Congestive Heart Failure
Conditions
Keywords
Congestive Heart Failure, Impaired Renal Function
Brief summary
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, sequential cohort study in subjects with congestive heart failure (CHF) and impaired renal function who are on stable furosemide treatment (³ 40 mg daily). A total of 50 subjects will be randomized to each increasing dose level of SLV320 or placebo in a sequential fashion.
Interventions
1, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 mg twice daily and placebo group. Duration of treatment 84 days
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Male and female subjects aged 18 to85 years who gave written informed consent. * Subjects must have a history of chronic, symptomatic, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-III CHF and impaired renal function (baseline eGFR of 20 to 75 mL/min/1.73m2). * Congestive heart failure should have been diagnosed at least 3 months before Visit 1 (Day 1) and the subjects should be on chronic treatment with furosemide (40 mg daily) for at least 3 weeks before Visit 1 (Day 1). * Subjects must be on stable doses of their individually optimized medication regimen for at least 4 weeks before Visit 1 (Day 1).
Exclusion criteria
* Any history of a convulsive disorder or pre-convulsive state and any risk for a convulsive disorder or pre-convulsive state (for example any past brain trauma, abuse of alcohol) will lead to an exclusion from the study. * Females of childbearing potential not using specified contraception, subjects with malignant tumors with a short life expectancy, subjects with known severe reactions to drugs and subjects with bilateral renal artery stenosis will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cystatine C | 3 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sodium in urine | 3 months |
| Estimated glomerular filtration rate | 3 months |
| Clinical global impression | 3 months |
| Body weight | 3 months |
Countries
Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Spain, United States