• Am. J. Med. · Mar 2020

    Meta Analysis

    Does Ivabradine Decrease Cardiovascular Deaths in Heart Failure Patients?

    • Thomas A Marciniak, Dan Atar, and Victor Serebruany.
    • 39344 Hatteras Drive, Bethany Beach, Del. Electronic address: thomas.a.marciniak@gmail.com.
    • Am. J. Med. 2020 Mar 1; 133 (3): 347-351.

    BackgroundIvabradine, a heart rate-slowing drug used to treat heart failure and (in Europe) angina, had varying impacts upon cardiovascular events in its 3 large outcome trials. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analyses may explain the reasons for the variability.MethodsAn FDA reviewer analyzed the raw data from the 3 trials using logistic regressions to assess interactions between ivabradine and other drugs and forest plots to display dose responses.ResultsIvabradine in its SHIFT heart failure trial shows a significant interaction with loop diuretics with a beneficial impact upon cardiovascular deaths (odds ratio 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.42-0.87, P = .007). This favorable effect is supported by similar interactions in the other 2 trials (BEAUTIFUL, SIGNIFY) and by a dose response for loop diuretics interacting with ivabradine in the SHIFT and BEAUTIFUL trials. The interaction is not related to heart failure severity.ConclusionIvabradine used concomitantly with a loop diuretic has a beneficial impact upon cardiovascular death.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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