AstraZeneca demonstrates scientific leadership with compelling new data at ESC Congress 2023 on the interconnections across chronic diseases

AstraZeneca will present 19 abstracts, including 10 oral presentations and five late-breaking presentations, at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress from 25-28 August 2023, which includes data highlighting the opportunities for improved management in heart failure (HF), and AstraZeneca’s leadership across the interconnectedness of chronic diseases.

Among these abstracts will be sub-analyses from the DELIVER trial – a trial that has been pivotal in informing updates to medical guidelines. Notably, new late-breaking data from a pooled analysis of DELIVER and DAPA-HF trials assess the efficacy of Forxiga (dapagliflozin) versus placebo in HF patients whose eGFR levels fell below 25ml/min/1.73m2. The findings showed a marked elevation in the risks of CV outcomes in patients with deteriorating kidney function, further reinforcing the connection between heart failure and kidney disease. These patients appeared to benefit with continued treatment of Forxiga.1

New cardiopulmonary data from a sub-analysis of the DELIVER trial demonstrate the effects of Forxiga in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (pEF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - a common comorbidity that is associated with worse outcomes.2 In addition, findings from a multi-database cohort study, EXAcerbations of COPD and their OutcomeS in CardioVascular diseases (EXACOS-CV), illustrate increased COPD-driven cardiopulmonary risk including that of decompensated HF, acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmia, and ischemic stroke following a COPD exacerbation.3

Ruud Dobber, Executive Vice President and President, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca, said: “We are proud of the continued practice-changing evidence from Forxiga trials, informing updates that recognise SGLT2 inhibitors as the first and only HF therapy with a class 1A recommendation. Our data presented at ESC 2023 reinforce how cardiorenal and cardiopulmonary diseases are complex and interconnected; diseases of one organ system negatively impacting another. It’s by understanding their interconnections that we’ll be able to detect, diagnose and treat people earlier and more effectively for better outcomes.”

Additional data being presented include:

Cardiorenal diseases affect hundreds of millions of people around the world.9 One in three people has multiple chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or heart failure.10,11 Cardiorenal diseases account for four of the top 10 causes of death, globally.12 The economic cost of cardiorenal diseases is skyrocketing, (more than $28 trillion from 2023 to 2030) placing a heavy burden on societies, healthcare systems, and governments.13 These impacts are compounded by common comorbid conditions such as COPD, which is the third leading cause of death globally and significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular events.12,14

Complete overview of AstraZeneca abstracts at ESC 2023:

Lead author

Abstract title

Presentation details

EXACOS-CV

Hawkins NM

Increased risk of decompensated heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias and ischemic stroke following exacerbation of COPD: results from a multi-database cohort study

Poster

Session Title: Cardiovascular disease in primary care

Topic: Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care

Date: 28 August

Time: 13:15-14:00

Location: Station 6

Forxiga (dapagliflozin)

Pascual D

Impact on atrial remodelling of dapagliflozin in patients with heart failure (MODA TRIAL): baseline echo characteristics according to LVEF phenotypes

Poster

Session Title: Non-invasive imaging in heart failure: clinical insightsTopic: ImagingDate: 25 AugustTime: 08:15-09:00Location: Station 4

Solomon SD

LATE BREAKER: Effects of dapagliflozin in patients with heart failure and deterioration of kidney function to eGFR less than 25ml/min/1.73m2: A participant-level pooled analysis of the DAPA-HF and DELIVER Trials

Presentation

Session Title: Clinical trial updates on heart failure

Topic: Chronic Heart Failure

Date: 25 August

Time: 08:30-10:00

Presentation Time: 09:00

Location: Hub Rembrandt

Ekstrom M

Worse long-term prognosis in new onset HFpEF treated in HF clinics compared to HFrEF and HFmrEF patients, reflecting need for effective treatment in HFpEF. Results from the Stockholm PREFERS Study

Poster

Session Title: Heart failure outcomes: effects of phenotypes and comorbiditiesTopic: Pathophysiology and MechanismsDate: 25 AugustTime: 10:15-11:00Location: Station 3

Leiner J

LATE BREAKER: A prospective, observational multicentre registry of heart failure patients in Germany: preliminary results of the ongoing H2-registry

Poster

Session Title: Nuggets from international and large registries

Topic: Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome

Date: 25 August

Time: 11:15-12:00

Location: Station 3

Zhang R

Initiation, titration, and discontinuation - utilization of heart failure medicines in England (EVOLUTION HF UK)

PosterSession Title: Pharmacological therapy in heart failure 2Topic: PharmacotherapyDate: 25 AugustTime: 17:15-18:00Location: Station 3

Pabon MA

Influence of background therapy on efficacy of dapagliflozin in patients with heart failure and improved ejection fraction (DELIVER)

