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September 2023

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Use and the Effects of Empagliflozin on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Admitted for Acute Heart Failure: Findings from EMPULSE

Eur J Heart Fail. 2023; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2982

In the EMPULSE trial, empagliflozin produced greater clinical benefit than placebo in patients hospitalised for AHF. Although many patients with AHF are treated with MRAs, the interplay between empagliflozin and MRAs in AHF has not been explored. A post-hoc analysis of the EMPULSE trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of empagliflozin versus placebo according to MRA use at baseline.

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May 2023

Cardiac and Kidney Benefits of Empagliflozin in Heart Failure Across the Spectrum of Kidney Function: Insights From the EMPEROR-Preserved Trial

European Journal of Heart Failure 2023 DOI 10.1002/ejhf.2857

In the EMPEROR-Preserved trial, empagliflozin was found to improve the clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). This pre-specified analysis sought to explore the effect of empagliflozin on cardiovascular (CV) and kidney outcomes across different levels of kidney function.

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January 2023

Efficacy of Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with Preserved versus Mid-range Ejection Fraction: a Pre-specified Analysis of EMPEROR-Preserved

Nat Med. 2022;28:2512–2520 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02041-5

Results from EMPEROR-Preserved demonstrated that empagliflozin improved CV death and HF hospitalisation – the primary outcome – in patients with HF and LVEF >40%. This pre-specified analysis of EMPEROR-Preserved aimed to evaluate the effect of empagliflozin in patients with HFpEF (LVEF ≥50%) compared with patients who had HFmrEF (LVEF 41–49%).

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Empagliflozin, Irrespective of Blood Pressure, Improves Outcomes in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: the EMPEROR-Preserved Trial

Eur Heart J. 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac693

Results from EMPEROR-Preserved demonstrated that empagliflozin improved CV and renal outcomes in patients with HFpEF, but its efficacy and safety with baseline SBP is not well established.

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December 2022

Empagliflozin in Black Versus White Patients with Heart Failure: Analysis of EMPEROR-Pooled

Circulation. 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062644

While analyses from DAPA-HF and EMPEROR-Reduced demonstrated a consistent benefit of SGLT2i in Black patients, data were limited to HFrEF and included a small number of Black patients. In the current analysis, the efficacy and safety of empagliflozin according to Black vs White race in the Americas was assessed across the spectrum of EF in EMPEROR-Pooled, a combined dataset from both EMPEROR trials.

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Effects of Empagliflozin on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction According to Age: a Secondary Analysis of EMPEROR-Reduced

Eur J Heart Fail. 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2707

Results from EMPEROR-Reduced demonstrated that empagliflozin improved CV and renal outcomes in patients with HFrEF, but its efficacy and safety across patient's age is not well established.

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October 2022

Renal effects of empagliflozin in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: from the EMPULSE trial

Eur J Heart Fail. 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2681

In a post-hoc analysis of EMPULSE in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), the clinical benefit of empagliflozin was consistent regardless of baseline renal function.

In the primary analysis of EMPULSE trial, initiation of empagliflozin in patients hospitalised for acute HF resulted in clinical benefit (a composite of all-cause death, number of HF events and time to first HF event and quality of life) at 90 days. However, the effects of empagliflozin and other sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) on renal function during a hospital admission for acute HF remain largely unknown.

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Association of Empagliflozin Treatment With Albuminuria Levels in Patients With Heart Failure: A Secondary Analysis of EMPEROR-Pooled

JAMA Cardiol. 2022; online ahead of print DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2924

In a post-hoc analysis of EMPEROR-Pooled, empagliflozin was associated with a reduction in the primary outcome irrespective of albuminuria levels at baseline compared with placebo, and there was reduced progression to macroalbuminuria and reversion of macroalbuminuria.

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August 2022

Uric Acid and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibition With Empagliflozin in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The EMPEROR-Reduced Trial

Eur Heart J 2022; online ahead of print doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac320

Hyperuricaemia is common in heart failure (HF) and is an independent predictor of advanced disease severity and increased mortality. This analysis from EMPEROR-Reduced showed that empagliflozin induced a rapid and sustained reduction of both serum uric acid (SUA) and of clinical events related to hyperuricaemia.

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Empagliflozin Improves Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction Irrespective of Age

J Am Coll Cardiol 2022;80(1):1-18 doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.04.040

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) reduce cardiovascular death and hospitalisation for heart failure (HHF) in patients with HFpEF, and are recommended in recent guidelines for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), supported by Class IA evidence. Typically, HFpEF patients are older than HFrEF, and have a higher mortality risk associated with older age, while the risk for cardiovascular death is lower than in HFrEF. Until now, the treatment effects and safety of SGLT2i in relation to age have not been studied. This prespecified analysis of the EMPEROR-Preserved trial examined the interplay of age and empagliflozin treatment effects.

For patients on placebo, the incidence of primary outcomes and cardiovascular death increased with age. In contrast, empagliflozin reduced the primary outcome, first HHF, and first and recurrent HHF across all age groups. Empagliflozin also improved health-related quality of life, and attenuated the decline of eGFR without age interaction. Additionally, there were no clinically relevant differences in AEs between empagliflozin and placebo across the age groups, and elderly patients tolerated the treatment well.

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