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: 990-1000. 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-controlledAficamtenImpact of Aficamten on Disease and Symptom Burden in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Results From SEQUOIA-HCM
Maron M, Masri A, Nassif M, Barriales-Villa R, Abraham T, Arad M, Cardim N, Choudhury L, Claggett B, Coats C, Düngen H, Garcia-Pavia P, Hagège A, Januzzi J, Kulac I, Lee M, Lewis G, Ma C, Michels M, Oreziak A, Owens A, Spertus J, Solomon S, Tfelt-Hansen J, van Sinttruije M, Veselka J, Watkins H, Jacoby D, Heitner S, Kupfer S, Malik F, Meng L, Wohltman A, Olivotto I, Investigators S. Impact of Aficamten on Disease and Symptom Burden in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Results From SEQUOIA-HCM. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 84: 1821-1831. PMID: 39352339, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePro-B-type natriuretic peptideSeptal reduction therapyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyNatriuretic peptideReduction therapySymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyExercise capacityCardiac myosin inhibitorProportion of patientsTreatment of patientsHemodynamic responseAssociated with substantial improvementsOutflow gradientPlacebo groupAficamtenEnhanced exercise capacityClinical efficacyEfficacy measuresClinical impactPlaceboResponder analysisPatientsCardiomyopathyEfficacy 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