New Era : Mavacamten for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy results from asymmetric septal hypertrophy, which eventually obstructs the outflow of the left ventricle. Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is linked to mutations in genes that encode for sarcomere proteins, including actin, β-myosin heavy chain, titin, and troponin. The mutations lead to structural abnormalities in myocytes and myofibrils, causing conduction irregularities and abnormal force generation. Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a chronic disease that worsens over time, and patients become at higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke. Up until recently, there were no disease- specific medications for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Nevertheless, the US Food and Drug Administration approved mavacamten on April 28, 2022, for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (New York Heart Association class II to III) in adults to improve functional capacity and symptoms. Its approval was based on data from EXPLORER- HCM and EXPLORER-LTE (NCT03723655). Mavacamten is a novel, first-in-class, orally active, allosteric inhibitor of cardiac myosin ATPase, which decreases the formation of actin- myosin cross-bridges, and thus, it reduces myocardial contractility, and it improves myocardial energetics. It represents a paradigm-shifting pharmacological treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this review, we describe its chemical and mechanistic aspects as well as its pharmacokinetics, adverse effects and warnings, potential drug-drug interactions, and contraindications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular & hematological agents in medicinal chemistry - 21(2023), 2 vom: 01., Seite 78-83

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Woodland, Ma'Lik [VerfasserIn]
Al-Horani, Rami A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Actin-myosin cross-bridge
Actins
Benzylamines
Cardiomyopathy
Heart failure
Hypertrophy
Journal Article
MYK-461
Mavacamten
Review
Stenosis

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Date Completed 14.03.2023

Date Revised 02.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871525721666221019095218

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347930638