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Effect of intracoronary administration of AAV1/SERCA2a on ventricular remodelling in patients with advanced systolic heart failure: results from the AGENT‐HF randomized phase 2 trial
Ist Teil von
European journal of heart failure, 2017-11, Vol.19 (11), p.1534-1541
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
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Electronic Journals Library
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Aims
Restoration of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a) activity through gene transfer improved cardiac function in experimental and pilot studies in humans with heart failure. The AGENT‐HF (NCT01966887) trial investigated the impact of adeno‐associated virus (AAV1)/SERCA2a on ventricular remodelling using multimodality non‐invasive cardiac imaging.
Methods and results
AGENT‐HF was a single centre, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial in adult patients with NYHA class III–IV ischaemic or non‐ischaemic heart failure and left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35%. Eligible patients were randomized to receive a single intracoronary infusion of either 1 × 1013 DNase‐resistant particles of AAV1/SERCA2a or placebo. The primary endpoint was change in left ventricular end‐systolic volume (LVESV), measured by cardiac computed tomography at 6 month follow‐up. We planned to include 40 patients but the trial was terminated prematurely as the sponsor suspended further enrolment following neutral results of the CUPID‐2 outcome trial. At the time of termination, nine patients were randomized with five patients infused with AAV1/SERCA2a and four with placebo. At 6 months, LVESV was increased in both groups compared with baseline: median (interquartile range) in AAV1/SERCA2a vs. placebo: 13 (13;14) mL vs. 3.5 (−36;36) mL, P = 0.74, with a mean difference between groups of 11.4 mL in favour of placebo. No safety issues were noted.
Conclusion
AGENT‐HF failed to demonstrate any improvement in ventricular remodelling in response to AAV1/SERCA2a at the dose studied. However, because of premature termination, the study was underpowered to demonstrate an effect of AAV1/SERCA2a and these data should be interpreted with caution.