Recommendation of mavacamten posology by model‐based analyses in adults with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Mavacamten is the first cardiac myosin inhibitor approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adults with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The phase III EXPLORER‐HCM (NCT03470545) study used a dose‐titration scheme based on mavacamten exposure and echocardiographic assessment of Valsalva left ventricular outflow tract gradient (VLVOTg) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Using population pharmacokinetic/exposure‐response modeling and simulations of virtual patients, this in silico study evaluated alternative dose‐titration regimens for mavacamten, including regimens that were guided by echocardiographic measures only. Mavacamten exposure‐response models for VLVOTg (efficacy) and LVEF (safety) were developed using patient data from five clinical studies and characterized using nonlinear mixed‐effects models. Simulations of five echocardiography‐guided regimens were performed in virtual cohorts constructed based on either expected or equal population distributions of cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) metabolizer phenotypes. Each regimen aimed to maximize the proportions of patients who achieved a VLVOTg below 30 mm Hg while maintaining LVEF above 50% over 40 weeks and 104 weeks, respectively. The exposure‐response models successfully characterized mavacamten efficacy and safety parameters. Overall, the simulated regimen with the optimal benefit–risk profile across CYP2C19 phenotypes had steps for down‐titration at weeks 4 and 8 (for VLVOTg