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The future landscape for Heart Failure Adriaan Voors, UMCG - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WCN 2020 The future landscape for Heart Failure Adriaan Voors, UMCG University Medical Center Groningen WCN 2020 Disclosures AAV received consultancy fees and/or research grants from: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim,
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Disclosures
- AAV received consultancy fees and/or research grants from: Amgen,
AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cytokinetics, Merck, Myokardia, Novartis, Roche Diagnostics
- AAV is supported by a grant from the European Commission: FP7-242209-
BIOSTAT-CHF
- AAV is Clinical Established Investigator and supported by other grants of
the Dutch Heart Foundation
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CONSENSUS RALES COPERNICUS DAPA-HF PARADIGM-HF + CRT-P/D
Treatment of HFrEF 1987-2019: what have we achieved?
Adapted from: McMurray JJV, Eur J Heart Fail 2011
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Increase in co-morbidities in HF from 2002-2014
Conrad et al. Lancet 2018
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In patients receiving dapagliflozin on top of SoC; CV-death or HFH still occurred at a rate of 11.6 events per 100 patient years (DAPA-HF 2019) In patients receiving empagliflozin on top of SoC; CV-death or HFH still occurred at a rate of 14.6 events per 100 patient years (EMPEROR-reduced 2020)
Residual risk in 2020
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Armstrong et al. JACC-HF 2017
Vericiguat increases sensitivy to NO and directly stimulates sGC leading to improved myocardial and vascular function
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VICTORIA: design
- 5050 patients with HF, NYHA II-IV and LVEF <45%
- High risk patients with recent HFH or IV diuretic use
- Elevated natriuretic peptides (BNP or NT-proBNP)
- Primary Endpoint: composite of death from cardiovascular
causes or first hospitalization for heart failure
Armstrong et al. New Engl J Med 2020
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Primary Endpoint CV Death or HFH
HR 0.90 (95% CI 0.82–0.98) P-value 0.019
Armstrong et al. New Engl J Med 2020
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Safety
Vericiguat Placebo Difference in % vs. Placebo No. (%) No. (%) Estimate (95% CI)* P-value Patients in population 2519 2515 Symptomatic hypotension 229 (9.1) 198 (7.9) 1.2 (-0.3 to 2.8) 0.121 Syncope 101 (4.0) 87 (3.5) 0.6 (-0.5 to 1.6) 0.303
▪ Serious adverse events similar: vericiguat (32.8%), placebo (34.8%) ▪ No adverse effect on blood pressure ▪ No adverse effects on potassium ▪ No adverse effect on renal function
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- Omecamtiv mecarbil, a novel
myotrope, increases the number of myosin/actin connections
- Increases duration of systole
- Increases stroke volume
- No increase in myocyte Calcium
- No change in MVO2
Omecamtiv Mecarbil: mode of action
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- 8256 patients with HFrEF (LVEF ≤ 35%)
- NYHA II-IV and elevated (NT-pro)BNP
- Currently hospitalized for HF or <1 year HF
hospitalization/ urgent HF visit
- Primary endpoint; CV death, HF hospitalization, urgent HF
visit
GALACTIC-HF: design
Teerlink et al. NEJM 2020
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GALACTIC-HF: primary outcome
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GALACTIC-HF: subgroup analyses
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- No differences between omecamtiv and placebo on Serious
Adverse Events
- No effects on systolic blood pressure
- No effects on renal function
- Reduction in heart rate
- Decrease in NT-proBNP
- Increase in Troponin
GALACTIC-HF: Safety
Teerlink et al. NEJM 2020
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AFFIRM-AHF
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2016 ESC HF Guidelines
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- 1132 patients with iron deficiency, hospitalized for acute heart
failure
- LVEF < 50%
- Before discharge randomized to intravenous ferric
carboxymaltose or placebo for up to 24 weeks
- Primary outcome: composite of total hospitalisations for heart
failure and cardiovascular death to week 52
AFFIRM-AHF
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AFFIRM-AHF: primary outcome
Ponikowski et al. Lancet 2020
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Treatment of HFrEF: many choices
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Comparison of Novel HFrEF Trials: Relative versus Absolute Risk Reduction
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 PARADIGM DAPA VICTORIA GALACTIC AFFIRM Placebo Active
RRR -8% ARR -2.1% RRR -20% ARR -2.7% RRR -26% ARR -4.0% RRR -10% ARR -4.2%
*CV death and/or HFH **CV death/HFH/UHFV *** CV death/total HFH * * ** **
RRR= relative risk reduction; ARR = absolute risk reduction CV = cardiovascularl HFH = heart failure hospitalization UHFV = urgent heart failure visit
RRR -21% ARR -15%
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2016 ESC HF Guidelines
2021?
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WCN 2020 Foundational Therapies Consider Add-on Therapy:
diuretics Ivabradine vericiguat
- mcamtiv
i.v. iron digoxin Nitrates/ hydralazine
ACE/ARB/ARNI Beta-blocker MRA SGTL2-i