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An Overview and New Treatment Options for Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

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An Overview and New Treatment Options for Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine

Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

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Amyloidosis

British Journal of Haematology, 2001, 114, 529±538

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Types of Amyloid – Systemic

• Light chain (AL)

• “Primary”

• AL-CA

• Transthyretin (ATTR) • Hereditary (Familial/FAP)

• Wild type (Senile)

• ATTR-CA

• Serum amyloid A (AA) – “Secondary”

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Mechanisms of Amyloid Protein Cardiotoxicity

Falk, R et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;68:1323-1341

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Natural History of Cardiac Amyloidosis

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Amyloidosis: Diagnosis

“The only way to diagnose amyloidosis is to consider the

diagnosis.”

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Amyloidosis: Clinical Features

• GI: • Dysphagia, malabsorption, GI

bleeding

• Constipation, nausea, liver dysfunction (alk phos elevation)

• Soft tissue/ENT • Macroglossia, carpal tunnel

syndrome

• Voice changes, nail changes

• Cardiac • Heart failure, arrhythmias

• Hypotension, imaging abnormalities

• Renal • Proteinuria, renal failure

• Neurologic • Peripheral neuropathy,

autonomic dysfunction

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Cardiac Manifestations

• Heart failure • Diastolic dysfunction (impaired relaxation) > Systolic dysfunction (impaired contraction)

• Electrophysiologic • Heart block

• Tachyarrhythmias

• Low voltages on EKG

• Imaging/Laboratory • Left ventricular “hypertrophy”

• Elevated troponin/BNP/NT proBNP

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Typical Imaging Characteristics in Amyloidosis

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Adjunctive Laboratory Tests

• SPEP • Monoclonal immunoglobulins in serum

• UPEP • Monoclonal light chains in urine

• Free light chain assay (SFLC) • Measures ratio of k to l in serum

• Normal ratio: Approximately 1:1

• Significant excess: Implies monoclonal light chain production

• Main assay to assess hematologic response to Rx

• BNP/NT proBNP

• Troponin I/T

• Alkaline phosphatase

• Urine albumin: Cr ratio

• TTR amyloidosis: Genetic testing

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How to Diagnose – Biopsy! • Cannot be excluded with lab assessment

alone

• Technetium-pyrophosphate scans may be helpful

• Our general practice: • Biopsy of clinically involved organ

• Testing for amyloid subtype – plan ahead! • Know pathologist

• Congo Red

• Immunofluorescence if light chains are present

• Mass spectrometry (sent to Mayo)

• Organ (Sensitivity) • Abdominal fat pad “70%” (?)

• Bone marrow 50-56%

• Rectal 70-85%

• Clinically involved organ Nearly 100%

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Endomyocardial Biopsy?

• No tissue biopsy confirmation/and a definitive diagnosis is needed

• Positive biopsy for amyloid from noncardiac site • Uncertain ATTR genotype

• Familial ATTR genotype but confounding information

• Patients considered for cardiac transplantation

• Hemodynamic assessment for medical management

• Can usually be avoided • Suspected familial/wild-type ATTR amyloid w positive radionuclide scan/SFLC ratio

• ATTR genotype from peripheral blood /saliva can aid in identifying known mutation

• AL amyloid -Dx can often be made with a combination of SFLC and extracardiac biopsy

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Treatment: Cardiac-Specific

• Diuretics/salt restriction • Often have large amounts of peripheral edema/ascites

• Made worse by hypoalbuminemia

• To generally be avoided: • Digoxin

• Beta-blockers

• Calcium-blockers

• Vasodilators (ACE-I/ARBs) unless proteinuria is a prominent feature

• Midodrine/Droxidopa • Can be useful in orthostatic hypotension

• Treatment of atrial & ventricular arrhythmias

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Therapeutic approaches to AL -CA

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Therapeutic approaches to ATTR - CA

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APOLLO – Hereditary with polyneuropathy

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ATTRACT – Wild type and mutation

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Circulation. 2017;135:1357–1377.

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Current strategies

• Clinical awareness and early diagnosis are critical

• Cardiac amyloidosis results from distinctive disease processes • Differing treatment strategies and prognoses

• Initial presentation is insidious • LVH on imaging is commonly the first phenotypic abnormality

• Optimal treatment varies greatly from the usual treatment of HF

• Many potential targets for therapies

• New therapies are in development and now available

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Amyloidosis Center of Excellence (ACE) @ Wash U

• Cardiology

• Neurology

• Nephrology

• Gastroenterology

• Hepatology

• BMT

• Hematology

• Pulmonology

• Radiology

• Pathology

Multidisciplinary Team

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Amyloid

fibrils

Oligomers

SAP

Proteotoxicity

Misfolded light chain

Interactions with cells &

microenvironment

(GAGs, metals, proteases, shear

forces) of target organs

Organ dysfunction

and reduced survival

Plasma cell clone

o Heart 76% • (NYHA≥II, 47%)

o Kidney 68%

• Nephrotic s.

42%

• Renal failure

45%

o Liver 15%

o GI 8%

o Soft tissues 17%

o PNS/ANS 12%/10%

Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL)

Adapted from Merlini

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Kumar, S et al JCO 2012

Staging for AL Amyloidosis

Using 1 point for each cutoff:

TnT > 0.025

NTproBNP >1800

Free Light chain> 18mg/dL

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Clinical presentation of ATTR-CM can have cardiovascular or neurological origins

Cardiovascular

Most common signs

Heart Failure* Atrial Fibrillation

Fatigue

Dizziness

Shortness of breath

Edema

Chest pain

Peripheral Neuropathy Autonomic Neuropathy

Diarrhea

Weight loss

Orthostatic

hypotension

Excessive sweating

Erectile dysfunction

Neurological

Tingling

Numbness

Myalgia and burning

sensations

Weakness

Carpal tunnel

syndrome

Most common signs

1. Nakagawa M et al. Amyloid. 2016;23(1):58–63. 3. Gertz MA et al. JACC. 2015;66(21):2451-2466.

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Diagnosis of TTR Cardiac Amyloidosis

Circulation. 2016;133:2404-2412.

DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021612.

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European Heart Journal (2018) 39, 2799–2806

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehx589

Proposed staging for ATTR

Cutoffs:

• NTproBNP >3000 ng/L

• EGFR <45ml/min/1.73m2

• If both negative= Stage I

• If both present= Stage III

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amyloidosis.org

Our key priorities:

• Raising awareness in the medical field for an earlier diagnosis.

• Educating medical professionals through our Grand Rounds program and attendance at medical conferences.

• Empowering patients through our comprehensive range of services, including accurate up to date information.