Diuretic dosing and outcomes with torsemide and furosemide following hospitalization for heart failure: The TRANSFORM‐HF trial
Nouhravesh N, Greene S, Clare R, Wojdyla D, Anstrom K, Velazquez E, Pitt B, Mentz R, Psotka M. Diuretic dosing and outcomes with torsemide and furosemide following hospitalization for heart failure: The TRANSFORM‐HF trial. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2024 PMID: 39363809, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLoop diuretic doseDiuretic doseHeart failureDiuretic typeKCCQ-CSSClinical outcomesKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary ScoreGroup 2High dosesHigher loop diuretic dosesGroup 3High doses of furosemideDose group 2Associated with increased riskDose of furosemideClinical summary scoreSecondary clinical outcomesPatient-reported outcomesPost hoc analysisFurosemide equivalentsDose groupDischarge doseTRANSFORM-HFClinical eventsGroup 1Mechanistic Differences between Torsemide and Furosemide.
Rao V, Cox Z, Ivey-Miranda J, Neville D, Balkcom N, Moreno-Villagomez J, Ramos-Mastache D, Maulion C, Bellumkonda L, Tang W, Collins S, Velazquez E, Mentz R, Wilson F, Turner J, Wilcox C, Ellison D, Fang J, Testani J. Mechanistic Differences between Torsemide and Furosemide. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024 PMID: 39196651, DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000000000000481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTorsemide groupDiuretic doseTubular site of actionHigher diuretic dosesDose of furosemideProportion of dosesOral furosemideSite of actionPrescribed doseNeurohormonal activationMechanistic substudyClinical outcomesPharmacodynamic advantagesKidney dysfunctionPharmacodynamic parametersKidney functionRandomized trialsNatriuresisTubular sitesFurosemideTorsemideDoseTRANSFORM-HFPlasma volumeBody weightOn‐treatment analysis of torsemide versus furosemide for patients hospitalized for heart failure: A post‐hoc analysis of TRANSFORM‐HF
Kittipibul V, Mentz R, Clare R, Wojdyla D, Anstrom K, Eisenstein E, Ambrosy A, Goyal P, Skopicki H, Ketema F, Kim D, Desvigne-Nickens P, Pitt B, Velazquez E, Greene S. On‐treatment analysis of torsemide versus furosemide for patients hospitalized for heart failure: A post‐hoc analysis of TRANSFORM‐HF. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2024, 26: 1518-1523. PMID: 38745502, PMCID: PMC11269016, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOn-treatment analysisFollow-upAll-cause mortalityHeart failureOn-treatmentNo significant differenceNon-adherencePost-hocSignificant differenceTime of hospital dischargePost hoc analysisDiuretic statusPatients on-treatmentTorsemide groupOpen-labelFurosemide groupRandomized patientsTRANSFORM-HFHF hospitalizationRandomized trialsFurosemidePatientsTorsemideHospital outcomesOutcome differences