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Acetazolamide Versus Dapagliflozin in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients

Acetazolamide Versus Dapagliflozin in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06535529
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-08-02
Start date
2024-08-24
Completion date
2025-09-01
Last updated
2024-08-05

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Conditions

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Keywords

Acute Heart failure, ADHF, Acetazolamide, SGLT2 inhibitors, SGLT2i

Brief summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of acetazolamide versus dapagliflozin as an add-on in treating acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in adult patients with clinical signs of volume overload requiring intravenous loop diuretics. It will also assess the safety of these drugs when added to standard care. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does acetazolamide or dapagliflozin lead to a greater reduction in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels? * Which drug results in better loop diuretic efficiency, as measured by weight loss per 40 mg of intravenous furosemide or equivalent? We will compare acetazolamide to dapagliflozin, both added to standard intravenous loop diuretic therapy, to see which is more effective in decongesting patients with ADHF. Participants will: * Take either acetazolamide or dapagliflozin orally every day for 3 days * Receive intravenous loop diuretics as part of standard care * Undergo regular assessments of heart failure symptoms, weight, and laboratory tests * Be followed up until hospital discharge and for 30 days after starting the study

Detailed description

A. Study design * Prospective, open-label, randomized, two-armed parallel comparator study. * Participants recruited in the study must provide written informed consent after obtaining ethical approval from ethics committee. B. Study settings Critical Care Medicine Department - Cairo University Hospitals. C. Population of study Adult patients who are admitted to Critical Care Medicine Department - Cairo University Hospitals because of acute decompensated heart failure will be screened for inclusion into the study. Patients who have at least one clinical sign of volume overload (i.e., edema, pleural effusion, or ascites) and ECHO-confirmed HF at screening will be included in the study. D.Treatment : I.V loop diuretics At the moment of randomization, oral loop diuretics are stopped. Patients need to empty their bladder before administration of the first dose of loop diuretics and all will receive an intravenous loop diuretic at double the oral maintenance dose, administered as a single bolus immediately after randomization and split into more than two doses (separated by ≥6 hours) on each of the next 2 days. Group 1: Oral Acetazolamide Together with the initial bolus dose of loop diuretics, patients will receive 500 mg oral Acetazolamide. Time of subsequent dose of acetazolamide taken once daily will start together with the first maintenance loop diuretic dose. Group 2: Oral Dapagliflozin Together with the initial dose of loop diuretics, patients will receive 10 mg Dapagliflozin. Time of subsequent dose of Dapagliflozin taken once daily will start together with the first maintenance loop diuretic dose. E. Study tools Modified ADVOR Score The modified ADVOR congestion score will be calculated on a scale from 0 to 10 based on the sum of scores for the degree of edema (0 to 4), pleural effusion (0 to 3), and ascites (0 to 3), with higher scores indicating a worse condition on all scales. This score will be calculated for each included patient before the administration of the first dose of diuretics during the treatment phase, at the end of the study.

Interventions

DRUGAcetazolamide

Patients will receive acetazolamide 500 mg once daily for 3 days as add on therapy to IV loop diuretics

DRUGDapagliflozin 10mg

patient will receive oral dapagliflozin 10 mg once daily for 3 days as add on therapy to IV loop diuretics

Sponsors

Helwan University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Prospective, open-label, randomized, two-armed parallel comparator study.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male or female patients of 18 years of age or older. * An elective or emergency hospital admission with clinical diagnosis of decompensated HF with at least one clinical sign of volume overload (e.g. edema, ascites confirmed by echography or pleural effusion confirmed by chest X-ray or echography). * Assessed LVEF by any imaging technique; i.e. echocardiography, catheterization, nuclear scan magnetic resonance imaging within 12 months of inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

* The receipt of acetazolamide maintenance therapy. * Receipt of an SGLT2 inhibitor in the 48 hours before randomization. * An estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<20 mL/min/1.73 m2. * Use of any non-protocol defined diuretic agent with the exception of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists during the treatment phase of the study. Thiazides, metolazone, indapamide and amiloride should be stopped upon study inclusion. If patient is taking a combination drug including a thiazide-type diuretic, the thiazide-type diuretic should be stopped.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)From baseline to day 5 or intensive care unit (ICU) discharge, whichever occurs firstAbsolute change in NT-proBNP levels from baseline to end of study period
calculating of weight loss Loop diuretic efficiency72 hours from initiation of treatmentWeight loss (in kg) per 40 mg of intravenous furosemide or equivalent dose of other loop diuretics

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
30-day mortalityUp to 30 daysProportion of patients who die from any cause within 30 days of randomization
Cumulative dose of intravenous loop diuretics5 daysTotal milligrams of intravenous furosemide or equivalent dose of other loop diuretics administered
Number of Participants with Successful decongestion72 hours from initiation of treatmentProportion of patients achieving an ADVOR Score ≤ 1 without the need for escalating diuretic strategy (defined as doubling loop diuretic dose, addition of chlorthalidone, or ultrafiltration)
percent of worsening renal failure (WRF)up to 4 weeksProportion of patients experiencing either: a) An increase in serum creatinine \> 0.3 mg/dL from baseline, or b) A decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \> 20% from baseline
Incidence of treatment-related metabolic acidosis5 daysProportion of patients developing metabolic acidosis requiring sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) supplementation
Duration of the index hospital admissionFrom date of randomization until the date of discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 weeksNumber of days from randomization until the date of discharge

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactNouran Mo Anwar, Bachelor
Nouran.Anwar@pharm.helwan.edu.eg01124119559
Backup ContactMahmoud I Mostafa, PhD
Mahmoud.ibrahim@pharma.helwan.edu.eg01006605563

Outcome results

None listed

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