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Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Solomon, Scott D., McMurray, John J.V., Claggett, Brian, de Boer, Rudolf A., DeMets, David, Hernandez, Adrian F., Inzucchi, Silvio E., Kosiborod, Mikhail N. +34 more·2022·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death among patients with chronic heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less. Whether SGLT2 inhibitors are effective in patients with a higher left ventricular ejection fraction remains less certain. METHODS: We randomly assigned 6263 patients with heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction of more than 40% to receive dapagliflozin (at a dose of 10 mg once daily) or matching placebo, in addition to usual therapy. The primary outcome was a composite of worsening heart failure (which was defined as either an unplanned hospitalization for heart failure or an urgent visit for heart failure) or cardiovascular death, as assessed in a time-to-event analysis. RESULTS: Over a median of 2.3 years, the primary outcome occurred in 512 of 3131 patients (16.4%) in the dapagliflozin group and in 610 of 3132 patients (19.5%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.73 to 0.92; P<0.001). Worsening heart failure occurred in 368 patients (11.8%) in the dapagliflozin group and in 455 patients (14.5%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.69 to 0.91); cardiovascular death occurred in 231 patients (7.4%) and 261 patients (8.3%), respectively (hazard ratio, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.74 to 1.05). Total events and symptom burden were lower in the dapagliflozin group than in the placebo group. Results were similar among patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 60% or more and those with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 60%, and results were similar in prespecified subgroups, including patients with or without diabetes. The incidence of adverse events was similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Dapagliflozin reduced the combined risk of worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death among patients with heart failure and a mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction. (Funded by AstraZeneca; DELIVER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03619213.).

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  • Risk of diabetic ketoacidosis is increased in persons using SGLT2 inhibitors, especially those treated with insulin (particularly with recent insulin dose reduction) and/or those with acute illness and prolonged fasting.

    “Risk of DKA is increased in persons using SGLT2is, especially in those being treated with insulin (especially if there has been a recent reduction in their insulin dose) and/or those with acute illnesses and prolonged fasting.1049,1050”

    From American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update. (2022) · cites this paper as [1049]

    The Efficacy section’s safety table reports two diabetic ketoacidosis cases among dapagliflozin recipients and none among placebo recipients in this heart-failure trial. It does not establish an increased risk across SGLT2 inhibitors generally or identify insulin treatment, recent insulin-dose reduction, acute illness, or prolonged fasting as risk factors; searches for those terms found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • SGLT2 inhibitors reduce the incidence of heart failure and improve heart failure-related outcomes, including hospitalization for heart failure and heart failure-related symptoms, in people with diabetes with preserved or reduced ejection fraction.

    “SGLT2 inhibitors reduce the incidence of heart failure and improve heart failurerelated outcomes, including hospitalization for heart failure and heart failure-related symptoms, in people with diabetes with preserved or reduced ejection fraction (250,(255)(256)(257)(298)(299)(300)(301)(302)(303)(304)(305)(306).”

    From 10. Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [302]

    The Results and Efficacy sections report fewer heart-failure hospitalizations and a lower symptom burden with dapagliflozin; the Results say effects were similar in patients with and without diabetes. However, the trial enrolled people who already had heart failure, so it does not establish reduced incidence of new heart failure. It studied ejection fractions above 40%, not the full reduced-ejection-fraction range. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • In the DELIVER trial, dapagliflozin showed a similar benefit for heart failure outcomes in people with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.

    “A similar benefit for heart failure outcomes was seen in the Dapagliflozin Evaluation to Improve the Lives of Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure (DELIVER) trial for dapagliflozin in people with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (302).”
  • In the DELIVER trial, dapagliflozin showed a similar benefit for heart failure outcomes in people with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.

    “A similar benefit for heart failure outcomes was seen in the Dapagliflozin Evaluation to Improve the Lives of Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure (DELIVER) trial for dapagliflozin in people with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (290).”
  • In the PARAGON-HF trial, sacubitril/valsartan compared with valsartan reduced the likelihood of the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular death and total heart failure hospitalization by 22% in those with an LVEF below or equal to the median of 57%.

    “Sacubitril/valsartan, compared with valsartan, reduced the likelihood of the primary composite outcome of CV death and total HF hospitalization by 22% in those with an LVEF below or equal to the median of 57%.534”

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Solomon, S. D., McMurray, J. J. V., Claggett, B., de Boer, R. A., DeMets, D., Hernandez, A. F., Inzucchi, S. E., Kosiborod, M. N., Lam, C. S. P., Martinez, F., Shah, S. J., Desai, A. S., Jhund, P. S., Belohlavek, J., Chiang, C.-E., Borleffs, C. J. W., Comin-Colet, J., Dobreanu, D., Drozdz, J., Fang, J. C., Alcocer-Gamba, M. A., Al Habeeb, W., Han, Y., Cabrera Honorio, J. W., Janssens, S. P., Katova, T., Kitakaze, M., Merkely, B., O’Meara, E., Saraiva, J. F. K., Tereshchenko, S. N., Thierer, J., Vaduganathan, M., Vardeny, O., Verma, S., Pham, V. N., Wilderäng, U., Zaozerska, N., Bachus, E., Lindholm, D., Petersson, M., & Langkilde, A. M.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • From the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (S.D.S., B.C., A.S.D., M.V.); the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (J.J.V.M., P.S.J.); the Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen (R.A.B., C.S.P.L.), and Haga Teaching Hospital, the Hague (C.J.W.B.) — both in the Netherlands; the University of Wisconsin, Madison (D. DeMets); Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (A.F.H.); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (S.E.I.); Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas City (M.N.K.); National Heart Center Singapore and Duke–National University of Singapore, Singapore (C.S.P.L.); National University of Cordoba, Cordoba (F.M.), and Jefe de Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardíaca, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norbert...
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Semmelweis University (HU)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2022-09-22
Volume
387
Issue
12
Pages
1089-1098
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W4293354639
Cited by
2,884
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 635 · 2025: 716 · 2024: 714 · 2023: 673 · 2022: 139 · 2021: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
390.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
AstraZeneca
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Keywords
dapagliflozin, SGLT2 inhibitors, heart failure, preserved ejection fraction, mildly reduced ejection fraction, heart failure hospitalization, cardiovascular mortality, left ventricular ejection fraction
MeSH terms
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Benzhydryl Compounds, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Glucosides, Heart Failure, Humans, Stroke Volume, Ventricular Function, Left

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