Overview

Study to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on the Incidence of Worsening Heart Failure or Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-07-17
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of dapagliflozin on the incidence of worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
AstraZeneca
Treatments:
Dapagliflozin
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Provision of signed informed consent prior to any study specific procedures

- Male or female, aged ≥18 years

- Established documented diagnosis of symptomatic HFrEF (NYHA functional class II-IV),
which has been present for at least 2 months

- LVEF≤40%

- Elevated NT-proBNP levels

- Patients should receive background standard of care for HFrEF and be treated according
to locally recognized guidelines

- eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (CKD-EPI formula) at enrolment (visit 1)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Receiving therapy with an SGLT2 inhibitor within 8 weeks prior to enrolment or
previous intolerance of an SGLT2 inhibitor

- Type 1 diabetes mellitus

- Symptomatic hypotension or systolic BP <95 mmHg at 2 out of 3 measurements either at
visit 1 or visit 2

- Current acute decompensated HF or hospitalization due to decompensated HF <4 weeks
prior to enrolment

- MI, unstable angina, stroke or transient ischemic attack within 12 weeks prior to
enrolment

- Coronary revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery
bypass grafting) or valvular repair/replacement within 12 weeks prior to enrolment or
planned to undergo any of these operations after randomization

- Implantation of a CRT within 12 weeks prior to enrolment or intent to implant a CRT
device

- Previous cardiac transplantation or implantation of a ventricular assistance device or
similar device, or implantation expected after randomization

- HF due to restrictive cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, constrictive pericarditis,
hypertrophic (obstructive) cardiomyopathy or uncorrected primary valvular disease

- Symptomatic bradycardia or second or third degree heart block without a pacemaker

- Severe (eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m^2 by CKD-EPI), unstable or rapidly progressing renal
disease at the time of randomization