2021
Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): health status analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial
Spertus JA, Fine JT, Elliott P, Ho CY, Olivotto I, Saberi S, Li W, Dolan C, Reaney M, Sehnert AJ, Jacoby D. Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): health status analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet 2021, 397: 2467-2475. PMID: 34004177, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00763-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireSymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyPatients' health statusQuality of lifeHealth statusWeek 30KCCQ overall summary scoreAvailable pharmacological optionsKCCQ-OS scorePlacebo-controlled trialPhase 3 trialProportion of patientsPrimary treatment goalOverall summary scoreDisease-specific measuresEffect of mavacamtenHealth status analysisNew potential strategyEXPLORER-HCMPlacebo groupAdult patientsBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyPharmacological options
2020
Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial
Olivotto I, Oreziak A, Barriales-Villa R, Abraham TP, Masri A, Garcia-Pavia P, Saberi S, Lakdawala NK, Wheeler MT, Owens A, Kubanek M, Wojakowski W, Jensen MK, Gimeno-Blanes J, Afshar K, Myers J, Hegde SM, Solomon SD, Sehnert AJ, Zhang D, Li W, Bhattacharya M, Edelberg JM, Waldman CB, Lester SJ, Wang A, Ho CY, Jacoby D, investigators E, Bartunek J, Bondue A, Van Craenenbroeck E, Kubanek M, Zemanek D, Jensen M, Mogensen J, Thune J, Charron P, Hagege A, Lairez O, Trochu J, Axthelm C, Duengen H, Frey N, Mitrovic V, Preusch M, Schulz-Menger J, Seidler T, Arad M, Halabi M, Katz A, Monakier D, Paz O, Viskin S, Zwas D, Olivotto I, Rocca H, Michels M, Dudek D, Oko-Sarnowska Z, Oreziak A, Wojakowski W, Cardim N, Pereira H, Barriales-Villa R, Pavia P, Blanes J, Urbano R, Diaz L, Elliott P, Yousef Z, Abraham T, Afshar K, Alvarez P, Bach R, Becker R, Choudhury L, Fermin D, Jacoby D, Jefferies J, Kramer C, Lakdawala N, Lester S, Marian A, Masri A, Maurer M, Nagueh S, Owens A, Owens D, Rader F, Saberi S, Sherrid M, Shirani J, Symanski J, Turer A, Wang A, Wever-Pinzon O, Wheeler M, Wong T, Yamani M. Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet 2020, 396: 759-769. PMID: 32871100, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31792-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire clinical summary scoreSymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyLVOT gradientNYHA classPrimary endpointDynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstructionNew York Heart Association class IILeft ventricular outflow tract obstructionTreatment-emergent adverse eventsVentricular outflow tract obstructionAvailable pharmacological optionsKey pathophysiological abnormalityNYHA class reductionNYHA functional classOutflow tract obstructionPlacebo-controlled trialPhase 3 trialML/Disease-specific treatmentPeak oxygen consumptionGreater increaseLVOT obstructionPlacebo group