ESC Congress 2025 Hot Line & Late-Breaking Science Collection

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ESC Congress 2025 - Vericiguat significantly reduced risks of CV mortality and HF hospitalisations, as well as all-cause mortality across both the VICTOR and VICTORIA Trial.

Dr Javed Butler (Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, US) joins us to discuss findings from a pooled analysis of the recent VICTOR and VICTORIA trials, with data from 11155 participants with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. VICTORIA included patients with worsening heart failure, whilst VICTOR examined ambulatory patients without recent HF worsening.

Findings showed that vericiguat significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular mortality and HF hospitalisations, as well as all-cause mortality across both trials, suggesting vericiguat could be a useful treatment option across a wide spectrum of patients.

Interview Questions:

  1. What is the current research landscape for vericiguat treatment for HFrEF, and what was the reasoning behind the study
  2. What was the study design and patient population?
  3. What were the key findings?
  4. What are the take-home messages for practice?
  5. What further research is needed in this area?

Recorded on-site at ESC Congress 2025, Madrid.

Editors: Jordan Rance, Yazmin Sadik.
Videographers: Mike Knight, Dan Brent, Oliver Miles, Tom Green, David-Ben-Harosh.
Support: This is an independent interview produced by Radcliffe Cardiology.

Overview

Dive into our coverage of ESC Congress 2025 for groundbreaking trial results and discussions with expert faculty.

  • Watch our View From the Thoraxcenter series for practice-focused reviews of the most anticipated trials from interventional experts, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen.
  • Watch our Wrap-Up series led by Dr Mirvat Alasnag summarising the key take-aways from each day of the congress.
  • For clinical trial data from principal investigators, keep up with Dr Harriette Van Spall's Late-Breaker Discussion series.
  • Our concise, accessible Expert Interviews will focus on the current data and it's impact on clinical practice.
  • Don't miss the Highlights series to stay ahead of the curve in each field.
  • In the Journal Discussions series, authors of ECR Journal explore their special focuses in depth.
     

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Faculty Biographies

Javed Butler

Javed Butler

Professor of Medicine

Dr Javed Butler is President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Senior Vice President for the Baylor Scott and White Health and Professor of Medicine at the University of Mississippi, US. He is board certified in cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure and transplant medicine. His research interests focus on clinical trials in patients with heart failure.

He serves on several national committees for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and the Heart Failure Society of America. He is the recipient of the Simon Dack Award by the American College of Cardiology as well as the Time, Feeling, and Focus Award by the American Heart Association.

Prof Butler has authored more than 900 peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board of several peer reviewed cardiovascular journals and has been cited numerous times in America’s Best Doctors list.

 

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Zaur Gasimov
2months
In Victor trial hospitalization rate in pts on Vericiquat was not lower than on placebo but at the same time all cause mortality was lower on vericiquat.Data from previous trials demonstrated that every next hospitalization in pts with heart failue increase mortality.In Victor trial it is look different,Does it mean that in Victor trial because of range of NT pro-BNP - 600-6000pg distinquish risk related to this specific population has been observed.Or uncertain criteria for hospitalization were implemented?
Zaur Gasimov
2months
In Victor trial hospitalization rate in pts on Vericiquat was not lower than on placebo but at the same time all cause mortality was lower on vericiquat.Data from previous trials demonstrated that every next hospitalization in pts with heart failue increase mortality.In Victor trial it is look different,Does it mean that in Victor trial because of range of NT pro-BNP - 600-6000pg distinquish risk related to this specific population has been observed.Or uncertain criteria for hospitalization were implemented?