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Both hypertension and hyperuricemia are closely associated with the morbidity and mortality of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, there is limited evidence on the effect of uric acid-lowering therapy on left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in this population. In this randomized study, we prescribed benzbromarone, a uric acid-lowering drug, to those with hypertension and asymptomatic hyperuricemia to investigate its clinical benefits by evaluating LV diastolic function, incidence of HFpEF and hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death. 230 participants were randomly assigned into two groups: uric acid-lowering group (benzbromarone) and control groups (without uric acid-lowering drug). The primary endpoint was LV diastolic function evaluated by echocardiography. The secondary endpoint of composite endpoints is the combination of new-onset HFpEF, hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death. After a median of 23.5 months’ follow-up (16–30 months), the primary endpoint reflected by E/e’ in benzbromarone group reached a significant improvement when compared to control group ( p  &lt;.001). Composite endpoints occurred in 11 patients of the control group while only 3 patients occurred in the benzbromarone group ( p  = .027). We also presented the favorable trend of freedom from the composite endpoints or new-onset HFpEF using Kaplan–Meier curve by log-rank test in benzbromarone group ( p  = .037 and  p  = .054). Our study demonstrated the efficiency of benzbromarone in hypertensive patients with concomitant asymptomatic hyperuricemia, including the benefits on ameliorating LV diastolic dysfunction as well as improving composite endpoints.

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Uric acid-lowering therapy with benzbromarone in hypertension with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: a randomized study focusing left ventricular diastolic function