Low-dose dopamine or low-dose nesiritide in acute heart failure with renal dysfunction: The ROSE acute heart failure randomized trial

  • Horng H. Chen
  • , Kevin J. Anstrom
  • , Michael M. Givertz
  • , Lynne W. Stevenson
  • , Marc J. Semigran
  • , Steven R. Goldsmith
  • , Bradley A. Bart
  • , David A. Bull
  • , Josef Stehlik
  • , Martin M. LeWinter
  • , Marvin A. Konstam
  • , Gordon S. Huggins
  • , Jean L. Rouleau
  • , Eileen O'Meara
  • , W. H.Wilson Tang
  • , Randall C. Starling
  • , Javed Butler
  • , Anita Deswal
  • , G. Michael Felker
  • , Christopher M. O'Connor
  • Raphael E. Bonita, Kenneth B. Margulies, Thomas P. Cappola, Elizabeth O. Ofili, Douglas L. Mann, Victor G. Dávila-Román, Steven E. McNulty, Barry A. Borlaug, Eric J. Velazquez, Kerry L. Lee, Monica R. Shah, Adrian F. Hernandez, Eugene Braunwald, Margaret M. Redfield

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Small studies suggest that low-dose dopamine or low-dose nesiritide may enhance decongestion and preserve renal function in patients with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction; however, neither strategy has been rigorously tested. OBJECTIVE: To test the 2 independent hypotheses that, compared with placebo, addition of low-dose dopamine (2 μg/kg/min) or low-dose nesiritide (0.005 μg/kg/min without bolus) to diuretic therapy will enhance decongestion and preserve renal function in patients with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial (Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation [ROSE]) of 360 hospitalized patients with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate of 15-60 mL/min/1.73m2), randomized within 24 hours of admission. Enrollment occurred from September 2010 to March 2013 across 26 sites in North America. INTERVENTIONS: Participants were randomized in an open, 1:1 allocation ratio to the dopamine or nesiritide strategy. Within each strategy, participants were randomized in a double-blind, 2:1 ratio to active treatment or placebo. The dopamine (n = 122) and nesiritide (n = 119) groups were independently compared with the pooled placebo group (n = 119). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Coprimary end points included 72-hour cumulative urine volume (decongestion end point) and the change in serum cystatin C from enrollment to 72 hours (renal function end point). RESULTS: Compared with placebo, low-dose dopamine had no significant effect on 72-hour cumulative urine volume (dopamine, 8524 mL; 95%CI, 7917-9131 vs placebo, 8296 mL; 95% CI, 7762-8830 ; difference, 229 mL; 95%CI, -714 to 1171 mL; P = .59) or on the change in cystatin C level (dopamine, 0.12mg/L; 95%CI, 0.06-0.18 vs placebo, 0.11mg/L; 95%CI, 0.06-0.16; difference, 0.01; 95%CI, -0.08 to 0.10; P = .72). Similarly, low-dose nesiritide had no significant effect on 72-hour cumulative urine volume (nesiritide, 8574 mL; 95%CI, 8014-9134 vs placebo, 8296 mL; 95%CI, 7762-8830; difference, 279 mL; 95%CI, -618 to 1176 mL; P = .49) or on the change in cystatin C level (nesiritide, 0.07mg/L; 95%CI, 0.01-0.13 vs placebo, 0.11mg/L; 95%CI, 0.06-0.16; difference, -0.04; 95%CI, -0.13 to 0.05; P = .36). Compared with placebo, there was no effect of low-dose dopamine or nesiritide on secondary end points reflective of decongestion, renal function, or clinical outcomes. CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: In participants with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction, neither low-dose dopamine nor low-dose nesiritide enhanced decongestion or improved renal function when added to diuretic therapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01132846

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2533-2543
Number of pages11
JournalJAMA
Volume310
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 18 2013

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