Clinical and echocardiographic benefit of Sacubitril/Valsartan in a real-world population with HF with reduced ejection fraction

Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 20;10(1):6665. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63801-2.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan (S/V) on clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic parameters and outcomes in a real-world population with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). This was a prospective observational study enrolling patients with HFrEF undergoing treatment with S/V. The primary outcome was the composite of cardiac death and HF rehospitalization at 12 months follow-up; secondary outcomes were all-cause death, cardiac death and the occurrence of rehospitalization for worsening HF. The clinical outcome was compared with a retrospective cohort of 90 HFrEF patients treated with standard medical therapy. The study included 90 patients (66.1 ± 11.7 years) treated with S/V. The adjusted regression analysis showed a significantly lower risk for the primary outcome (HR:0.31; 95%CI, 0.11-0.83; p = 0.019) and for HF rehospitalization (HR:0.27; 95%CI, 0.08-0.94; p = 0.039) in S/V patients as compared to the control group. A significant improvement in NYHA class, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end systolic volume and systolic pulmonary arterial pressure was observed up to 6 months. S/V did not affect negatively renal function and was associated with a significantly lower dose of furosemide dose prescribed at 6- and 12-month follow-up. In this study, S/V reduced the risk of HF rehospitalization and cardiac death at 1 year in patients with HFrEF. S/V improved NYHA class, echocardiographic parameters and need of furosemide, and preserved renal function.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aminobutyrates / therapeutic use*
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Arterial Pressure / drug effects
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Diuretics / therapeutic use
  • Drug Combinations
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Furosemide / therapeutic use
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart / drug effects*
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Heart Failure / metabolism
  • Heart Failure / mortality
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Kidney / physiopathology
  • Kidney Function Tests
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
  • Regression Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stroke Volume / drug effects
  • Survival Analysis
  • Tetrazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Valsartan
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / drug therapy*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / metabolism
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology

Substances

  • Aminobutyrates
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Cardiotonic Agents
  • Diuretics
  • Drug Combinations
  • Tetrazoles
  • Furosemide
  • Valsartan
  • sacubitril and valsartan sodium hydrate drug combination