Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Characterization of Serum Phosphate Levels Over Time with Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus Placebo as Treatment for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: An Exploratory Prospective Substudy From HEART-FID

Eur J Heart FailPublished Secondary analysis of the HEART-FID randomised trial

Study context

Population
Ambulatory patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and iron deficiency
Participants
133 patients
Comparison
Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) vs placebo
  • FCMn = 62
  • Placebon = 71reference
Methodological detailspre-specified substudy, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory
  • Pre-specified substudy
  • Prospective
  • Double-blind
  • Placebo-controlled
  • Exploratory

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Serum phosphate
FCM: mean change in phosphate at nadir (day 21)
−0.36 ± 0.27 mmol/L
FCM: moderate-to-severe hypophosphataemia
28 (51%)

Safety

No serious adverse events associated with hypophosphataemia reported

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Characterization of Serum Phosphate Levels Over Time with Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus Placebo as Treatment for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: An Exploratory Prospective Substudy From HEART-FID. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 19 June 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3348

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