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Heterogeneity of health status treatment response with sacubitril/valsartan: insights from the CHAMP-HF registry.

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Aims

The aim of our study was to investigate heterogeneity of health status treatment response of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Methods and results

We leveraged data from CHAMP-HF, an observational registry of 140 US clinics and 5026 outpatients with chronic HFrEF, where health status was serially assessed using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)-12 Overall Summary Scale (range from 0 to 100; ?20-point improvement is a very large improvement). In 334 patients newly initiated on sacubitril/valsartan, we used hierarchical multivariable logistic regression (13 patient-level characteristics as well as baseline KCCQ-12 score) to calculate the odds ratio (OR) of any characteristic being associated with a very large health status improvement. A total of 104/334 (31.1%) of patients achieved the primary endpoint, where only worse baseline health status [KCCQ-12 score of 0-60 points had an OR = 0.86/5-point higher score (CI 0.79, 0.93)], and those with a KCCQ-12 score of 60-80 points had an OR = 0.61/5-point higher score (0.45-0.82), which was associated with a very large benefit. No other patient characteristic was associated with a very large health status improvement (P > 0.05).

Conclusions

We found that, after initiation of sacubitril/valsartan, only worse baseline health status was associated with very large health status improvement. Accordingly, a trial of therapy-particularly in those with worse symptoms, function, and quality of life-and assessing treatment response are likely to be the best prospective strategy.

SUBMITTER: Khariton Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835503 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Heterogeneity of health status treatment response with sacubitril/valsartan: insights from the CHAMP-HF registry.

Khariton Yevgeniy Y Fonarow Gregg C GC Hellkamp Ann A Thomas Laine L Nassif Michael E ME Butler Javed J Duffy Carol I CI Albert Nancy M NM Spertus John A JA

ESC heart failure 20201110 1

<h4>Aims</h4>The aim of our study was to investigate heterogeneity of health status treatment response of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).<h4>Methods and results</h4>We leveraged data from CHAMP-HF, an observational registry of 140 US clinics and 5026 outpatients with chronic HFrEF, where health status was serially assessed using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)-12 Overall Summary Scale (range from 0 to 100; ≥20-point ...[more]

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Heterogeneity of health status treatment response with sacubitril/valsartan: insights from the CHAMP-HF registry.

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