Tolvaptan add-on Therapy to Overcome Loop Diuretic Resistance in Acute Heart Failure With Renal Dysfunction

Summary

Renal dysfunction, which comprises 10%-40% of acute heart failure patients (AHF), plays an important role in diuretic resistance mechanism. DR-AHF was designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of early tolvaptan (a vasopressin-2 receptor antagonist) add-on therapy in acute heart failure patients with renal dysfunction and clinical evidence of loop diuretic resistance.

Timeline

Start

2021-12-01

Primary completion

2023-06-30

Completion

2023-07-26

Publications

• Background Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Anker SD, Bueno H, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Falk V, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Harjola VP, Jankowska EA, Jessup M, Linde C, Nihoyannopoulos P, Parissis JT, Pieske B, Riley JP, Rosano GMC, Ruilope LM, Ruschitzka F, Rutten FH, van der Meer P; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jul 14;37(27):2129-2200. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw128. Epub 2016 May 20. No abstract available.
• Background Felker GM, Ellison DH, Mullens W, Cox ZL, Testani JM. Diuretic Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar 17;75(10):1178-1195. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.059.
• Background Mullens W, Damman K, Harjola VP, Mebazaa A, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Martens P, Testani JM, Tang WHW, Orso F, Rossignol P, Metra M, Filippatos G, Seferovic PM, Ruschitzka F, Coats AJ. The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion - a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Feb;21(2):137-155. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1369. Epub 2019 Jan 1.
• Minh NG, Hoang HN, Maeda D, Matsue Y. Tolvaptan Add-on Therapy to Overcome Loop Diuretic Resistance in Acute Heart Failure With Renal Dysfunction (DR-AHF): Design and Rationale. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jan 27;8:783181. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.783181. eCollection 2021.

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