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Evaluation of Mortality During Long-Term Treatment with Tafamidis for Transthyretin Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy: Clinical Trial Results up to 8.5 Years.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:The effects of tafamidis on mortality in Val30Met and non-Val30Met patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) were evaluated. METHODS:The analyses were based on cumulative data from the Val30Met patients in the 18-month double-blind registration study and its 12-month open-label extension study, the non-Val30Met patients of the 12-month open-label study, and both patient groups in the ongoing 10-year extension study. Kaplan-Meier analyses of time to death from first treatment dose were performed. For the Val30Met group, two treatment groups were analyzed: those who received tafamidis in both the parent and extension studies (T-T) and those who received placebo in the parent study and switched to tafamidis in the extension studies (P-T). RESULTS:Kaplan-Meier estimates (95% confidence interval [CI]) were available up to 9 years for the Val30Met group, at which time 85.9% (53.1-96.4) and 91.1% (77.9-96.6) of the patients in the T-T and P-T groups, respectively, were alive. For the non-Val30Met group, estimates were available up to 8 years from the first dose, and the percentage of patients alive was 75.9% (47.7-90.2). CONCLUSION:Long-term tafamidis treatment may confer survival benefit in patients with ATTR-PN. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00409175, NCT00791492, NCT00630864, and NCT00925002.

SUBMITTER: Merlini G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7229124 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

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Evaluation of Mortality During Long-Term Treatment with Tafamidis for Transthyretin Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy: Clinical Trial Results up to 8.5 Years.

Merlini Giampaolo G Coelho Teresa T Waddington Cruz Márcia M Li Huihua H Stewart Michelle M Ebede Ben B

Neurology and therapy 20200227 1

<h4>Introduction</h4>The effects of tafamidis on mortality in Val30Met and non-Val30Met patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) were evaluated.<h4>Methods</h4>The analyses were based on cumulative data from the Val30Met patients in the 18-month double-blind registration study and its 12-month open-label extension study, the non-Val30Met patients of the 12-month open-label study, and both patient groups in the ongoing 10-year extension study. Kaplan-Meier analyses of ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundTransthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a debilitating disease that has received much attention since the emergence of novel treatments. The Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Clinical Trial showed that tafamidis, a transthyretin tetramer stabilizer, effectively reduced the declines in functional capacity and quality of life. However, Ala97Ser (A97S) hereditary ATTR-CM is underrepresented in major ATTR-CM tafamidis trials.ObjectivesWe aim to investigate the change in global longitudinal strain (GLS) of A97S ATTR-CM patients after 12 months of tafamidis treatment.MethodsWe retrospectively analysed a prospective cohort of patients with A97S ATTR-CM who received tafamidis meglumine (61 mg/day) at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Echocardiography with speckle tracking strain analysis was performed at baseline and 12 months after treatment.ResultsIn all, 20 patients were included in the cohort. The baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and interventricular septum (IVS) thickness were 59.20 ± 13.23% and 15.10 ± 3.43 mm, respectively. After 12 months of tafamidis treatment, the LVEF and IVS were 61.83 ± 15.60% (p = 0.244) and 14.59 ± 3.03 mm (p = 0.623), respectively. GLS significantly improved from -12.70 ± 3.31% to -13.72 ± 3.17% (p = 0.048), and longitudinal strain (LS) in apical and middle segments significantly improved from -16.05 ± 4.82% to -17.95 ± 3.48% (p = 0.039) and -11.89 ± 4.38% to -13.58 ± 3.12% (p = 0.039), respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that patients with LVEF < 50% had a better treatment response and improvement in GLS. The patients with an IVS ⩾ 13 mm had an improvement in two-chamber LS from -10.92 ± 4.25% to -13.15 ± 3.87% (p = 0.042) and an improvement in apical left ventricular LS from -15.30 ± 5.35% to -17.82 ± 3.99% (p = 0.031).ConclusionTafamidis significantly improved GLS, and particularly apical and middle LS in A97S ATTR-CM patients.

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