Early Effects of Starting Doses of Enalapril in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in the SOLVD Treatment Trial.

Pubmed ID: 31401165

Pubmed Central ID: PMC10481707

Journal: The American journal of medicine

Publication Date: Feb. 1, 2020

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002934319306151

MeSH Terms: Humans, Male, Female, Aged, Middle Aged, Chronic Disease, Heart Failure, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enalapril

Grants: R01 HL085561, R01 HL097047

Authors: Ahmed A, Fonarow GC, Pitt B, Allman RM, Morgan CJ, Packer M, Lam PH, Faselis C, Singh SN

Cite As: Lam PH, Packer M, Fonarow GC, Faselis C, Allman RM, Morgan CJ, Singh SN, Pitt B, Ahmed A. Early Effects of Starting Doses of Enalapril in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in the SOLVD Treatment Trial. Am J Med 2020 Feb;133(2):e25-e31. Epub 2019 Aug 8.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) treatment trial, similar clinical benefits were observed between starting doses of enalapril and the target dose achieved by postrandomization up-titration. In our current analysis, protecting the randomization, we examined the early effects of starting doses of enalapril. METHODS: There were 2569 patients with mild-to-moderate chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (ejection fraction ≤35%) randomized to receive starting doses (5-10 mg/day) of placebo (n = 1284) or enalapril (n = 1285). At day 14, both study drugs were blindly up-titrated to the target dose (20 mg/day). Overall, 96% (2458/2569) of the patients returned for dose up-titration, which was achieved in 59% (1444/2458), 48% (696/1444) of whom were in the enalapril group. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for outcomes in the enalapril group were estimated. RESULTS: HRs (95% CIs) for all-cause mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and the combined endpoint of heart failure hospitalization or all-cause mortality at 14 days after randomization were 0.80 (0.32-2.03), 0.63 (0.35-1.12), and 0.65 (0.39-1.06), respectively. Corresponding HRs (95% CIs) at 30 days were 0.82 (0.41-1.67), 0.43 (0.27-0.68), and 0.43 (0.27-0.68), respectively. The magnitude of these early effects of starting doses of enalapril is similar to its previously reported long-term effects at the target dose. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that in stable ambulatory patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the magnitude of the early effect of starting doses of enalapril is similar to that observed during longer-term therapy with the target doses of the drug.