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Omecamtiv mecarbil in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, GALACTICâHF: baseline characteristics and comparison with contemporary clinical trials
Aims:
The safety and efficacy of the novel selective cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is tested in the Global Approach to Lowering Adverse Cardiac outcomes Through Improving Contractility in Heart Failure (GALACTICâHF) trial. Here we describe the baseline characteristics of participants in GALACTICâHF and how these compare with other contemporary trials.
Methods and Results:
Adults with established HFrEF, New York Heart Association functional class (NYHA)ââ„âII, EF â€35%, elevated natriuretic peptides and either current hospitalization for HF or history of hospitalization/ emergency department visit for HF within a year were randomized to either placebo or omecamtiv mecarbil (pharmacokineticâguided dosing: 25, 37.5 or 50âmg bid). 8256 patients [male (79%), nonâwhite (22%), mean age 65âyears] were enrolled with a mean EF 27%, ischemic etiology in 54%, NYHA II 53% and III/IV 47%, and median NTâproBNP 1971âpg/mL. HF therapies at baseline were among the most effectively employed in contemporary HF trials. GALACTICâHF randomized patients representative of recent HF registries and trials with substantial numbers of patients also having characteristics understudied in previous trials including more from North America (n = 1386), enrolled as inpatients (n = 2084), systolic blood pressureâ<â100âmmHg (n = 1127), estimated glomerular filtration rate <â30âmL/min/1.73 m2 (n = 528), and treated with sacubitrilâvalsartan at baseline (n = 1594).
Conclusions:
GALACTICâHF enrolled a wellâtreated, highârisk population from both inpatient and outpatient settings, which will provide a definitive evaluation of the efficacy and safety of this novel therapy, as well as informing its potential future implementation
Propos sur la rationalisation de lâentreprise
In this article, Mr. Outreville studies certain aspects of rationalization, following the merger of enterprises in the province of Quebec. At the same time, he provides an abundant documentation on the subject, principally originating from American sources. For their part, Messrs. G.P. and D.L. present a specific case of rationalization at the administrative level from a holding, gathering different insurance, reinsurance and actuarial enterprises. The two papers appeared complementary to us, even though they have been conceived from different perspectives
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Ăditorial -- Robert Michaud, collĂ©gien de L'Isle-Verte: une vie Ă travers ses journaux intimes -- La guerre des moulins de Saint-Simon (1836-1870) -- Annotations marginales et lieux d'appel des migrants de GaspĂ© et Douglastown (ComtĂ© de GaspĂ©) 1908-1977 (partie 1) -- Les pĂȘches Ă fascines dans la rĂ©gion de Rimouski -- Des livres Ă lire
Revue d'histoire du Bas-Saint-Laurent, vol. 19 (2)
Note liminaire -- Ăditorial: Le sens de la fĂȘte -- GĂ©omorphologie du territoire urbain de Rimouski et l'utilisation de l'espace -- Rimouski vue du ciel -- La seigneurie de Rimouski -- Hiver 1837 : le rĂ©cit de l'abbĂ© Pierre Beaumont -- L'extension du territoire urbanisĂ© de Rimouski -- Vieux Ă©crits : Rimouski en 1877 -- L'exploitation forestiĂšre dans le bassin de la Rimouski -- Un tĂ©moin se souvient du feu de Rimouski de 1950 -- Une Ăle au large de la ville -- La scĂšne politique municipale entre 1945 et 1960 -- Le cinĂ©ma Ă Rimouski (1939-1960) -- La genĂšse d'une capitale : Rimouski avant 1960 -- Rimouski, ville moyenne et capitale rĂ©gionale -- Une perception du quartier Saint-Robert -- Les femmes dans l'histoire de Rimouski : la face cachĂ©e du dĂ©veloppement -- Bibliographie relative Ă la ville de Rimouski -- Des livres Ă lire
Renouveler lâamĂ©nagement et lâurbanisme
En AmĂ©rique du Nord et en Europe, le renouvellement des pratiques dâamĂ©nagement du territoire et dâurbanisme sâimpose comme une question centrale des Ă©tudes urbaines et rĂ©gionales depuis plus dâune dĂ©cennie. Ce questionnement sâarticule autour de trois axes : la planification territoriale, le dĂ©bat public et le dĂ©veloppement durable. Ă partir de recherches inĂ©dites portant sur des expĂ©riences cÂoncrĂštes menĂ©es au QuĂ©bec et en France, cet ouvrage propose un regard nouveau sur les retombĂ©es et les effets du dĂ©bat public sur la planification territoriale, lâamĂ©nagement du territoire et lâurbanisme. Il fait ainsi le bilan des implications du double impĂ©ratif de la participation des citoyens et de la prise en compte du concept de dĂ©veloppement durable, et offre des rĂ©ponses Ă des questions cruciales pour lâavenir des pratiques dâamĂ©nagement du territoire et dâurbanisme en contexte urbain et mĂ©tropolitain