Status:
TERMINATED
Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition With Tadalafil Changes Outcomes in Heart Failure
Lead Sponsor:
Carelon Research
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Pulmonary Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Subjects in the study will be adults with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV heart fa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female age 21 years or older.
- NYHA Class II-IV HF with LVSD (most recent LVEF \< 0.40).
- At high risk of future clinical instability, indicated by EITHER:
- a hospitalization for the primary reason of decompensated HF within the 12 months prior to screening; OR a plasma B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) level ≥ 300 pg/ml or N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ≥1800pg/ml measured during a period of clinical stability in the 3 months prior to screening.
- Documented secondary PH within the last 6 months
- Medication and device treatment according to current American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) guidelines.
- Stable medical therapy for 30 days prior to randomization
- African-American patients intolerant of or otherwise unable or unwilling to utilize isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine therapy will be included.
- Willingness to comply with protocol, attend follow-up appointments, complete all study assessments and provide written informed consent.
Exclusion
- Concurrent or anticipated nitrate use for any reason, or nitrate use within the 14 days prior to screening through the day of randomization.
- Known allergy, hypersensitivity (anaphylaxis), or adverse reaction to tadalafil or other Phosphodiesterase Type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor
- Erectile dysfunction treated with a PDE5 inhibitor.
- Severe renal dysfunction defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 30 ml/min/1.73 m\^2 or requiring chronic dialysis
- Current use of alpha antagonists (except carvedilol or tamsulosin) or use of cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitors (ketoconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin, or cimetidine). Patients who have used a protease inhibitor that is a P450 3A4 inhibitor for longer than one week can be enrolled.
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension (World Health Organization (WHO) Group I, III-V) for which PDE5 inhibitor therapy may be indicated
- Severe pulmonary disease requiring home oxygen therapy
- Comorbidities including clinically significant valvular stenosis (aortic valve area \< 0.8 cm\^2 or a mitral valve area \<1.0 cm\^2), uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg) or hypotension (systolic blood pressure \<85 mmHg)
- Chronic intravenous inotrope therapy
- Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION)
- ST elevation MI (STEMI) within 90 days prior to screening
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) or mitral valve surgery, initiation of cardiac resynchronization (CRT) or initiation of β-blocker therapy within the 6 months prior to screening
- Infiltrative or inflammatory myocardial disease (e.g. amyloid, sarcoid)
- Heart transplant recipient
- United Network Organ Sharing (UNOS) status 1A or 1B
- Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) use or planned MCS use at time of consent
- Active malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer) requiring therapy other than observation.
- Severe non-cardiac illness resulting in life expectancy judged less than three years
- Known chronic hepatic disease defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) levels \> 3.0 times the upper limit of normal
- Inability to walk even a few steps due to non-cardiac (e.g. orthopedic) reasons
- Participation in any clinical trial within the last 30 days (with exception of observational study)
- Previous randomization in PITCH-HF
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
23 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01910389
Start Date
November 1 2013
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
May 4 2015
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