CVRx Touts Long-term Benefits For Barostim In Heart Failure Patients

CVRx Inc CVRX announced detailed preliminary results of the post-market phase of the BeAT-HF trial at the second annual Technology and Heart Failure (HF) Therapeutics (THT) conference.
The company announced the preliminary topline results of the BeAT-HF (Baroreflex Activation Therapy for Heart Failure) post-market randomized clinical trial.
Safety - Major Adverse Neurological or Cardiovascular (MANCE) system or procedure-related event-free rate
- MANCE-free rate of 97%.
Long-term symptom improvement for Barostim Baroreflex Activation Therapy (BAT) vs. Control
- 6 Minute Hall Walk improved by 44 meters at 12 months.
- Quality of Life improved by 10 points on Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire at 24 months.
- NYHA Class improved in 27% more BAT patients at 24 months.
Mortality (cardiovascular death, LVAD, heart transplant) and morbidity (HF hospitalizations, ER visits) – primary endpoint
- No statistically significant difference [Rate Ratio 0.94, (95% Confidence Interval 0.57, 1.57).
All-cause mortality (all-cause death, LVAD, heart transplant)
- 34% relative reduction in BAT vs. Control [Hazard Ratio 0.66 (95% CI 0.44, 1.007); nominal p=0.054]
Hierarchical composite of cardiovascular death, LVAD, heart transplant, HF hospitalization, and Quality of Life using Win Ratio
- A Win Ratio of 1.26 favored BAT vs. Control.
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