Standard-of-Care Medication Withdrawal in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Receiving Aficamten in FOREST-HCM
Masri A, Choudhury L, Barriales-Villa R, Elliott P, Maron M, Nassif M, Oreziak A, Owens A, Saberi S, Tower-Rader A, Rader F, Garcia-Pavia P, Olivotto I, Nagueh S, Wang A, Heitner S, Jacoby D, Kupfer S, Malik F, Melloni C, Meng L, Wei J, Sherrid M, Abraham T, Investigators F. Standard-of-Care Medication Withdrawal in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Receiving Aficamten in FOREST-HCM. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 84: 1839-1849. PMID: 39477631, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-Clinical Summary ScoreStandard-of-careSOC therapyAdverse eventsDose reductionTherapy withdrawalHypertrophic cardiomyopathyTreatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyPro-B-type natriuretic peptide levelsN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levelsTreatment-emergent adverse eventsHigh-sensitivity troponin IOutflow tract gradientEmergent adverse eventsNYHA functional classFirst-line therapyNatriuretic peptide levelsOff-target side effectsSummary scoreControlled clinical trialsMeasures of efficacyClinical measures of efficacyStable doseNo withdrawalsEfficacy 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 relief