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A Dose-finding Study of OPC-41061 in Treatment of Cardiac Edema (Congestive Heart Failure)

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Dose Response of OPC-41061 in Congestive Heart Failure Patients With Extracellular Volume Expansion

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00234104
Enrollment
122
Registered
2005-10-06
Start date
2004-08-31
Completion date
2006-01-31
Last updated
2013-12-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Edema, Heart Failure, Congestive

Keywords

OPC-41061, Tolvaptan, Heart Failure, Edema, Extracellular volume expansion

Brief summary

This drug is being developed to treat cardiac edema. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the dose response for body weight in seven-day repeated oral administration of OPC-41061 at 15, 30, and 45 mg or placebo in patients with extracellular volume expansion secondary to CHF despite taking furosemide at 40 mg/d or more. This study is being conducted in Japan.

Interventions

Sponsors

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with CHF who exhibit edema, jugular venous distention, hepatomegaly, pulmonary congestion, or 3rd sound due to extracellular volume expansion 2. Hospitalized patients or patients who can be hospitalized for the study from the commencement of the observation period to the end-of-study examination 3. Men and women between the ages of 20 and 80 (non-inclusive) at the time of giving consent 4. Patients who have taken furosemide at 40 mg/d or more (oral dosing) without alteration of dosage for the 3 days of the observation period 5. Patients whose body weight has been stable (±1.0 kg) for 2 days prior to commencement of study drug administration

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with unstable heart failure (acute heart failure, acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure, etc) 2. Patients with an implanted ventricular assist device 3. Patients who have undergone or are scheduled to undergo any of the following procedures * Heart surgery involving thoracotomy within 60 days prior to the screening examination * Pacemaker implant surgery involving bilateral pacing within 60 days prior to the screening examination * Angioplasty, electrophysiologic device implantation, ventricular assist device implantation, heart transplant, or other cardiac surgery scheduled within 30 days after the screening examination 4. Patients with any of the following diseases, complications, or symptoms * Suspected hypovolemia * Onset of acute myocardial infarction within 30 days prior to the screening examination * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (excluding diastolic phase) * Definitively diagnosed active myocarditis or amyloid cardiomyopathy * Valvular heart disease with significant stenosis * Untreated thyroid disease * Progressive neurological disease (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, etc) or severe episodic neurological disease (epilepsy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, etc) * Diabetes with poor glycemic control * Anuria * Hepatic coma * Hyponatremia of moderate or greater severity (serum Na \< 120 mEq/L) 5. Patients with a history of the following conditions * Occurrence of sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation within 30 days prior to the screening examination (except for patients using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) * Evident cerebral infarction * Multiple stroke * Occurrence of a cerebrovascular accident within 30 days prior to the screening examination * Hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to benzazepine derivatives, such as benazapril 6. Patients with a history of drug abuse or alcoholism in the past year 7. Patients in a state of morbid obesity with a body mass index (weight\[kg\] ÷ height \[m\]2) over 35 8. Patients with a supine systolic arterial blood pressure of less than 90 mmHg 9. Patients with any of the following abnormal laboratory values: Hemoglobin \<9 g/dL, total bilirubin \>3.0 mg/dL, serum creatine \>3.0 mg/dL, serum Na \>147 mEq/L, or serum K \>5.5 mEq/L 10. Patients not capable of taking oral medication 11. Patients who are nursing, pregnant, capable of pregnancy, or intending to become pregnant during or shortly after the study period 12. Patients who have taken a study drug other than OPC-41061 within 30 days prior to screening 13. Patients who have previously taken OPC-41061 in this study or another study of OPC-41061 14. Patients otherwise judged by the principal investigator or attending investigator to be inappropriate for inclusion in the study (eg, patients with hepatic cirrhosis, renal disease, etc.)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Body WeightBaseline, at the time of final trial drug administrationThe body weight change from baseline following final trial drug administration

Countries

Japan

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
OPC-41061 0 mg/day
29
15 mg of OPC-41061
OPC-41061 15 mg/day
28
30 mg of OPC-41061
OPC-41061 30 mg/day
33
45 mg of OPC-41061
OPC-41061 45 mg/day
28
Total118

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003
Overall StudyAdverse Event4035
Overall StudyPhysician Decision0122
Overall StudyProtocol Violation0001

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic15 mg of OPC-4106130 mg of OPC-41061Placebo45 mg of OPC-41061Total
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
18 Participants22 Participants18 Participants14 Participants72 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
10 Participants11 Participants11 Participants14 Participants46 Participants
Age Continuous66.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.6
66.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.5
67.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.4
62.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.5
66.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.2
Region of Enrollment
Japan
28 participants33 participants29 participants28 participants118 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
13 Participants8 Participants11 Participants4 Participants36 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
15 Participants25 Participants18 Participants24 Participants82 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
14 / 2921 / 2825 / 3321 / 28
serious
Total, serious adverse events
4 / 290 / 281 / 332 / 28

Outcome results

Primary

Body Weight

The body weight change from baseline following final trial drug administration

Time frame: Baseline, at the time of final trial drug administration

Population: 1 Subject of Placebo arm who experienced a serious adverse event was excluded from efficacy analysis set because the emergency code was broken.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboBody Weight-0.53 KgStandard Deviation 0.96
15 mg of OPC-41061Body Weight-1.62 KgStandard Deviation 1.55
30 mg of OPC-41061Body Weight-1.35 KgStandard Deviation 1.54
45 mg of OPC-41061Body Weight-1.85 KgStandard Deviation 1.1
p-value: 0.0074t-test, 2 sided
p-value: 0.0459t-test, 2 sided
p-value: 0.001t-test, 2 sided

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026