The PLAC^® Activity Test is an FDA-cleared test that aids in predicting risk for CHD in patients with no prior history of cardiovascular events. The PLAC Activity Test provides physicians with additional prognostic information that was previously unavailable with traditional risk factors.

Assessing patients' risk for CHD events remains a challenge in primary prevention

• Patients with low and moderate CHD risk still have a significant risk for events over 10 years¹
• In a large cohort of patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease, nearly 50% had admission LDL levels <100 mg/dL²
• When assessing CHD risk, cholesterol testing alone is not always enough³

Event risk prediction with the PLAC Activity Test

• Novel risk prediction for CHD in patients with no prior history of cardiovascular events
• Prognostic value independent of standard lipid profile testing
• Use in conjunction with clinical evaluation and patient risk assessment
• Incorporates a validated and easy-to-use cut point of 225 nmol/min/mL

Demonstrated across multiple clinical trials and patient populations

• The greater the Lp-PLA₂ activity, the greater the risk for fatal and nonfatal CHD events(Figure 1)
• A PLAC Activity Test result above 225 nmol/min/mL identifies patients at increased risk for CHD events across patient type and population (Figure 2)
• Absolute risk for CHD events is 2.1 times greater with a positive PLAC Activity Test result (Figure 2)

The REGARDS± multicenter study and the PLAC Activity Test

• One of the largest National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies ever undertaken, with over 30,000 patients enrolled across the United States
• The Lp-PLA₂ substudy examined 4,598 case-matched patients
• A cut point of 225 nmol/min/mL was prospectively assigned based on prior studies and publications
• In a REGARDS multicenter substudy, high Lp-PLA₂ activity was more closely associated with outcome than high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). Only status of diabetes or smoking was more closely associated with events (Figure 3)

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Figure 3

The PLAC Activity Test is clearly associated with CHD event risk end points

• Patients with a positive PLAC Activity Test result are at high risk for first-time myocardial infarction, cardiac revascularization, and cardiac death (Table 1)
• At the cut point of 225 nmol/min/mL, the primary composite end point of risk for CHD events was reached (Figure 4)
• The cut point of 225 nmol/min/mL achieved statistical significance for each individual risk component (Table 1)

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