Title: CHARM Program: 3 Component trials comparing candesartan with placebo
1CHARM Program 3 Component trials comparing
candesartan with placebo
2CHARM Program Baseline characteristics
3CHARM Program Baseline medications
4CHARM-Overall CV death and non-CV death
5CHARM Program Reduction in mortality and
morbidity
6CHARM Program Reduction in CHF hospitalization
7CHARM-Preserved Hospital admissions for CHF
8CHARM-Overall Effects of candesartan on CV death
or HF hospitalizationSubgroup analysis
9CHARM-Overall Effects of candesartan on CV death
or HF hospitalizationSubgroup analysis (contd)
10CHARM-Added Effect of combined ACE
inhibitor/?-blocker/AT1-receptor blocker
11CHARM-Overall Drug discontinuations for adverse
events
12CHARM Clinical implications
13CHARM-Overall Reduction in new-onset diabetes
14CHARM Impact of treatment
15HF with preserved LV systolic function in the
elderly Impact on survival
16CHARM-Preserved CV death or CHF hospitalization
17CHARM-Preserved Primary and secondary outcomes
18CHARM-Preserved Clinical implications
19VALIANT Design
20VALIANT Concomitant medications
21VALIANT Treatments show similar effect on outcome
22VALIANT Clinical implications
23VALIANT Effect of treatment on
mortalitySubgroup analysis
24RESOLVD Comparative impact of ACE inhibitor,
ARB, and ?-blocker alone or combined on LVEF
25Differences in dosing among ARB trials
26Survival studies of ?-blockade in HF
27?-Blockers improve survival in diabetic patients
with HF A meta-analysis
28MERIT-HF ?-Blockade improves survival in CHF
29MERIT-HF ?-Blockade improves survival in post-MI
patients with HF
30MERIT-HF Subgroup analysis in post-MI patients
with HF (LVEF lt25)
31SOLVD Heart rate predicts progression of
asymptomatic LV dysfunction
32MERIT-HF Effect of ?-blockade on heart rate
33MERIT-HF ?-Blockade decreases mortality and
hospitalization independent of resting heart rate
34CHRISTMAS Design
35CHRISTMAS Trial profile
36CHRISTMAS Change in LVEF according to number of
segments affected by myocardial hibernation
37COMET Trial profile
38COMET All-cause mortality
39COMET Heart rate at each visit
40COMET Blood pressure
41?-Blocker HF trials Mortality results
42Mortality rates in perspective CIBIS-II,
MERIT-HF, COMET
43Immediate-release vs sustained release
metoprolol Significant pharmacokinetic
differences
44COMET Clinical implications
45Comparison of ?-blocker effects in major HF trials
46Not all ?-blockers are the same