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Effects of the long‐term administration of nebivolol on the clinical symptoms, exercise capacity, and left ventricular function of patients with diastolic dysfunction: results of the ELANDD study

2011; Elsevier BV; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/eurjhf/hfr161

1879-0844

Viviane M. Conraads, Marco Metra, Otto Kamp, Gilles W. De Keulenaer, Burkert Pieske, José Luis Zamorano, Panos Vardas, Michael Böhm, Livio Dei,

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Aims We hypothesized that nebivolol, a beta‐blocker with nitric oxide‐releasing properties, could favourably affect exercise capacity in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFPEF). Methods and results A total of 116 subjects with HFPEF, in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II–III, with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >45%, and with echo‐Doppler signs of LV diastolic dysfunction, were randomized to 6 months treatment with nebivolol or placebo, following a double‐blind, parallel group design. The primary endpoint of the study was the change in 6 min walk test distance (6MWTD) after 6 months. Nebivolol did not improve 6MWTD (from 420 ±143 to 428 ±141 m with nebivolol vs. from 412 ±123 to 446 ±119 m with placebo, P = 0.004 for interaction) compared with placebo, and the peak oxygen uptake also remained unchanged (peakVO 2 ; from 17.02 ±4.79 to 16.32 ±3.76 mL/kg/min with nebivolol vs. from 17.79 ±5.96 to 18.59 ±5.64 mL/kg/min with placebo, P = 0.63 for interaction). Resting and peak blood pressure and heart rate decreased with nebivolol. A significant correlation was found between the change in peak exercise heart rate and that in peakVO 2 ( r = 0.391; P = 0.003) for the nebivolol group. Quality of life, assessed using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure™ Questionnaire, and NYHA classification improved to a similar extent in both groups, whereas N‐terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐pro BNP) plasma levels remained unchanged. Conclusions Compared with placebo, 6 months treatment with nebivolol did not improve exercise capacity in patients with HFPEF. Its negative chronotropic effect may have contributed to this result.