Similar clinical benefits from below-target and target dose enalapril in patients with heart failure in the SOLVD Treatment trial

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AIMS: To examine associations of below-target and target dose of enalapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, with outcomes in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) Treatment trial.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Two thousand five hundred and sixty-nine patients with HFrEF (ejection fraction ≤35%) were randomized to below-target (5-10 mg/day) dose placebo (n = 1284) or enalapril (n = 1285). One month post-randomization, blind up-titration to target (20 mg/day) dose was attempted for both study drugs in 2458 patients. Among the 1444 patients who achieved dose up-titration (placebo, n = 748; enalapril, n = 696; mean dose for both groups, 20.0 mg/day), target dose enalapril (vs. target dose placebo) was associated with a 9% absolute lower risk of the combined endpoint of heart failure hospitalization or all-cause mortality [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.70; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.60-0.81; P < 0.001] during 4 years of follow-up. Among the 1014 patients who could not achieve target dose (placebo, n = 486; enalapril, n = 528; mean dose for both groups, 8.8 mg/day), below-target dose enalapril (vs. below-target dose placebo) was associated with a 12% absolute lower risk of the combined endpoint of heart failure hospitalization or all-cause mortality (adjusted HR 0.68; 95% CI 0.57-0.81; P < 0.001). Among the 1224 patients receiving enalapril, target (vs. below-target) dose had no association with the combined endpoint of heart failure hospitalization or all-cause mortality (adjusted HR 1.04; 95% CI 0.87-1.23; P = 0.695).

CONCLUSION: In patients with HFrEF, the clinical benefits of ACE inhibitors appear to be similar at both below-target and target doses.

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CommentIn: Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Feb;20(2):370-372. - PMID 28980436

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

European journal of heart failure - 20(2018), 2 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 359-369

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lam, Phillip H [VerfasserIn]
Dooley, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Fonarow, Gregg C [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Javed [VerfasserIn]
Bhatt, Deepak L [VerfasserIn]
Filippatos, Gerasimos S [VerfasserIn]
Deedwania, Prakash [VerfasserIn]
Forman, Daniel E [VerfasserIn]
White, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Fletcher, Ross D [VerfasserIn]
Arundel, Cherinne [VerfasserIn]
Blackman, Marc R [VerfasserIn]
Adamopoulos, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Kanonidis, Ioannis E [VerfasserIn]
Aban, Inmaculada B [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Kanan [VerfasserIn]
Aronow, Wilbert S [VerfasserIn]
Allman, Richard M [VerfasserIn]
Anker, Stefan D [VerfasserIn]
Pitt, Bertram [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Ali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

69PN84IO1A
ACE inhibitors
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Enalapril
Heart failure
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Placebo
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Target dose

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Date Completed 11.12.2018

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Feb;20(2):370-372. - PMID 28980436

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ejhf.937

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NLM276498720