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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2022

Representativeness of the GALACTIC-HF Clinical Trial in Patients Having Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.

Matthew T Mefford, Sandra Y Koyama, Justine De Jesus, Rong Wei, Heidi Fischer, Teresa N Harrison, Pauline Woo, Kristi Reynolds

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew T MeffordDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.ORCID 0000-0002-0735-0340
Sandra Y KoyamaInternal Medicine Kaiser Permanente Southern California Baldwin Park CA.
Justine De JesusDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.
Rong WeiDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.ORCID 0000-0003-0204-4982
Heidi FischerDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.
Teresa N HarrisonDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.
Pauline WooDepartment of Cardiology Kaiser Permanente Southern California Baldwin Park CA.
Kristi ReynoldsDepartment of Research & Evaluation Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pasadena CA.ORCID 0000-0001-7619-1649
Kaiser Permanente · USKaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Randomized clinical trials in populations with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction may not be reflective of the general population with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Our study assessed the representativeness of the GALACTIC-HF (Global Approach to Lowering Adverse Cardiac Outcomes Through Improving Contractility in Heart Failure) patient population in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Methods and Results We identified 9770 patients with a diagnosis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction from 2014 to 2018 using electronic health records. Four mutually exclusive cohorts were created, including GALACTIC-HF-ineligible cohorts: (1) not taking guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and (2) taking GDMT; and GALACTIC-HF-eligible cohorts with: (3) ejection fraction (EF) ≤28% and (4) EF 29% to 35%. Patients were followed for 30-day and 1-year mortality and 30-day, 180-day, and 1-year hospitalization. Overall, 3626 (37.1%) met GALACTIC-HF inclusion criteria with EF ≤35%, and 2367 (65.3%) of those individuals had EF ≤28%. The risk of 1-year mortality was lower among all cohorts versus the GALACTIC-HF-ineligible cohort not taking GDMT (hazard ratio, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.70-0.91], 0.84 [95% CI, 0.72-0.98], and 0.62 [95% CI, 0.51-0.75] for the GALACTIC-HF-ineligible cohort taking GDMT and GALACTIC-HF-eligible cohorts with EF ≤28% and 29%-35%, respectively). Compared with the GALACTIC-HF-ineligible cohort not taking GDMT, the short-term hospitalization risk at 30 and 180 days were similar for both GALACTIC-HF-eligible cohorts and the hospitalization risk at 1 year was similar for the GALACTIC-HF-eligible cohort with EF ≤28%. Conclusions A large portion of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with low EF met inclusion criteria for the GALACTIC-HF trial and, despite being on GDMT, had hospitalization rates similar to those not taking GDMT, suggesting potential benefits from other innovative treatments.

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Heart FailureHospitalizationHumansProportional Hazards ModelsStroke VolumeVentricular Function, Leftcardiovascular diseaseepidemiologyheart failure

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PMID35322672
PMCPMC9075481
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