Clinical Effectiveness of Tolvaptan in Patients With Acute Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction

Yuya Matsue, Makoto Suzuki, Sho Torii, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Seiji Fukamizu, Yuichi Ono, Hiroyuki Fujii, Takeshi Kitai, Toshihiko Nishioka, Kaoru Sugi, Yuko Onishi, Makoto Noda, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Yasuhiro Satoh, Kazuki Yoshida, Steven R. Goldsmith

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Abstract

Background More efficacious and/or safer decongestive therapy is clearly needed in acute heart failure (AHF) patients complicated by renal dysfunction. We tested the hypothesis that adding tolvaptan, an oral vasopressin-2 receptor antagonist, to conventional therapy with loop diuretics would be more effective treatment in this population. Methods and Results A multicenter, open-label, randomized control trial was performed, and 217 AHF patients with renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate 15–60 mL • min−1 • 1.73 m−2) were randomized 1:1 to treatment with tolvaptan (n = 108) or conventional treatment (n = 109). The primary end point was 48-hour urine volume. The tolvaptan group showed more diuresis than the conventional treatment group (6464.4 vs 4999.2 mL; P < .001) despite significantly lower amounts of loop diuretic use (80 mg vs 120 mg; P < .001). Dyspnea relief was achieved significantly more frequently in the tolvaptan group at all time points within 48 hours except 6 hours after enrollment. The rate of worsening of renal function (≥0.3 mg/dL increase from baseline) was similar between the tolvaptan and conventional treatment groups (24.1% vs 27.8%, respectively; P = .642). Conclusions Adding tolvaptan to conventional treatment achieved more diuresis and relieved dyspnea symptoms in AHF patients with renal dysfunction. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/index/htm/

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)423-432
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of cardiac failure
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2016

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Keywords

  • Vasopressin antagonist
  • acute heart failure
  • renal function

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