A randomized trial of carvedilol after renin-angiotensin system inhibition in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy - 09/08/11
, Philip A. Poole-Wilson, MD, F Med Sci c, Antonio L.P. Ribeiro, MD, ScD a, b, Darlington O. Okonko, BSc, MRCP c, Bráulio M.R. Oliveira, MD, MSc a, Airandes S. Pinto, MD, MSc a, Mauro M. Teixeira, MD, ScD a, b, Antonio L. Teixeira, MD, ScD a, b, Adelina M. Reis, MD, ScD a, b, Jackellyne B.P. Dantas, MD a, Cid S. Ferreira, MD a, Wilson C. Tavares, MD a, Manoel Otávio C. Rocha, MD, ScD a, bRésumé |
Objective |
The objective of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors and β-blockers in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.
Background |
Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy causes substantial morbidity and mortality in Latin America. Whether RAS inhibitors and β-blockers are safe and beneficial has been challenged because of the lack of formal trials.
Methods |
We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, and randomized trial in 42 patients with Trypanosoma cruzi infection and cardiomyopathy. All patients received enalapril (up-titrated to 20 mg BID) and spironolactone (25 mg QD). Subsequently, the patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo (n = 20) or carvedilol up-titrated to 25 mg BID (n = 19). The primary end points were change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after RAS inhibition and that after the addition of carvedilol. The secondary end points were changes in other echocardiographic parameters, Framingham score, quality of life (36-item Short-Form Health Survey), New York Heart Association class, radiographic indices, brain natriuretic peptide levels, and chemokines as well as safety end points.
Results |
Optimization of RAS inhibition was safe, hemodynamically well tolerated, and associated with improvements in Framingham score (P = .001) and quality of life as well as reductions in the cardiothoracic index (P = .002), brain natriuretic peptide level (P = .032), and RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T expressed and secreted) level (P = .001). Left ventricular ejection fraction increased by 2.3% (P = .25); in patients with an LVEF ≤45% at baseline, it increased by 2.8% (P = .017). Treatment with carvedilol was associated with a trend toward an increase in LVEF (absolute difference between groups, 2.3%; P = .094). The addition of carvedilol was safe, hemodynamically well tolerated, and not associated with symptomatic bradycardia.
Conclusions |
In patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy, optimization of treatment with enalapril and spironolactone and subsequent addition of carvedilol were safe and associated with benefits in cardiac function and clinical status. Larger trials are needed to show effects on mortality and/or hospitalization.
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| Profs F. A. Botoni, M. O .C. Rocha, M. M. Teixeira, A. L. P. Ribeiro, and A. M. Reis were supported by the CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brasília, DF, Brazil). Prof P. A. Poole-Wilson and Dr D. O. Okonko were supported by the British Heart Foundation (London, UK). |
Vol 153 - N° 4
P. 544.e1-544.e8 - avril 2007 Retour au numéro
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