Presentation

Session Title: Insights from recent HFpEF trials 1Topic: PharmacotherapyDate: 26 AugustTime: 15:30-16:30Presentation Time: 16:10Location: Science Box 2

Chatur S

Effect of dapagliflozin on outpatient worsening heart failure in patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: the DELIVER trial

Presentation

Session Title: Insights from recent HFpEF trials 1Topic: PharmacotherapyDate: 26 AugustTime: 15:30-16:30Presentation Time: 15:30Location: Science Box 2

Peikert A

Effect of dapagliflozin in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction treated with beta-blockers: the DELIVER trial

Presentation

Session Title: State-of-the art treatment of HFmrEF and HFpEF in 2023Topic: TreatmentDate: 27 AugustTime: 08:30-10:00Presentation Time: 09:24Location: Bucharest

Butt J H

Effects of dapagliflozin in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of the DELIVER trial

PresentationSession Title: State-of-the-art treatment of HFmrEF and HfpEF in 2023Topic: TreatmentDate: 27 AugustTime: 08:30-10:00Presentation Time: 08:48Location: Bucharest - Lecture room

Wang X

Effect of dapagliflozin in patients in Asia with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: insights from DELIVER

PresentationSession Title: State-of-the-art treatment of HFmrEF and HFpEF in 2023Topic: TreatmentDate: 27 AugustTime: 08:30-10:00Presentation Time: 09:42Location: Bucharest - Lecture room

Wang H

Importance of early diagnosis and treatment of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction

Poster

Session Title: Aspects of epidemiology, aetiology, and outcomes in heart failureTopic: Epidemiology, Prognosis, OutcomeDate: 27 AugustTime: 11:15-12:00Location: Station 3

Campbell R

LATE BREAKER: OPERA - AI reporting of handheld echocardiography in suspected heart failure

Presentation

Session: Late-Breaking Science

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Date: 27 August

Time: 14:00-15:20

Presentation Time: 14:26

Location: Bratislava, Amsterdam

Kondo T

Efficacy of dapagliflozin according to geographic regions in patients with heart failure: a patient-level pooled analysis of DAPA-HF and DELIVER

Poster

Session Title: More insights into SGLT2i in heart failureTopic: PharmacotherapyDate: 28 AugustTime: 16:15-17:00Location: Station 3

Wang H

Impact of worsening renal function in patients with incident heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population-based longitudinal study

Poster

Session Title: Comorbidities in heart failure: bench to bedsideTopic: ComorbiditiesDate: 28 AugustTime: 12:15-13:00Location: Station 4

Cox Z

LATE BREAKER: DICTATE-AHF: Early initiation of dapagliflozin in acute heart failure

Presentation

Session: Hot Line

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Date: 28 August

Time: 14:00

Location: Amsterdam

James S

LATE BREAKER: DAPA-MI – rationale and innovative design for a registry-based randomised clinical trial

Presentation

Session: Registries on incident and prevalent heart failure

Date: 28 August

Time: 15:00-15:15

Location: Hub Mondrian - The Hub

BRILINTA

van den Broek WWA

Impact of patient-reported frailty on cardiovascular outcomes in elderly patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Presentation

Session Title: Cardiovascular risk and advancing ageTopic: Cardiovascular Disease in the ElderlyDate: 25 AugustTime: 15:30-16:30Presentation Time: 16:10Location: Science Box 3

AZD5462

Rosenmeier JB

Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of AZD5462, a small molecule agonist of the RXFP1 relaxin receptor

Poster

Session Title: Experimental therapies for heart failureTopic: TreatmentDate: 28 AugustTime: 15:15-16:00Location: Station 3

ESC 2023 abstracts are available online.

Notes

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References

1. Solomon D, et al. Effects of Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Deterioration of Kidney Function to eGFR Less Than 25ml/min/1.73m2: A Participant-Level Pooled Analysis of the DAPA-HF and DELIVER Trials. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2. Butt J, et al. Effects of dapagliflozin in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – an analysis of the DELIVER trial. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

3. Hawkins NM, et al. Increased risk of decompensated heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, arrythmias and ischemic stroke following exacerbation of COPD: results from a multi-database cohort study. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

4. James S, et al. Rationale and innovative design of the registry-based randomised DAPA-MI trial: Dapagliflozin in patients without diabetes mellitus with acute myocardial infarction. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

5. Lindenfeld J, et al. Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin in Acute Heart Failure: DICTATE-AHF. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

6. Campbell R, et al. OPERA - AI - reporting of handheld echocardiography in suspected heart failure. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

7. Zhang R, et al. Initiation, titration, and discontinuation – utilization of heart failure medicines in England (EVOLUTION HF UK). Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

8. Rosenmeier J, et al. Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of AZD5462, a small molecule agonist of the of the RXFP1 relaxin receptor. Presented at: ESC 2023, 25-28 August 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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