Digging into the Phase III SUMMIT clinical trial of tirzepatide in patients with heart failure

Executed on:Aug 14, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Call Duration:30 minutes

Expert Profile

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Institution: UCSD

Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program at UC San Diego Health
Clinical research focuses on understanding mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction and developing new heart failure therapies; has served on the executive steering committees of numerous international multicenter heart failure trials including most recently RELAX-AHF2, RELAX-AHF Asia, COMMANDER-HF (co-chair) and DREAM-HF (co-chair).
Directs a basic science laboratory that studies the molecular basis of cardiac remodeling, myocardial fibrosis and the development of novel therapies. 

Interview Goal

This call will feature a discussion on the current standard of care and the potential of tirzepatide, a GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist for reducing the risk of heart failure.

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