VERQUVO Clinical Trial Data

Video exploring the VICTORIA trial and VERQUVO as a treatment option for appropriate HFrEF patients.

Watch Dr. Javed Butler discuss a treatment option for appropriate, high-risk HFrEF patients

Some HFrEF patients on guideline-directed medical therapy may still experience worsening events and hospitalizations. Join Dr. Javed Butler as he discusses worsening heart failure and a treatment option for certain patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF.

Treatment Considerations for Patients with HFrEF and Select Updates From the 2022 HF Guideline

Watch Dr. Rame review the impact of HFrEF in the United States, discuss the safety and efficacy of a treatment option for reducing the risk of heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular death, and provide an overview of select updates to the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA guideline for the management of heart failure.1

Facing Heart Failure: Trends in the United States

Listen to Dr. Moskovits address the impact of heart failure (HF) on healthcare systems in the US; discuss the risk for increased HF hospitalizations among patients with HFrEF; and provide an overview of VERQUVO and the VICTORIA Trial.

HFrEF = heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
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Reference:
  1. Heidenreich PA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022;79:e263-e421.

Indication

VERQUVO is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF) hospitalization following a hospitalization for HF or need for outpatient IV diuretics, in adults with symptomatic chronic HF and ejection fraction less than 45%.

Selected Safety Information

WARNING: EMBRYO-FETAL TOXICITY

Females of reproductive potential: Exclude pregnancy before the start of treatment. To prevent pregnancy, females of reproductive potential must use effective forms of contraception during treatment and for one month after stopping treatment. Do not administer VERQUVO to a pregnant female because it may cause fetal harm.

  • VERQUVO is contraindicated in patients with concomitant use of other soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators.
  • VERQUVO is contraindicated in pregnancy.
  • Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on data from animal reproduction studies, VERQUVO may cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise females of reproductive potential of the potential risk to a fetus. Obtain a pregnancy test before the start of treatment. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with VERQUVO and for at least one month after the final dose.
  • There is a Pregnancy Surveillance Program that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to VERQUVO during pregnancy. Health care providers should report any prenatal exposure by calling 1-877-888-4231 or at https://pregnancyreporting.verquvo-us.com.
  • In a clinical trial, the most commonly observed adverse events with VERQUVO vs placebo, occurring at a frequency ≥ 5%, were hypotension (16% vs 15%) and anemia (10% vs 7%).
  • Concomitant use of VERQUVO with PDE-5 inhibitors is not recommended due to the potential for hypotension.
  • There are no data on the presence of vericiguat in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or effects on milk production. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in breastfed infants from VERQUVO, advise women not to breastfeed during treatment with VERQUVO.

Before prescribing VERQUVO, please read the accompanying Prescribing Information, including the Boxed Warning about embryo-fetal toxicity. The Medication Guide also is available.

Indication

VERQUVO is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF) hospitalization following a hospitalization for HF or need for outpatient IV diuretics, in adults with symptomatic chronic HF and ejection fraction less than 45%.

VERQUVO is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart

VERQUVO is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF) hospitalization following a hospitalization for HF or need for outpatient IV diuretics, in adults with symptomatic chronic HF and ejection fraction less than 45%.

Selected Safety Information

WARNING: EMBRYO-FETAL TOXICITY

Females of reproductive potential: Exclude pregnancy before the start of treatment. To prevent pregnancy, females of reproductive potential must use effective forms of contraception during treatment and for one month after stopping treatment. Do not administer VERQUVO to a pregnant female because it may cause fetal harm.

  • VERQUVO is contraindicated in patients with concomitant use of other soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators.
  • VERQUVO is contraindicated in pregnancy.
  • Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on data from animal reproduction studies, VERQUVO may cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise females of reproductive potential of the potential risk to a fetus. Obtain a pregnancy test before the start of treatment. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with VERQUVO and for at least one month after the final dose.
  • There is a Pregnancy Surveillance Program that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to VERQUVO during pregnancy. Health care providers should report any prenatal exposure by calling 1-877-888-4231 or at https://pregnancyreporting.verquvo-us.com.
  • In a clinical trial, the most commonly observed adverse events with VERQUVO vs placebo, occurring at a frequency ≥ 5%, were hypotension (16% vs 15%) and anemia (10% vs 7%).
  • Concomitant use of VERQUVO with PDE-5 inhibitors is not recommended due to the potential for hypotension.
  • There are no data on the presence of vericiguat in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or effects on milk production. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in breastfed infants from VERQUVO, advise women not to breastfeed during treatment with VERQUVO.

Before prescribing VERQUVO, please read the accompanying Prescribing Information, including the Boxed Warning about embryo-fetal toxicity. The Medication Guide also is available.

WARNING: EMBRYO-FETAL TOXICITY

Females of reproductive potential: Exclude pregnancy before the start of treatment. To prevent pregnancy,

Females of reproductive potential: Exclude pregnancy before the start of treatment. To prevent pregnancy, females of reproductive potential must use effective forms of contraception during treatment and for one month after stopping treatment. Do not administer VERQUVO to a pregnant female because it may cause fetal harm.