Long-Term Impact of Aficamten on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results From FOREST-HCM

Weiner, SD, Liang, LW, Masri, A ORCID: 0000-0002-6390-6526, Abraham, TP ORCID: 0000-0003-3411-1334, Barriales-Villa, R ORCID: 0000-0002-6721-3487, Cooper, RM ORCID: 0000-0001-7482-828X, Elliott, PM, de Feria, A, Maron, MS, Oreziak, A, Saberi, S, Solomon, SD ORCID: 0000-0003-3698-9597, Spertus, JA, Tower-Rader, A, Butzner, M, Godown, J, Heitner, SB, Jacoby, DL, Kupfer, S ORCID: 0000-0002-5469-1287, Liu, X et al (2026) Long-Term Impact of Aficamten on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results From FOREST-HCM. European Journal of Heart Failure. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1388-9842

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Abstract

Aims
Treatment with aficamten in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) led to significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in the pivotal SEQUOIA-HCM trial over 24 weeks, but its longer-term impact has not been described. The aim of this study was to describe the long-term effects of aficamten across multiple PROs in FOREST-HCM, an open-label extension study.

Methods and Results
Participants with oHCM completing an aficamten trial were offered enrolment in FOREST-HCM. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ), Seattle Angina Questionnaire 7-item, EuroQol Five-Dimensional Questionnaire index, and visual analogue scale were administered at baseline and at weeks 12, 24, 36, and 48. Associations among PROs and clinical markers of oHCM severity were assessed with Spearman correlation coefficients. A total of 172 participants (mean age 60.4 [SD ± 13.1] years; 45.3% female) completed ≥48 weeks of follow-up as of 31 August 2024, and were included. Significant improvements in all PROs were observed by week 12 and sustained through week 48. At 48 weeks, mean Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire–Overall Summary Score improved by 18.8 (16.9–20.6) points, (P < .001), with the largest gains in the KCCQ Quality of Life domain (25.8 points [23.2–28.5; P < .001]). Seattle Angina Questionnaire 7-item -Summary Scores increased by 17.2 (15.1–19.4; P < .001), and EuroQol Five-Dimensional Questionnaire index and visual analogue scale scores improved by 0.11 and 12.7 points, respectively (P < .001). Improvements in PROs were significantly correlated with important clinical measures of oHCM.

Conclusions
Aficamten resulted in sustained improvements across multiple health status dimensions, which also correlated with clinical markers of oHCM severity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Patient-centered care; Quality of life; 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; 3202 Clinical Sciences; Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities; Clinical Research; Cardiovascular; Heart Disease; Pediatric Research Initiative; Rare Diseases; Pediatric Cardiomyopathy; 3 Good Health and Well Being; 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology; Cardiovascular System & Hematology; 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Wiley
Date of acceptance:	28 May 2026
Date of first compliant Open Access:	26 October 2026
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2026 14:07
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2026 14:07
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/ejhf/xuag244
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29746

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