Aficamten and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Performance
Lee M, Masri A, Nassif M, Barriales-Villa R, Abraham T, Claggett B, Coats C, Gimeno J, Kulac I, Landsteiner I, Ma C, Maron M, Olivotto I, Owens A, Solomon S, Veselka J, Jacoby D, Heitner S, Kupfer S, Malik F, Meng L, Wohltman A, Lewis G, Wang A, Sherrid M, Kelly J, Marian A, Owens A, Wever-Pinzon O, Owens D, Wheeler M, Nagueh S, Rader F, McGrew F, Wong T, O'Neill T, Bach R, Martinez M, Lakdawala N, Collado E, Turer A, Desai Y M, Hussain Z, Tower-Rader A, Hannawi B, Geske J, Saberi S, Phelan D, Kramer C, Sarswat N, Ahmad F, Choudhury L, Markowitz J, Sen S, Bering P, Maron M, Jani S, Brinkley D, Naidu S, Maurer M, Moss N, Bilen O, Silva Enciso J, Fraser R, Akinboboye O, Asher C, Emani S, Sharma A, Fermin D, Lyle M, Raymer D, Darlington A, Resnic F, Nielsen C, Metra M, Musumeci B, Emdin M, Targetti M, Canepa M, Michels M, Knackstedt C, Amin A, Barriales Villa R, Garcia Pavia P, Gimeno Blanes J, Hidalgo Urbano R, Rincon Diaz L, Ripoll Vera T, Garcia Alvarez A, Zemanek D, Jensen M, Mogensen J, Thune J, Bundgaard H, Charron P, Trochu J, Habib G, Lhermusier T, Reant P, Hagege A, Logeart D, Mitrovic V, Edelmann F, Seidler T, Meder B, Schulze P, Stoerk S, Bekfani T, Rassaf T, Merkely B, Arad M, Halabi M, Zwas D, Piltz X, Paz O, Habib M, Dudek D, Oreziak A, Wojakowski W, Toste Batista A, Mesquita Bastos J, Elliott P, Mahmod M, Coats C, Cooper R, Bradlow W, Pantazis A, Tome Esteban M, McGinnis S, Campain J, Cocca-Spofford D, Giverts I, Griskowitz C, Newlands C, Moreno F. Aficamten and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Performance. JAMA Cardiology 2024, 9 PMID: 39230885, PMCID: PMC11375526, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathySymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyBaseline to weekHypertrophic cardiomyopathyRandomized clinical trialsExercise performanceVentilatory efficiencyClinical trialsPrimary outcomeExercise testPlacebo-corrected improvementCardiac myosin inhibitorPhase 3 trialClinical measuresImpaired exercise capacityCardiopulmonary exercise testingExercise performance measuresHeart rate reserveSubmaximal exercise performancePeak heart rateClinically meaningful thresholdsPlacebo groupDouble-blindPlacebo-controlledAficamtenEfficacy and Safety of Aficamten in Patients with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Very High Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradients
Veselka J, Abraham T, Barriales-Villa R, Claggett B, Coats C, Hegde S, Januzzi J, Maron M, Masri A, Miao Z, Nassif M, Olivotto I, Jacoby D, Heitner S, Kupfer S, Malik F, Meng L, Wohltman A, Gimeno J. Efficacy and Safety of Aficamten in Patients with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Very High Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradients. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2024, 30: s9. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyOutflow tract gradientSecondary endpointsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyCardiac biomarkersPhase 3 placebo-controlled trialsLeft ventricular outflow tract gradientGroup 2Group 1Symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyTreatment-emergent adverse eventsExercise capacityEmergent adverse eventsBaseline to weekEffective treatment optionInhibitor therapyNT-proBNPPrimary endpointEchocardiographic dataBetween-group differencesBaseline characteristicsAficamtenAdverse eventsTreatment optionsSymptom reliefBaseline Characteristics of Patients in SEQUOIA-HCM: A Phase 3 Trial of Aficamten in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Maron M, Abraham T, Coats C, Olivotto I, Lee M, Arad M, Cardim N, Ma C, Choudhury L, Düngen H, Garcia-Pavia P, Hagege A, Lewis G, Michels M, Oreziak A, Owens A, Tfelt-Hansen J, Veselka J, Watkins H, Heitner S, Jacoby D, Kupfer S, Malik F, Meng L, Wohltman A, Masri A. Baseline Characteristics of Patients in SEQUOIA-HCM: A Phase 3 Trial of Aficamten in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2024, 30: s3. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeft ventricular outflow tract obstructionObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathySymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyBaseline characteristics of patientsCardiac myosin inhibitorPhase 3 trialCharacteristics of patientsBaseline characteristicsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyNew York Heart Association functional classVentricular outflow tract obstructionN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePro-B-type natriuretic peptideTreated with beta-blockersHigh-sensitivity cardiac troponin IBaseline New York Heart Association functional classOutflow tract obstructionPlacebo-controlled trialBaseline to weekHeart failure symptomsIndividual daily doseReduced exercise capacityCardiac troponin IMyocardial hypercontractilityOral placebo