Early Effects of Starting Doses of Enalapril in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in the SOLVD Treatment Trial.

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Early Effects of Starting Doses of Enalapril in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in the SOLVD Treatment Trial.

Am J Med. 2019 Aug 08;:

Authors: Lam PH, Packer M, Fonarow GC, Faselis C, Allman RM, Morgan CJ, Singh S, Pitt B, Ahmed A

Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) Treatment trial, similar clinical benefits were observed between starting doses of enalapril and the target dose achieved by post-randomization up-titration. In our current analysis, protecting the randomization, we examined the early effects of starting doses of enalapril.
METHODS: 2569 patients with mild-to-moderate chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF; ejection fraction ≤35%) were randomized to receive starting doses (5-10mg/day) of placebo (n=1284) or enalapril (n=1285). At day 14, both study drugs were blindly up-titrated to the target dose (20mg/day). Overall, 89% (2284/2569) of the patients returned for dose up-titration, which was achieved in 56% (1444/2248), 48% (696/1444) of whom were in the enalapril group. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for outcomes in the enalapril group were estimated.
RESULTS: HRs (95% CIs) for all-cause mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and the combined endpoint of heart failure hospitalization or all-cause mortality at 14days after randomization were 0.80 (0.32-2.03), 0.63 (0.35-1.12), and 0.65 (0.39-1.06) 0.82, respectively. Corresponding HRs (95% CIs) at 30days were (0.41-1.67), 0.43 (0.27-0.68), and 0.43 (0.27-0.68). The magnitude of these early effects of starting doses of enalapril is similar to its previously reported long-term effects at the target dose.
CONCLUSION: These data suggest that in stable ambulatory patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the magnitude of the early effect of starting doses of enalapril is similar to that observed during longer-term therapy with the target doses of the drug.

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