Trial reportNature medicine2022
Dapagliflozin in heart failure with improved ejection fraction: a prespecified analysis of the DELIVER trial.
Trial report in Nature medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It reports registered trial NCT03619213. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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An International, Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on Reducing CV Death or Worsening Heart Failure in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk and Protective Factors of Poor Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure with Improved Ejection Fraction Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current cardiology reports · 2025Pooled it
- Investigating the effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiovascular related health status in HFmrEF and HFpEF: systematic review and meta analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Rationale and Design of the Cooperative Program for ImpLementation of Optimal Therapy in Heart Failure.Clinical cardiology · 2026Trial
- Finerenone in Heart Failure With Improved Ejection Fraction: The FINEARTS-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA cardiology · 2025Trial
- In-hospital course of patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction in the DELIVER trial.European journal of heart failure · 2024Trial
- Long-term outcome of heart failure patients with improved ejection fraction: Results from a real-world registry.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2026Article
- Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes for heart failure with improved ejection fraction by chronological age.ESC heart failure · 2026Article
- Combined Prognostic Value of Follow-Up Ejection Fraction and Natriuretic Peptide Measurements in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Following Initiation of Pharmacotherapy.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Practical Guidance on Implementation of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in the Management of Heart Failure: Expert Opinion From the Middle East and Africa Region.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Review
- Patient-Reported Health Status Among Patients With Heart Failure With Improved Ejection Fraction.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Finerenone: Extending MRAs Prognostic Benefit to the Recently Hospitalized and More Symptomatic Patient with HFpEF.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- SGLT2 inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of heart failure: A scientific statement of the HFA and the HFAI.ESC heart failure · 2025Review
- A contemporary review on heart failure with improved ejection fraction.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2025Review
- Unmasking Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pros and Cons of Upfront Quadruple Medical Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2025Article
- Beyond the Initial Insult: Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Heart Failure with Improved Ejection Fraction.Cardiology · 2025Article
- Heart failure with improved versus persistently reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: A comparison of the BIOSTAT-CHF (European) study with the ASIAN-HF registry.European journal of heart failure · 2024Article
- Review
- Use of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Hospitalized Patients.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- Epidemiology and Management of Patients With Kidney Disease and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.Seminars in nephrology · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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24 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
With modern treatments for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF), indicative of impaired cardiac systolic function, patients may exhibit an increase in EF. Limited data are available regarding the clinical management of this growing population, categorized as heart failure with improved EF (HFimpEF), which has a high event rate and has been excluded from virtually all prior heart failure outcomes trials. In a prespecified analysis of the DELIVER trial ( NCT03619213 ), of a total of 6,263 participants with symptomatic heart failure and a left ventricular EF >40%, 1,151 (18%) had HFimpEF, defined as patients whose EF improved from ≤40% to >40%. Participants were randomized to 10 mg dapagliflozin or placebo daily and the primary outcome of the trial was a composite of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure (heart failure hospitalization or an urgent heart failure visit). Participants with HFimpEF had similar event rates to those with an EF consistently >40%. In participants with HFimpEF, dapagliflozin reduced the primary composite outcome (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.74, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.56-0.97), first worsening heart failure events (HR = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.61-1.14), cardiovascular death (HR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.41-0.96) and total worsening heart failure events (rate ratio = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.50-0.94) to a similar extent as for individuals with an EF consistently >40%. These data suggest that patients with HFimpEF who are symptomatic may benefit from the addition of a sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor to previously instituted guideline-directed medical therapy to further reduce morbidity and mortality.
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