Sacubitril/valsartan vs ACEi/ARB at hospital discharge and 5-year survival in older patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction : A decision analysis approach

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BACKGROUND: In clinical trials, sacubitril/valsartan has demonstrated significant survival benefits compared to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ACEi/ARB). Whether older patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) benefit as much, due to higher rates of comorbidities, frailty and drug discontinuation, is unknown.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Using a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with HFrEF between 2016 and 2018, we determined all-cause mortality and HF-readmission rates among patients not given ACEi/ARB or sacubitril/valsartan at hospital discharge, by age. We then used risk reductions from the SOLVD, PARADIGM-HF and PIONEER-HF trials to estimate the benefits of ACEi/ARB and sacubitril/valsartan. We then incorporated age-specific estimates of drug discontinuation from Medicare. A Markov decision process model was used to simulate 5-year survival and estimate number needed to treat, comparing discharge on ACEi/ARB vs sacubitril/valsartan by age. After accounting for drug discontinuation rates, which were surprisingly slightly higher among those discharged on ACEi/ARB (2.3%/month vs 1.9%/month), there was a small but significant survival advantage to discharge on sacubitril/valsartan over 5 years (+0.81 months [95% CI 0.80, 0.81]). The benefit of sacubitril/valsartan over ACEi/ARB did not decrease with increasing age - the number needed to treat among 66 to 74-year-old patients was 84 and among 85+ year-old patients was 67.

CONCLUSIONS: Even after accounting for "real world" rates of drug discontinuation, discharge on sacubitril/valsartan after conferred a small, but significant, survival advantage which does not appear to wane with increasing age.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:250

Enthalten in:

American heart journal - 250(2022) vom: 14. Aug., Seite 23-28

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gilstrap, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Zipkin, Ronnie J [VerfasserIn]
Barnes, Jonathan Aaron [VerfasserIn]
King, Ashleigh [VerfasserIn]
O'Malley, Alistair James [VerfasserIn]
Gaziano, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Tosteson, Anna N A [VerfasserIn]

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17ERJ0MKGI
80M03YXJ7I
Aminobutyrates
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Biphenyl Compounds
Drug Combinations
Letter
Sacubitril
Valsartan

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Date Completed 16.06.2022

Date Revised 23.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ahj.2022.04.007

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NLM340537558