- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05392764
Early Treatment With a Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitor in High-risk Patients With Acute Heart Failure (EMPA-AHF)
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Empagliflozin in Patients With Acute Heart Failure
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Yuya Matsue, MD
- Phone Number: 81-3-3813-3111
- Email: yuya8950@gmail.com
Study Locations
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Fukuoka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital
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Contact:
- Ryuichi Matsukawa
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Hiroshima, Japan
- Recruiting
- Hiroshima City Hospital
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Contact:
- Tadanao Higaki
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Kochi, Japan
- Recruiting
- Chikamori Hospital
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Contact:
- Hayato Hosoda
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Nara, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nara Prefecture General Medical Center
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Contact:
- Hiroyuki Kawata
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Okayama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama
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Contact:
- Akihiro Hayashida
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Okinawa, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nakagami Hospital
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Contact:
- Satoshi Yamaguchi
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Osaka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kitano Hospital
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Contact:
- Shinya Ito
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Osaka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Osaka General Medical Center
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Contact:
- Atsushi Kikuchi
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Saitama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Saitama Citizens Medical Center
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Contact:
- Tomohiro Nakamura
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Tokushima, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokushima University Hospital
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Contact:
- Takayuki Ise
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Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Juntendo University Hospital
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Contact:
- Yuya Matsue
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Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Juntendo University Nerima Hospital
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Contact:
- Kikuo Isoda
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Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nihon University Itabashi Hospital
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Contact:
- Yuki Saito
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Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokyo Medical University
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Contact:
- Masatake Kobayashi
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Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital
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Contact:
- Koichi Ohashi
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Yokohama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Yokohama City University Medical Center
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Contact:
- Yasushi Matsuzawa
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Aichi
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Anjo, Aichi, Japan
- Not yet recruiting
- Anjo Kosei Hospital
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Contact:
- Yusuke Uemura
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Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nagoya University Hospital
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Contact:
- Takahiro Okumura
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Aomori
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Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Recruiting
- Hirosaki University Hospital
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Contact:
- Kimitaka Nishizaki
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Awaji
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Sumoto, Awaji, Japan
- Recruiting
- Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center
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Contact:
- Koji Kuroda
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Chiba
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Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
- Recruiting
- Funabashi Municipal Medical Center
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Contact:
- Shinichi Okino
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Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kameda Medical Center
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Contact:
- Akira Mizukami
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Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
- Recruiting
- Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital
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Contact:
- Shohei Ouchi
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Fukuoka
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Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Fukuokaken Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital
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Contact:
- Ken Onitsuka
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Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kurume University Hospital
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Contact:
- Tatsuhiro Shibata
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Gunma
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Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
- Recruiting
- Gunma University Hospital
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Contact:
- Masaru Obokata
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Hokkaido
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Recruiting
- Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital
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Contact:
- Yasunobu Goto
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Hyogo
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Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
- Not yet recruiting
- Hyogo Brain and Heart Center
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Contact:
- Shogo Oishi
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Ibaraki
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Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
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Contact:
- Tsunekazu Kakuta
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Iwate
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Morioka, Iwate, Japan
- Recruiting
- Iwate Prefectural Cyuou Hospital
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Contact:
- Masanobu Miura
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Kanagawa
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Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokai University Hospital
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Contact:
- Takeshi Ijichi
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Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Recruiting
- St.Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital
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Contact:
- Keisuke Kida
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Kochi
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Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kochi Medical School Hospital
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Contact:
- Toru Kubo
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Nara
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Kashihara, Nara, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nara Medical University Hospital
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Contact:
- Kazutaka Nogi
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Okinawa
