Status:

UNKNOWN

Diastolic Heart Failure Management by Nifedipine

Lead Sponsor:

Demand Investigators

Conditions:

Diastolic Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction have a equally high risk for mortality and re-hospitalization as those with reduced ejection fraction. Effective management strategies are ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 20 years and older
  • Heart failure with history of hypertension and/or coronary artery disease
  • LVEF \> or = 50% on echocardiography

Exclusion

  • Valvular heart diseases with significant regurgitation and/or stenosis
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and active myocarditis
  • Constrictive pericarditis
  • Cardiogenic shock
  • Planned coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention within 3 months
  • History of acute coronary syndrome or stroke within 3 months
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Hypersensitivity or contraindication to nifedipine
  • Inability to obtain informed consent
  • Any conditions not suitable for the participation in this trial judged by the investigator

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

226 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01157481

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

January 25 2016

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Hokkaido Univestity Hospital

Sapporo, Japan, 060-8638