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Cytokinetics Announces Additional Data from ACACIA-HCM Presented at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting 2026

$CYTKPress releaseOct 12, 2026, 4:00 PM ETRead the release

Cytokinetics presented additional ACACIA-HCM analyses at the HFSA 2026 annual meeting, showing aficamten significantly improved a novel composite exercise-performance metric (BEAP-RS) versus placebo in non-obstructive HCM (p<0.001). A responder analysis found 53% of aficamten patients achieved a clinically meaningful response in three or more domains versus 13% on placebo, with results previously published in Circulation.

Key figures

Drug Name
aficamten (MYQORZO)
Phase Of Trial
Phase 3
Indication
non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM)
Trial name
ACACIA-HCM
Snda timing
Q4 2026
Beap rs pvalue
<0.001
Lvef below50 placebo
0.8%
Lvef below50 aficamten
10.5%
Patients on 15 or 20mg
80.7%
Heart failure sae placebo
1.2%
Peak vo2 response placebo
37%
Heart failure sae aficamten
4.7%
Peak vo2 response aficamten
45%
Clinical response 3plus domains placebo
13%
Clinical response 3plus domains aficamten
53%

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