Cytokinetics Presents Additional Data Related to Aficamten at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure 2025 Congress

 Two New Analyses from SEQUOIA-HCM on Effect of Aficamten Between Patientswith Mild and Moderate-to-Severe Symptoms, and Across Geographic Regions

HEOR Analyses of Real-World Data Reveal Disparities in Outcomes In Females and Older Patients with Non-Obstructive HCM

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that additional data arising from two analyses from SEQUOIA-HCM, (Safety, Efficacy, and Quantitative Understanding of Obstruction Impact of Aficamten in HCM), the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of aficamten in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and results from a real-world analysis related to non-obstructive HCM were presented at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure 2025 Congress. The results from an analysis of the efficacy of aficamten in patients with obstructive HCM and mild symptoms in SEQUOIA-HCM were also simultaneously published in The European Heart Journal.1

“These analyses from SEQUOIA-HCM demonstrate that the effect of aficamten on exercise capacity, symptoms, hemodynamics and cardiac biomarkers is consistent in patients with obstructive HCM regardless of baseline symptom severity and geographic region,” said Stephen Heitner, M.D., Vice President, Head of Clinical Research. “These findings are informative as we continue to explore the potential application of aficamten across a range of patient phenotypes in obstructive HCM.”

Effect of Aficamten in Patients with Mild Symptoms and Moderate-to-Severe Symptoms

Data from an additional analysis from SEQUOIA-HCM related to the effect of aficamten in patients with mild symptoms were presented in a Late Breaking Clinical Trial session and simultaneously published in The European Heart Journal. Patients in SEQUOIA-HCM (n=282) were divided into two groups according to baseline symptom severity: mild symptoms, defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class II and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Clinical Summary Score (KCCQ-CSS) ≥80 (n=118; 62 randomized to aficamten), and moderate-to-severe symptoms defined as NYHA Functional Class II/III/IV and KCCQ-CSS 0.15). The incidence of serious adverse events was similar in the aficamten and placebo groups across regions, and occurrences of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)