Key result
Osimertinib-induced heart failure was successfully managed by temporary drug termination and ivabradine-assisted neurohormonal blockade, leading to LVEF improvement from 31% to 62%.
Why the study?
Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction is a major concern in onco-cardiology, but only a few studies have reported heart failure following osimertinib administration.
Does temporal termination of osimertinib and neurohormonal blocker therapy with ivabradine improve cardiac function in osimertinib-induced heart failure?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does temporal termination of osimertinib and neurohormonal blocker therapy with ivabradine improve cardiac function in osimertinib-induced heart failure?
Aggressive neurohormonal blockade using ivabradine alongside the temporary termination of osimertinib is a promising strategy for managing osimertinib-induced heart failure.
May support ivabradine-assisted management during osimertinib pause in drug-induced HF; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation.
Cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction is currently of great concern as one of the pivotal therapeutic targets of onco-cardiology. Only a few studies have reported the occurrence of heart failure following the administration of osimertinib, a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor for EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer. We report on a 74-year-old woman with osimertinib-induced advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, which was treated by the temporal termination of osimertinib and neurohormonal blocker therapy, as well as heart rate modulation therapy using ivabradine. Despite osimertinib-induced heart failure being relatively rare, aggressive neurohormonal blocker therapy using ivabradine if applicable, as well as the temporal termination of osimertinib, might be a promising therapeutic strategy.
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Fukuo et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Osimertinib-induced heart failure (n=1). Osimertinib termination and ivabradine-assisted neurohormonal blockade was evaluated on Cardiac function recovery and heart failure improvement. Osimertinib-induced heart failure was successfully managed by temporary drug termination and ivabradine-assisted neurohormonal blockade, leading to LVEF improvement from 31% to 62%.
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