Anemia in Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF)

January 30, 2017 updated by: Mathew S. Maurer

Efficacy of Treating Anemia in Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF) on Ventricular Function, Exercise Capacity and Health Status

The purpose of this study is to determine if treating anemia with subcutaneous erythropoetin in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) will be associated with reverse ventricular remodeling, significant improvements in exercise capacity, and improved health status, as compared with placebo.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Heart failure frequently occurs in patients with a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) and affected subjects are predominantly elderly women with several co-morbid conditions. Despite the diversity of underlying clinical pathologies and co-morbid conditions present in these patients, a common pathophysiologic explanation is generally applied to explain their clinical symptoms. Our preliminary data show that a significant subgroup with HFPEF has increases in ventricular volumes and expanded plasma volumes, consistent with a volume overloaded state. In the setting of a preserved EF with end diastolic volume increased, stroke volume must increase, indicating a high output state. Anemia may be an important, modifiable contributor to the observed high output and volume overload as well as exercise intolerance in elderly HFPEF patients, abnormal ventricular remodeling and impaired overall health status and quality of life. This protocol evaluates the impact of treating anemia in subjects with HFPEF. The specific aims of the current study are to provide a comprehensive and mechanistically based assessment of how correcting anemia in subjects with HFPEF can impact on functional capacity, ventricular structure and function and overall health status. We propose to perform a randomized, prospective, double blind study in 80 subjects with HFPEF to test the hypothesis that the administration of subcutaneous erythropoietin will be associated with reverse ventricular remodeling, significant improvements in exercise capacity and improved health status.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10034
        • Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

53 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) - EF >=40%
  2. Anemia - defined as hemoglobin < 12 g/dL
  3. Age >= 55 years
  4. Patients must be able to understand and sign the informed consent document after the nature of the study has been fully explained, prior to beginning any study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of uncontrolled hypertension (Systolic blood pressure > 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg)
  2. Resting heart rate > 120 bpm
  3. Baseline 6-minute walk test > 450 meters
  4. Valvular heart disease (e.g. more than mild regurgitant or stenotic mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonic valve disease).
  5. Infiltrative cardiac disease such as hemochromatosis and amyloidosis
  6. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  7. Chronic pulmonary disease (FEV 1 < 60% predicted)
  8. Renal failure (GFR < 15 ml/min)
  9. Hemoglobin < 8 g/dL
  10. BMI > 40
  11. Exercise limited by angina, claudication, orthopedic, or neurological diseases.
  12. Severe liver dysfunction that is defined by an international normalized ratio > 2.0, not caused by an anticoagulant.
  13. Current or recent treatment (within past 6 months) with erythropoietin
  14. Erythropoietin level > 100 mU/ml
  15. Recent cardiac surgery (< 3 months)
  16. Known iron deficiency anemia from chronic GI blood loss, uterine bleeding, or other chronic bleeding
  17. Planned surgery during the course of the study
  18. Significant alcohol use or illicit drug use.
  19. Patients with a known hypercoagulable state.
  20. Active hematologic disease (e.g. sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia) or malignancy
  21. Patients with current seizure disorder or activity
  22. Patients who are known to be pregnant
  23. History of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolus (PE) within 12 months before study entry. Prior superficial thrombophlebitis is not an exclusion criterion.
  24. History of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) within 6 months
  25. History of transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 6 months
  26. History of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), or other arterial thrombosis within 6 months before study entry. ACS includes unstable angina, Q wave myocardial infarction (QwMI), and non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQMI).
  27. Allergy or sensitivity to human serum albumin
  28. Known hypersensitivity to mammalian cell-derived products

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Erythropoietin alpha
Subcutaneous erythropoietin will be administered once weekly to achieve a target hemoglobin of 13 g/dL. Subjects will be dosed with the study drug for 24 weeks. The administration of study drug will be performed according to a pre-specified treatment algorithm that adjust erythropoietin dosages based on the rate of rise of the hemoglobin.
Drug: Erythropoietin alpha
Erythropoietin alpha is administered weekly by subcutaneous injection using a pre-specified dosing algorithm. The dosing algorithm is designed to make adjustments based on the rate of rise (ROR) of the hemoglobin over a one week period, as well as the absolute hemoglobin value. Subjects initially received active treatment with 7,500 units of erythropoietin given weekly by subcutaneously injection. Subjects are carefully monitored (e.g. every week) to avoid rapid increases in hemoglobin/hematocrit and/or increasing blood pressure control. Dose adjustments are made if the hemoglobin rises too rapidly (greater than 0.3 g/dL) in any given weekly interval.
Other Names:
  • Erythropoietin alpha (Epogen)
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo consists of saline injections.
Drug: Placebo
Placebo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Left Ventricular End-diastolic Volume
Time Frame: Baseline and 6 month
This outcome measure is collected using a three dimensional echocardiography.
Baseline and 6 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mathew S. Maurer

Collaborators

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mathew S Maurer, MD, Columbia University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 1, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 1, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

February 3, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 10, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AAAB3037
  • R01AG027518-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

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