patients affected by cardiac insufficiency MedDRA version: 9.1 Level: PT Classification code 10007554
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients aged between 50 and 90 years old; FE or equal to 8 mg/die; cardiac insufficiency from about 6 months; steady basal therapy for at least 2 months; NYHA II-III class Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: diseases that may interfere with the study; enrollment in other clinical study;climateric women in hormonal therapy; instable angina or malignant heart block;untreated ipokaliemia; intollerance to allopurinolo; intake of drugs that may induce iperuricemia; patients unable to take part to the study and to underwent the tests
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: to evaluete the netabolic effect of allopurinolo in patients with cardiac insufficiency and incremented uric acid values;Secondary Objective: to evaluete the netabolic effect of allopurinolo in patients with cardiac insufficiency and incremented uric acid values;Primary end point(s): evaluation of the changes of PCr/ATP values after addition of allopurinole to conventional therapy for cardiac insufficiency. | — |
Countries
Italy