The GUIDE-HF trial of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in heart failure : impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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AIMS: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, important changes in heart failure (HF) event rates have been widely reported, but few data address potential causes for these changes; several possibilities were examined in the GUIDE-HF study.

METHODS AND RESULTS: From 15 March 2018 to 20 December 2019, patients were randomized to haemodynamic-guided management (treatment) vs. control for 12 months, with a primary endpoint of all-cause mortality plus HF events. Pre-COVID-19, the primary endpoint rate was 0.553 vs. 0.682 events/patient-year in the treatment vs. control group [hazard ratio (HR) 0.81, P = 0.049]. Treatment difference was no longer evident during COVID-19 (HR 1.11, P = 0.526), with a 21% decrease in the control group (0.536 events/patient-year) and no change in the treatment group (0.597 events/patient-year). Data reflecting provider-, disease-, and patient-dependent factors that might change the primary endpoint rate during COVID-19 were examined. Subject contact frequency was similar in the treatment vs. control group before and during COVID-19. During COVID-19, the monthly rate of medication changes fell 19.2% in the treatment vs. 10.7% in the control group to levels not different between groups (P = 0.362). COVID-19 was infrequent and not different between groups. Pulmonary artery pressure area under the curve decreased -98 mmHg-days in the treatment group vs. -100 mmHg-days in the controls (P = 0.867). Patient compliance with the study protocol was maintained during COVID-19 in both groups.

CONCLUSION: During COVID-19, the primary event rate decreased in the controls and remained low in the treatment group, resulting in an effacement of group differences that were present pre-COVID-19. These outcomes did not result from changes in provider- or disease-dependent factors; pulmonary artery pressure decreased despite fewer medication changes, suggesting that patient-dependent factors played an important role in these outcomes. Clinical Trials.gov: NCT03387813.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Eur Heart J. 2022 May 02;:. - PMID 35511076

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

European heart journal - 43(2022), 27 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 2603-2618

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zile, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Akshay S [VerfasserIn]
Costanzo, Maria Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Ducharme, Anique [VerfasserIn]
Maisel, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Mehra, Mandeep R [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Sears, Samuel F [VerfasserIn]
Smart, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Chien, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Guha, Ashrith [VerfasserIn]
Guichard, Jason L [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Shelley [VerfasserIn]
Jonsson, Orvar [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Nessa [VerfasserIn]
Sood, Poornima [VerfasserIn]
Henderson, John [VerfasserIn]
Adamson, Philip B [VerfasserIn]
Lindenfeld, JoAnn [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Haemodynamics
Heart failure
Journal Article
Pulmonary artery pressure
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.07.2022

Date Revised 16.08.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03387813

CommentIn: Eur Heart J. 2022 May 02;:. - PMID 35511076

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/eurheartj/ehac114

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337968756