramat Gan | Israel | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Modena | Italy | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Roma | Italy | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irbid | Jordan | Unknown status |
| Hotel Dieu de France Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | El Achrafiyé | Lebanon | Unknown status |
| UiTM Sungai Buloh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sungai Buloh | Malaysia | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lodz | Poland | Unknown status |
| Institute of the complex problems of cardiovascular disease Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kemerovo | Russia | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Moscow | Russia | Unknown status |
| Institute of Internal Prev. Med. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novosibirsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Div. of Pediatric Dept. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ljubljana | Slovenia | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poprad | Slovakia | Unknown status |
| Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Taipei City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Taipei Veterans General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh of UPMC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| Primary Children's Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| Tucson Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tucson | United States | Unknown status |
| Wake Forest U of Health Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloemfontein | South Africa | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Somerset West | South Africa | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Adana | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Gazi University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| - Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Izmir | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Efficacy and safety of inclisiran in adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (ORION-16): a two-part, randomised, multicentre clinical trial.Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol · 2026 · PMID 41616799
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