Cited by 385Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

PONTIAC (NT-proBNP Selected PreventiOn of cardiac eveNts in a populaTion of dIabetic patients without A history of Cardiac disease)

Open access
Huelsmann, Martin, Neuhold, Stephanie, Resl, Michael, Strunk, Guido, Brath, Helmut, Francesconi, Claudia, Adlbrecht, Christopher, Prager, Rudolf +3 more·2013·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Abstract

Objectives The study sought to assess the primary preventive effect of neurohumoral therapy in high-risk diabetic patients selected by N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). Background Few clinical trials have successfully demonstrated the prevention of cardiac events in patients with diabetes. One reason for this might be an inaccurate selection of patients. NT-proBNP has not been assessed in this context. Methods A total of 300 patients with type 2 diabetes, elevated NT-proBNP (>125 pg/ml) but free of cardiac disease were randomized. The "control" group was cared for at 4 diabetes care units; the "intensified" group was additionally treated at a cardiac outpatient clinic for the up-titration of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) antagonists and beta-blockers. The primary endpoint was hospitalization/death due to cardiac disease after 2 years. Results At baseline, the mean age of the patients was 67.5 ± 9 years, duration of diabetes was 15 ± 12 years, 37% were male, HbA1c was 7 ± 1.1%, blood pressure was 151 ± 22 mm Hg, heart rate was 72 ± 11 beats/min, median NT-proBNP was 265.5 pg/ml (interquartile range: 180.8 to 401.8 pg/ml). After 12 months there was a significant difference between the number of patients treated with a RAS antagonist/beta-blocker and the dosage reached between groups (p < 0.0001). Blood pressure was significantly reduced in both (p < 0.05); heart rate was only reduced in the intensified group (p = 0.004). A significant reduction of the primary endpoint (hazard ratio: 0.351; 95% confidence interval: 0.127 to 0.975, p = 0.044) was visible in the intensified group. The same was true for other endpoints: all-cause hospitalization, unplanned cardiovascular hospitalizations/death (p < 0.05 for all). Conclusions Accelerated up-titration of RAS antagonists and beta-blockers to maximum tolerated dosages is an effective and safe intervention for the primary prevention of cardiac events for diabetic patients pre-selected using NT-proBNP. (Nt-proBNP Guided Primary Prevention of CV Events in Diabetic Patients [PONTIAC]; NCT00562952).

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.069

Cites

29 of 29 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Results from several randomized controlled trials revealed that more intensive treatment of risk factors in people with increased levels of natriuretic peptides reduces the risk for symptomatic heart failure, heart failure hospitalization, and newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction.

    “Results from several randomized controlled trials revealed that more intensive treatment of risk factors in people with increased levels of natriuretic peptides reduces the risk for symptomatic heart failure, heart failure hospitalization, and newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction (222,227,228).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [222]

    The Study design and hospitalization tables (pp. 1365–72; precise page unavailable in our copy) describe a randomized trial in patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated NT-proBNP. They report fewer heart-failure hospitalizations with intensified treatment (1 versus 7), although the reported time-to-event comparison was not statistically significant (p=0.07). The paper does not report symptomatic heart failure or newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction as outcomes; it also represents one trial, not evidence of results from several trials by itself. (LLM, conf=0.87)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Identification, risk stratification, and early treatment of risk factors in people with diabetes and asymptomatic stages of heart failure reduce the risk for progression to symptomatic heart failure.

    “Identification, risk stratification, and early treatment of risk factors in people with diabetes and asymptomatic stages of heart failure reduce the risk for progression to symptomatic heart failure (221,222).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [222]

    The Abstract reports fewer cardiac events after NT-proBNP-guided treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes who were free of cardiac disease. The Conclusions table also shows fewer heart-failure hospitalizations in the intensified group (1 versus 7), but the study did not establish that participants had asymptomatic heart failure or directly measure progression to symptomatic heart failure. The claim extends the findings beyond the population and outcome studied. (LLM, conf=0.86)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Results from several randomized controlled trials revealed that more intensive treatment of risk factors in people with increased levels of natriuretic peptides reduces the risk for symptomatic heart failure, heart failure hospitalization, and newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction.

    “Results from several randomized controlled trials revealed that more intensive treatment of risk factors in people with increased levels of natriuretic peptides reduces the risk for symptomatic heart failure, heart failure hospitalization, and newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction (211,216,217).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 (2026) · cites this paper as [211]

    Split into 2 atoms — 1 confirmed, 1 partially supported, 0 disputed, 0 misattributed, 0 unverifiable. Expand the claim to see per-atom verdicts.

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Identification, risk stratification, and early treatment of risk factors in people with diabetes and asymptomatic stages of heart failure reduce the risk for progression to symptomatic heart failure.

    “Identification, risk stratification, and early treatment of risk factors in people with diabetes and asymptomatic stages of heart failure reduce the risk for progression to symptomatic heart failure (210,211).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 (2026) · cites this paper as [211]

    The Abstract describes NT-proBNP risk selection and intensified treatment in people with type 2 diabetes who were free of cardiac disease, and reports fewer cardiac hospitalizations or deaths. The Conclusions table also shows fewer heart-failure hospitalizations (1 versus 7), but the Cox-model estimate for that endpoint was not statistically significant (p = 0.07). The paper did not establish that participants had asymptomatic-stage heart failure or directly measure progression to symptomatic heart failure. (LLM, conf=0.86)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. Osterreichische Diabetes Gesellschaft Diabetes Mellitus. Guidelines for the practice. Revised and expanded 2007 edition. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2009;121 Suppl 5:S1-87.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Huelsmann, M., Neuhold, S., Resl, M., Strunk, G., Brath, H., Francesconi, C., Adlbrecht, C., Prager, R., Luger, A., Pacher, R., & Clodi, M.
Affiliations
  • Medical University of Vienna (AT)
  • TU Dortmund University (DE)
  • Klinik Hietzing (AT)
Corresponding author
Pacher, Richard
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
62
Issue
15
Pages
1365-1372
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2113538868
Cited by
385
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 3
FWCI
12.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Universität Wien
  • Medizinische Universität Wien
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Keywords
NT-proBNP, type 2 diabetes, renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, beta-blockers, cardiovascular hospitalization, cardiovascular mortality, heart rate reduction, blood pressure reduction, cardiovascular risk stratification, all-cause hospitalization
MeSH terms
Aged, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Heart Diseases, Heart Rate, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Peptide Fragments, Primary Prevention, Prospective Studies, Biomarkers, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review