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Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
- Recruiting
- Urasoe General Hospital
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Contact:
- Masami Abe
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Osaka
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Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kindai University Hospital
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Contact:
- Koichiro Matsumura
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Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Recruiting
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital
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Contact:
- Takeshi Kitai
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Saitama
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Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kasukabe Chuo General Hospital
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Contact:
- Keisuke Nakabayashi
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Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Saitama Medical Center
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Contact:
- Kentaro Jujo
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Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital
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Contact:
- Eiichi Akiyama
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Soka, Saitama, Japan
- Recruiting
- Soka City Hospital
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Contact:
- Hiroshi Inagaki
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Shizuoka
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Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan
- Recruiting
- Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital
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Contact:
- Satoru Suwa
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Tochigi
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Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
- Recruiting
- Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital
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Contact:
- Kayo Misumi
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Tokyo
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Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Nishiarai Hospital
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Contact:
- Jujo Kentaro
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Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Mitsui Memorial Hospital
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Contact:
- Yu Horiuchi
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Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Sakakibara Heart Institute
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Contact:
- Mamoru Nanasato
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Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center
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Contact:
- Nobuhiro Tanaka
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Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Not yet recruiting
- International University of Health and Welfare MITA Hospital
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Contact:
- Yuichi Tamura
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Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Not yet recruiting
- Toranomon Hospital
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Contact:
- Tetsuo Yamaguchi
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Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
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Contact:
- Nobuhisa Hagiwara
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Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Recruiting
- National Disaster Medical Center
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Contact:
- Kazuto Hayasaka
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients who meet the below inclusion criteria will be randomized within 12 h after presentation to the hospital
- Age of ≥20 and <90 years
Hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute heart failure, requiring intravenous loop diuretic therapy, and with all of the following characteristics:
i. Dyspnoea at rest or induced by slight exertion ii. At least two of the following findings: jugular venous distention, pulmonary rales, lower leg edema, and pulmonary congestion on chest X-ray iii. If the patient has a sinus rhythm at the time of admission, BNP ≥350 pg/mL or NT-proBNP ≥1400 pg/mL; if the patient has atrial fibrillation at the time of admission, BNP ≥500 pg/mL or NT-proBNP ≥2000 pg/mL. For patients taking an angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor, only the reference value for NT-proBNP will be applicable.
At least one of the following characteristics:
i. eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73m2, as calculated using the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration for JapaneseModification of Diet in Renal Disease formula ii. Already taking ≥40 mg of oral furosemide during the period before hospitalization. For patients on loop diuretics other than furosemide, the following conversion should be used: oral furosemide 20 mg = oral azosemide 30 mg = oral torasemide 5 mg.
iii. Urine output of <300 mL during the 2 h following an appropriate dose of intravenous furosemide administered after hospitalization. An appropriate dose of intravenous furosemide is 20 mg for patients who have not been taking furosemide regularly before hospitalization and is the same as, or greater than, the daily oral dose for patients who have been taking furosemide regularly before hospitalization.
- Provided written consent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- eGFR <20 mL/min/1.73m2 at the time of admission
- Already taking an SGLT2i within 3 months prior to hospitalization
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg
- Expected to newly require treatment with thiazide, tolvaptan, or carperitide within 48 h after hospitalization
- Main cause of acute heart failure hospitalization is not fluid retention (e.g., persistent ventricular tachycardia, persistent atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter with a ventricular response rate of ≥130 bpm, persistent bradycardia with a ventricular response rate of <45 bpm, an infection, severe anemia, and an acute exacerbation of COPD)
- Acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary thromboembolism, or a cerebrovascular accident is the main cause of the present hospitalization.
- At risk of ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycaemia
- On dialysis, including peritoneal dialysis, or the initiation of dialysis during hospitalization is planned
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Underwent the following therapeutic interventions within 30 days: cardiovascular surgery (e.g., coronary artery bypass grafting, surgery for valvular heart disease, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, percutaneous coronary intervention, percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair, and other types of surgery at the investigator's discretion) and implantation of an implantable defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, or implantable ventricular-assist device
- A diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, cerebral infarction, or transient ischemic attack made within 90 days
- Ventricular tachycardia with syncope within 90 days
- Heart transplant recipient or listed for heart transplantation and expected to undergo transplantation during the present treatment; implanted with an implantable ventricular-assist device or expected to require an implantable ventricular-assist device during the present treatment; or expected to switch to palliative care
- Intubated at the time of screening or expected to require intubation within 48 h after hospitalization
- Severe valvular heart disease expected to be treated with thoracostomy or catheterization (a reason to exclude secondary mitral or tricuspid regurgitation due to reduced cardiac function does not exist, except for the absence of a plan to perform cardiac surgery or therapeutic catheterization)
- A diagnosis of secondary cardiomyopathy such as amyloidosis, cardiac sarcoidosis, hemochromatosis, Fabry disease, and muscular dystrophy. Heart failure due to takotsubo cardiomyopathy, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, complex congenital heart disease (as determined by the investigator), or pericardial constriction.
