Heart Failure with Renal Anemia Heart Failure with Renal Anemia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients meet all of the following selection criteria and do not meet any of the exclusion criteria,will be eligible for the study. 1)Patients with heart failure who are 20 to 90 years old at the time of obtaining consent 2)eGFR100 pg/mL or NT-proBNP >600 pg/mL Patients with atrial fibrillation at screening: BNP >150 pg/mL or NT-proBNP >900 pg/mL 4)Hemoglobin level >=7.5 g/dL and =100 ng/mL and TSAT>=20% at screening 6)Folic acid and vitamin B12levels must be above the lower limit of normal at screening. 7)Patients who have received sufficient explanations for participating in this study and have given their free written consent with full understanding.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) NYHA class III/IV 2) On hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, or scheduled to be on hemodialysis in the next 6 months at informed concent 3) Treated with an ESA within 5 weeks prior to enrollment 4) Erythrocyte transfusion within 12 weeks prior to enrollment or expected to occur during the study period 5) Patients who have been treated with HIF-PH inhibitor 6) Patients with anemia other than chronic kidney disease and current or recent bleeding 7) History of sickle cell disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, hematologic tumor, myeloma, hemolytic anemia, thalassemia, or locus coeruleus 8) History of pulmonary hypertension, polycystic kidney disease 9) Malignancy noted within 2 years, except for treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma cured by resection, or cervical intraepithelial carcinoma 10) History of acute myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary thromboembolism within 48 weeks prior to enrollment 11) Others who are judged by the principal investigator to be inappropriate as research subjects
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hemoglobin level at 16 weeks after randomization | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following items at 16 weeks after randomization 1) Presence or absence of red blood cell transfusion by 16 weeks after randomization 2) Presence or absence of score from 0 to 100 (KCCQ-TSS) calculated by the questionnaire on heart failure symptoms increased by 5 points or more compared to the baseline. 3) Blood tests :NT-proBNP, high-sensitivity troponin T, serum iron,transferrin,total iron binding capacity,transferrin saturation,ferritin,hepcidin,high-sensitivity C-reactive protein,total cholesterol,triglyceride,HDL cholesterol,LDL cholesterol,TNF-alpha,IL-1beta,IL-6, VEGF (plasma),angiopoietin 4) Echocardiography:left and right ventricular function analysis using M-mode,color Doppler,tissue Doppler,and strain analysis at the following cross sections Short-axis images (apex,papillary muscle level,mitral valve level), four-lumen,two-lumen,three-lumen images,right ventricle-focused four-lumen view of the apex (RV focused four chamber view) 5) Cardiac MRI:left and right heart function including strain analysis on cine MRI,native T1 abnormality and extracellular volume fraction on T1 mapping. | — |
Contacts
Juntendo University Hospital