Cardio-oncology & otherRandomised controlled trial

Primary Cardioprotective Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Therapy

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Randomised controlled trial
  • 1:4 randomisation
  • prospective

Authors' conclusion

Low-dose sacubitril/valsartan may prevent CTRCD in treatment-naïve patients with early breast cancer undergoing adjuvant therapy within the first year.

Study context

Population
Newly diagnosed treatment-naïve patients with early breast cancer receiving adjuvant therapy (50.4 ± 8.5 years, 98% women)95 completed
Participants
One hundred participants
Comparison
Sacubitril/valsartan vs standard care
  • Sacubitril/valsartann = 20
  • Standard caren = 80reference
Primary endpoint
CTRCD (relative ≥15% decline in GLS or LVEF reduction by ≥10 percentage points to below 50%)
Follow-up
12 months

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

CTRCD

Sacubitril/valsartan

0

events

Standard care

26.3%

21 of 80

P = 0.006

Original publication

Primary Cardioprotective Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Therapy. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 10 July 2025. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3758

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it