Safety and Efficacy Study of Carvedilol to Treat Children With Congestive Heart Failure
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new medicine, called carvedilol, improves
symptoms and heart function in children who have congestive heart failure (diminished
function of their heart muscle that pumps blood to the body). To accomplish this, we will
give carvedilol to some patients who have diminished heart function and congestive heart
failure and see whether symptoms and heart function are better at the end of an 8 month
period in those who received carvedilol compared to the other patients who did not receive
carvedilol. We will be testing 2 different doses of carvedilol compared to no additional
medicine.