Finerenone is a new selective nonsteroidal mineral corticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), nowadays it's widely used in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the newest trial shows finerenone improve the cardiovascular outcomes among patients with T2DM and CKD especially reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure. In patients with diabetic nephropathy, finerenone resulted in lower risks of CKD progression and cardiovascular events. Finerenone shows great potential therapeutic effect in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients with or without T2DM and CKD compared to eplerenone, but there is still no real world study on finerenone in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and it's unclear about the effect of finerenone in CHF patients without T2DM and CKD. The investigators will conduct a study to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of finerenone in HFrEF patients compared to other MRAs.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60
Change in serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)
The change in serum NT-proBNP levels in patients was measured before medication and after 6 months of medication to determine the improvement on heart failure
Time frame: before and after 6 months of medication
Composite endpoint of death and heart failure rehospitalization
The composite endpoint include the death due to cardiovascular reasons, worsening of renal disease, rehospitalization due to heart failure and admission to hospital to accept intravenous diuretics therapy
Time frame: during the 6-month period of medication therapy
Change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
The change in LVEF measured by echocardiogram
Time frame: before and after 6 months of medication
Change in extracellular volume (ECV)
Extracellular volume (ECV) measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) helps to demonstrate the improvement in myocardial fibrosis
Time frame: Before and after 3 months of continuous treatment
Change in renal function level
Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) reflect the renal function
Time frame: Before and after 3 months of continuous treatment
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