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Tezosentan in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure

Information source: Actelion
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on August 23, 2015
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Condition(s) targeted: Acute Heart Failure; Acute Decompensation of Chronic Heart Failure; New Onset of Heart Failure

Intervention: tezosentan (Drug); placebo (Drug)

Phase: Phase 3

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: Actelion

Summary

The randomized patients with acute heart failure will be stratified based on the presence or absence of a Swan-Ganz catheter and assigned to receive either tezosentan 5 mg/h for the first 30 minutes and 1 mg/h thereafter or matching placebo in a 1: 1 manner. The duration of the treatment is 24 hours up to 72 hours. The duration of the follow-up period is 30 days after treatment initiation for death, re-hospitalizations and SAEs followed by a follow-up period of 5 months for vital status.

Clinical Details

Official title: Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Tezosentan in Patients With Acute Heart Failure.

Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Primary outcome: Incidence of death or worsening heart failure

Secondary outcome: Patient's dyspnea assessment, measured using a visual analog scale

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- 1. Patients 18 years of age or older. 2. Male or non-breast-feeding, non-pregnant

female (only females who are post menopausal, surgically sterile or practicing a reliable method of contraception). 3. Acute heart failure (ischemic or non-ischemic). 4. Randomization within 24 hours of hospitalization (including emergency room stay) for acute heart failure. 5. Dyspnea at rest as assessed by the patient and breathing rate ³ 24/min (measured during 60 seconds). 6. At least two out of the following four criteria: · elevated BNP or N terminal pro-BNP (more than three times the upper limit of normal for the site) in patients not treated with nesiritide,· clinical evidence of pulmonary congestion/edema (e. g., rales or crackles more than a third above bases),· evidence of pulmonary congestion on chest X-ray, · left ventricular systolic dysfunction (EF < 40% or wall motion index £ 1. 2 within 12 months prior to randomization). 7. Patients in need of i. v. therapy for acute heart failure and who have received at least one dose of i. v. diuretic within 24 hours prior to study drug initiation (last bolus dose must have been more than 2 hours prior to study drug initiation). 8. Written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria:

- Criteria only for patients hemodynamically monitored:

1. Baseline cardiac index > 2. 5 l/min/m2 and/or PCWP < 20 mmHg within 6 hours prior to study drug initiation. Criteria for all patients: 2. Patients not receiving i. v. vasodilators (e. g., nitrates, nitroprusside, nesiritide) at baseline: supine systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg. Patients receiving i. v. vasodilators (e. g., nitrates, nitroprusside, nesiritide) at baseline: supine systolic blood pressure < 120 mmHg. 3. Cardiogenic shock within the last 48 hours or evidence of volume depletion. 4. Ongoing myocardial ischaemia, coronary revascularisation procedure (PCI or CABG) during current admission or planned revascularisation. 5. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction or administration of thrombolytic therapy. 6. Baseline creatinine ≥ 2. 5 mg/dl (221 mmol/l). 7. Baseline hemoglobin < 10 g/dl or a hematocrit < 30%. 8. Hemodialysis, ultrafiltration or peritoneal dialysis within the last 7 days. 9. Heart failure due to active myocarditis, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, restrictive cardiomyopathy or constrictive pericarditis. Heart failure caused by valvular disease. 10. Acute heart failure associated with uncontrolled hemodynamically relevant atrial fibrillation/flutter or ventricular rhythm disturbances. 11. Acute heart failure secondary to clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity or any other drug-related toxicity. 12. Significant chronic and/or acute lung disease that might interfere with the ability to interpret the dyspnea assessments or hemodynamic measurements (e. g., severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or acute pneumonia). 13. Mechanical circulatory or ventilatory support. Prior CPAP use is allowed, if discontinued at least 2 hours prior to study drug initiation. 14. Acute systemic infection/sepsis or other illness with a life expectancy less than 30 days. 15. Coronary artery bypass graft, or other cardiac surgery, or major non-cardiac surgery within the last 30 days. 16. Patients who received another investigational drug within 30 days prior to randomization. 17. Re-randomization in the current study. 18. Any factors that might interfere with the study conduct or interpretation of the results such as known drug or alcohol dependence. 19. Concomitant treatment with cyclosporin A or tacrolimus.

Locations and Contacts

Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord Nsw, Australia

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville Sa, Australia

Faculty Hospital St. Anna, Brno, Czech Republic

Krajska Nemocnice Liberec, Liberec Husova 10, Czech Republic

Klinika Kardiologie IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic

University Hospital Vinohrady (FNKV), Prague, Czech Republic

Masaryk Hospital, Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic

Universitatsklinikum der Humboldt-Universitat Berlin, Campus Charite Mitte, Med. Klinik und Poliklinik, Kardiologie, Berlin, Germany

Universitat Greifswald, Klinik fur Innere Medizin B, Greifswald, Germany

Asklepios Klinik Langen, Abteilung fur Innere Medizin, Langen, Germany

Universitatsklinikum Schleswig Holstein, Medizinische Klinik II, Kardiologie, Lubeck, Germany

Klinik u. Poliklinik F. Inn. Med. II, Univ. Klinik Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Jahn Ferenc, Delpesti Korhaz, Budapest, Hungary

Polyclinic of the Hospitaler Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, Hungary

University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

2nd Department of Medicine & Cardiology Centre, Szeged, Hungary

Cattedra di Cardiologia, c/o Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Istituto Clinico Humanitas, U.O. Cardiologia Clin. E Insuff. Cardiaca, Rozzano (mi), Italy

Sentralsykehuset i More og Romsdal, Dept. of Cardiology, Alesund, Norway

Aker University Hospital, Div. Cardiology, Oslo, Norway

Central Hospital in Rogaland, Cardiology Division, Stavanger, Norway

University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Cardiology Department, Bridlington & District Hospital, Bridlington, United Kingdom

University of Glasgow West, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Dept. of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Oracle Research, Huntsville, Alabama, United States

USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, United States

University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, United States

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Medical Research Institute, Slidell, Louisiana, United States

Baystate Medical Center-Cardiology Section, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York, United States

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center-Heart Failure Center, New York, New York, United States

New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States

LeBauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Baylor College of Medicine - Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Central and Eastern School, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Additional Information

Starting date: April 2003
Last updated: February 11, 2010

Page last updated: August 23, 2015

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