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Effect of beta-blocker therapy on the response to mavacamten in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. European journal of heart failure Wheeler, M. T., Jacoby, D., Elliott, P. M., Saberi, S., Hegde, S. M., Lakdawala, N. K., Myers, J., Sehnert, A. J., Edelberg, J. M., Li, W., Olivotto, I. 2022

Abstract

AIMS: In the EXPLORER-HCM trial, mavacamten improved exercise capacity and symptoms in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM). Mavacamten effects on the primary endpoint, a composite of peak oxygen consumption (VO2 ) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, were greater in patients not receiving background beta-blockers than in those receiving beta-blockers. We sought to determine if the effect of background treatment was consistent across other clinically meaningful parameters.METHODS AND RESULTS: Subgroup analyses by beta-blocker use were performed in patients with oHCM from the EXPLORER-HCM and mavacamten long-term extension (MAVA-LTE) studies. In EXPLORER-HCM, 189 patients (75.3%) were receiving beta-blockers, and 62 (24.7%) were receiving non-dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers or no background HCM medication; 170 patients (90.4%) receiving beta-blockers had chronotropic incompetence. Improvements in peak VO2 at week 30 with mavacamten versus placebo were lower with beta-blockers (mean difference [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 1.04 [0.12, 1.95] mL/kg/min) than without beta-blockers (mean difference [95% CI]: 2.69 [1.29, 4.09] mL/kg/min); improvements in non-heart rate-dependent parameters (VE /VCO2 slope) appeared unaffected by beta-blockers. Improvements in functional capacity parameters at week 30 with mavacamten versus placebo were independent of beta-blockade for post-exercise left ventricular outflow tract gradient (mean difference [95% CI]: -37.9 [-48.0, -27.9] mmHg with beta-blockers; -33.5 [-53.6, -13.3] mmHg without beta-blockers), proportion of patients with reduction of =1 NYHA class, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary Scores and NT-proBNP. Mavacamten benefits were reproduced and maintained in MAVA-LTE regardless of beta-blockade.CONCLUSION: Mavacamten improved measures of functional capacity, LVOT obstruction, symptom burden and biomarkers in patients with HCM regardless of beta-blocker use. Beta-blocker use was often associated with chronotropic incompetence, affecting peak VO2 and other heart rate-dependent measures, but had minimal impact on heart-rate independent measures. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

View details for DOI 10.1002/ejhf.2737

View details for PubMedID 36404399