Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study

Esaxerenone, a mineralocorticoid receptor blocker (MRB), is a new antihypertensive agent. However, esaxerenone-related data with respect to hypertension with heart failure are limited. We investigated the safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced eje...

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Autores principales: Togo Iwahana, Yuichi Saito, Sho Okada, Hirotoshi Kato, Ryohei Ono, Yoshio Kobayashi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:87bb5b7e718f4b128a5a68098dd10f262021-11-18T06:22:36ZSafety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/87bb5b7e718f4b128a5a68098dd10f262021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575262/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Esaxerenone, a mineralocorticoid receptor blocker (MRB), is a new antihypertensive agent. However, esaxerenone-related data with respect to hypertension with heart failure are limited. We investigated the safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Hypertensive patients with HFrEF treated with esaxerenone were retrospectively analyzed at two timepoints (short-term: 35±15 days; mid-term: 167±45 days). Adverse events including hyperkalemia (K+ >5.5 mEq/L), worsening renal function (WRF; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduction by ≥20%), and hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg) were evaluated. eGFR and K+, serum creatinine, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels at baseline, short-term, and mid-term assessments were compared. Patients administered esaxerenone as their first MRB (first-MRB cohort) and those who converted from another MRB (conversion cohort) were separately analyzed. There were 50 (56±10 years old, 26% female) patients. At the short-term assessment, hyperkalemia or hypotension was not observed at a dose of 2.0±0.9 mg/day. Seven patients (14%) showed WRF. K+ was slightly elevated (4.12±0.41 to 4.25±0.39 mmol/L, p = 0.07) and eGFR was significantly reduced (66.9±19.6 mL/min/1.73 m2 to 62.4±19.7 mL/min/1.73 m2, p = 0.006). In the conversion cohort, significant changes in K+ and eGFR from baseline were not observed at the short-term assessment. BNP levels were consistently improved regardless of the cohorts (first-MRB cohort, 310 [110–370] pg/mL to 137 [47–152] pg/mL, p = 0.001; conversion cohort, 181 [30–203] pg/mL to 108 [26–146] pg/mL, p = 0.028). At the mid-term assessment, there were no significant changes in K+ and eGFR compared with the short-term assessment. In conclusion, esaxerenone was safe for hypertensive patients with HFrEF. Hyperkalemia and hypotension were rarely noted, while eGFR was marginally reduced. Moreover, esaxerenone might be beneficial for HFrEF in terms of BNP level reduction.Togo IwahanaYuichi SaitoSho OkadaHirotoshi KatoRyohei OnoYoshio KobayashiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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Togo Iwahana
Yuichi Saito
Sho Okada
Hirotoshi Kato
Ryohei Ono
Yoshio Kobayashi
Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
description Esaxerenone, a mineralocorticoid receptor blocker (MRB), is a new antihypertensive agent. However, esaxerenone-related data with respect to hypertension with heart failure are limited. We investigated the safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Hypertensive patients with HFrEF treated with esaxerenone were retrospectively analyzed at two timepoints (short-term: 35±15 days; mid-term: 167±45 days). Adverse events including hyperkalemia (K+ >5.5 mEq/L), worsening renal function (WRF; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduction by ≥20%), and hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg) were evaluated. eGFR and K+, serum creatinine, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels at baseline, short-term, and mid-term assessments were compared. Patients administered esaxerenone as their first MRB (first-MRB cohort) and those who converted from another MRB (conversion cohort) were separately analyzed. There were 50 (56±10 years old, 26% female) patients. At the short-term assessment, hyperkalemia or hypotension was not observed at a dose of 2.0±0.9 mg/day. Seven patients (14%) showed WRF. K+ was slightly elevated (4.12±0.41 to 4.25±0.39 mmol/L, p = 0.07) and eGFR was significantly reduced (66.9±19.6 mL/min/1.73 m2 to 62.4±19.7 mL/min/1.73 m2, p = 0.006). In the conversion cohort, significant changes in K+ and eGFR from baseline were not observed at the short-term assessment. BNP levels were consistently improved regardless of the cohorts (first-MRB cohort, 310 [110–370] pg/mL to 137 [47–152] pg/mL, p = 0.001; conversion cohort, 181 [30–203] pg/mL to 108 [26–146] pg/mL, p = 0.028). At the mid-term assessment, there were no significant changes in K+ and eGFR compared with the short-term assessment. In conclusion, esaxerenone was safe for hypertensive patients with HFrEF. Hyperkalemia and hypotension were rarely noted, while eGFR was marginally reduced. Moreover, esaxerenone might be beneficial for HFrEF in terms of BNP level reduction.
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author Togo Iwahana
Yuichi Saito
Sho Okada
Hirotoshi Kato
Ryohei Ono
Yoshio Kobayashi
author_facet Togo Iwahana
Yuichi Saito
Sho Okada
Hirotoshi Kato
Ryohei Ono
Yoshio Kobayashi
author_sort Togo Iwahana
title Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
title_short Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
title_full Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
title_fullStr Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
title_full_unstemmed Safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in Japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A retrospective study
title_sort safety and efficacy of esaxerenone in japanese hypertensive patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a retrospective study
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