Medico-economic Evaluation of Therapeutic Adaptation Guided by the Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 (sST-2) Biomarker in the Management of Patients With Acute Heart Failure (ICAME)

September 21, 2026 updated by: University Hospital, Montpellier

Management of patients with heart Failure remains a major health concern because of the high rate of rehospitalization, mortality and induced-cost. Biomarkers could help to guide the management of patients with heart failure (HF). Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) appears as a promising biomarker. As a working hypothesis, we postulate that sST2 values monitoring could be an helpful guide for medical management in an attempt to reduce hospital readmission.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Detailed Description

Methods : ICAME is a multicentric, blinded prospective randomized controlled trial. 710 patients originated from 10 centers will be included over a period of 12 months and follow-up for 24 months. All patients have an external evaluation at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. They were randomized into the usual treatment group (unknown sST2 level) or the interventional treatment group, for whom sST2 level was known at all external consultation and used to guide the treatment. The primary endpoint was the QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Years). The secondary endpoints were the Cost-efficacy ratio, Cost to avoid an hospitalization for heart failure, the readmission rate for any cause at 1 month and at two years, and the evolution of cardiac remodelling determined by the collagene biomarkers.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

154

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

      • Angers, France
        • CHU Angers
      • Besançon, France
        • CHU Besançon
      • Béziers, France
        • CH Béziers
      • Caen, France
        • CHU Caen
      • Grenoble, France
        • CHU Grenoble
      • Montpellier, France
        • Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital
      • Nîmes, France
        • CHU Nimes
      • Paris, France
        • APHP Pompidou
      • Rennes, France
        • CHU Rennes
      • Toulouse, France
        • CHU Toulouse
      • Vannes, France
        • CHU Vannes
    • Occitanie
      • Montpellier, Occitanie, France, 34295
        • Lapeyronie Hospital

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • 18 years or older
  • Hospitalization for heart failure (NTproBNP(N-terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptid) ≥450 pg/ml (ou BNP ≥400 pg/ml)

Exclusion criteria:

  • Waiting for heart transplantation
  • Scheduled valve surgery
  • No fluent french
  • Not able to provide informed consent
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Poor outcome during the first week.
  • Pregnancy
  • Participating to other study

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: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control

Usual management of heart failure. The sST-2 level will be blunted.

Experimental: Biomarker guided therapy

Guided therapy using sST-2 monitoring at the discharge from initial hospitalisation, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of following.

Guided therapy using sST-2 monitoring at the discharge from initial hospitalisation, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of following.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cost-utility ratio
Time Frame: 2 years

Cost will be compared between guided therapy using sST-2 levels and usual group. Utility will be derived from the French EQ5D (EuroQol 5 Dimensions), measured at 24 months.

QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Years).

2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of hospitalisation for heart failure
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days
Number of hospitalisation for heart failure
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years
Cost-efficacy ratio
Time Frame: 2 years

Cost to avoid an hospitalisation for heart failure

2 years
Cost of initial hospitalisation and rehospitalisation
Time Frame: 2 years

Including hospitalisation, imaging and biological analysis

2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 27, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 14, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

April 14, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 14, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 14, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

September 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 24, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 21, 2026

Last Verified

September 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • RECHMPL19_0225
  • 2019-A01433-54 (Registry Identifier: ID-RCB)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

The general goal is to make the study data available to interested researchers as well as to provide proof of transparency for the study. Data (and an accompanying data dictionary) will be de-identified and potentially further cleaned or aggregated as the investigators deem necessary to protect participant anonymity.

Data will be made available to persons who address a reasonable request to the study director and fulfil the requirements stipulated by the French CNIL (Commission National Informatic Liberty).

IPD Sharing Time Frame

24 months after randomisation

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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