- A diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy made within 6 months
- Active myocarditis
- Presence of uncontrolled thyroid disease
- Acute cardiac structural abnormalities (e.g., acute mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae)
- Symptomatic bradycardia or complete atrioventricular block, being treated with a temporary pacemaker implantation at the time of admission, or expected to require a temporary pacemaker implantation in the future. Patients who have already been treated with a permanent pacemaker implantation do not meet the exclusion criteria.
- Serious liver disorder (an increase in AST, ALT, or ALP level ≥3 times the upper limit of normal) or cirrhosis with varices or other findings suggestive of portal hypertension
- Alcohol use disorder of at least mild severity according to the DSM-V
- A diagnosis of active malignancy or suspected active malignancy made within 2 years
- Coexisting diseases other than heart failure with an expected survival prognosis of ≤1 year
- Participation in a clinical study of another drug 30 days before hospitalization
- Patients considered to require fasting at screening.
- Other conditions likely to interfere with the patient's safety or compliance with the protocol
- Other patients who are considered unsuitable by the principal investigator or other investigators
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Empagliflozin
Patients will be randomized 1:1 to either empagliflozin or placebo.
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once-daily oral empagliflozin 10 mg
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo matching empagliflozin
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Placebo matching empagliflozin 10 mg
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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A hierarchical composite endpoint consisting of death within 90 days, heart failure rehospitalization within 90 days, WHF during hospitalization, and urine output up to 48 hours after treatment initiation, assessed by the win ratio
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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WHF, worsening heart failure
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Up to 90 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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A hierarchical composite endpoint consisting of death within 90 days, heart failure readmission within 90 days, and WHF during hospitalization
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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WHF, worsening heart failure
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Up to 90 days
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A composite endpoint consisting of WHF during hospitalization, death, heart failure rehospitalization, urgent visit for WHF, intensification of diuretic therapy, and worsening NYHA class within 90 days
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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WHF, worsening heart failure
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Up to 90 days
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Change in NT-proBNP from randomization to 48 hours
Time Frame: Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Diuretic response, calculated as urine output achieved by loop diuretics (40 mg intravenous furosemide-equivalent dose) at 48 h after treatment initiation
Time Frame: Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Improvement in KCCQ-TSS of ≥5 points from randomization to 30 and 90 days after treatment initiation
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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KCCQ-TSS, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire - Total Symptom Score.
The scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best possible score.
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Up to 90 days
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Time to hemodynamic stabilization during index hospitalization
Time Frame: During index hospitalization
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During index hospitalization
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Re-worsening of heart failure during index hospitalization
Time Frame: During index hospitalization
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During index hospitalization
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Heart failure rehospitalization
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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Up to 90 days
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Death
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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Up to 90 days
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Urine output during the 48 h after randomization
Time Frame: Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Cardiovascular death
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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Up to 90 days
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Change in the visual analog scale score for dyspnea from after randomization to 24 and 48 h
Time Frame: Evaluated at 24 and 48 hours after randomization
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The scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best possible score.
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Evaluated at 24 and 48 hours after randomization
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Change in high sensitivity cardiac troponin T
Time Frame: Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Evaluated at 48 hours after randomization
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Change in the KCCQ-TSS after randomization to 30 and 90 days
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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KCCQ-TSS, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire - Total Symptom Score.
The scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best possible score.
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Up to 90 days
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Composite of renal replacement therapy, renal transplantation, eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73m2, ≥50% decrease in eGFR compared to the first sample or a ≥2-fold increase in creatinine level compared to the first sample within 90 days of randomization
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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Up to 90 days
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Trend in eGFR after randomization to 24 h, 48 h, 30 days, and 90 days
Time Frame: Up to 90 days
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Up to 90 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Yuya Matsue, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- jRCTs031210682
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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