Dapagliflozin in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Primary Results of the DAPA ACT HF-TIMI 68 Randomized Clinical Trial and Meta-Analysis of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter-2) inhibitors reduce the risk of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure (HF) in outpatients with HF. Data on initiation in patients hospitalized for HF are limited.

Methods

We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of in-hospital initiation of dapagliflozin (10 mg daily) in patients hospitalized for HF. The primary efficacy outcome was a composite of time to cardiovascular death or worsening HF through 2 months. Key safety outcomes included symptomatic hypotension and worsening kidney function. A prespecified meta-analysis of randomized trials evaluating initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients hospitalized for HF was performed.

Results

Of 2401 patients

SUBMITTER: Berg DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12910484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature