Clinical trial • Phase III • Cardiology

empagliflozin for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Phase III trial of empagliflozin for Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Cardiology
Trial Disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
25-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
11-11-2024

Trial design

Randomised, jardiance (empagliflozin) 10 mg oral, daily for up to 12 months (active treatment) versus placebo (microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate) oral (placebo comparator).-controlled Phase III trial in Poland.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Jardiance (empagliflozin) 10 mg oral, daily for up to 12 months (active treatment) versus Placebo (Microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate) oral (placebo comparator).
Target Sample Size
250
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 250 No vulnerable population selected. Trial enrols adults only (age ≥ 18 years). Written, voluntary informed consent is required from participants. No procedures for assent or parental consent for minors are provided (minors are excluded)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnancy (currently or planned in the following 12 months)
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable population selected. Trial enrols adults only (age ≥ 18 years). Written, voluntary informed consent is required from participants. No procedures for assent or parental consent for minors are provided (minors are excluded).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- written, voluntary informed consent to participate in the study\n- diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy\n- age ≥ 18 years"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Refusal to consent to participate in the study\n- Recurrent genito-urinary tract infections in the past or currently (For recurrent infections are defined as: two or more infections in the past two months months)\n- Urosepsis in the history\n- Impaired renal function, defined as eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI)cr or requiring dialysis,\n- Other contraindications to the use of empagliflozin\n- Musculo-skeletal or neurologic diseases that make it unable to perform cardiopulmonary exercise testing\n- Heart transplant recipient or listed for heart transplant\n- Implanted left ventricular assist device\n- Any severe (obstructive or regurgitant) valvular heart disease expected to lead to surgery during the trial in the Investigator's opinion\n- Acute decompensated HF (exacerbation of chronic HF) requiring intravenous (i.v.) diuretics, i.v. inotropes or i.v. vasodilators, or left ventricular assist device within 1 week from discharge to screening, and during screening period until randomization\n- Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter with a resting heart rate > 110 bpm documented by ECG at screeining\n- Diagnosis of diabetes\n- Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 180 mmHg at randomization\n- Symptomatic hypotension and/or a SBP < 100 mmHg at screeining or randomization\n- Chronic pulmonary disease requiring home oxygen, oral steroid therapy or hospitalisation for exacerbation within 12 months, or significant chronic pulmonary disease in the Investigator's opinion, or primary pulmonary arterial hypertension\n- Indication of liver disease, defined by serum levels of either ALT (SGPT), AST (SGOT), or alkaline phosphatase above 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening\n- Haemoglobin < 9 g/dl at screening\n- Major surgery (major according to the investigator's assessment) performed within 90 days prior to screening, or scheduled major elective surgery (e.g. hip replacement ) within 90 days after screening\n- Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery or GI disorder that could interfere with absorption of trial medication in the investigator's opinion\n- Any documented active or suspected malignancy or history of malignancy within 2 years prior to screening, except appropriately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, in situ carcinoma of uterine cervix or low risk prostate cancer\n- History of ketoacidosis\n- Patients who must or wish to continue the intake of any drug considered likely to interfere with the safe conduct of the trial\n- Patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy requiring interventional treatment (maximal LVOT gradient ≥ 50 mmHg), and who are in III-IV NYHA functional class, despite of the treatment with maximal tolerated doses\n- Currently enrolled in another investigational device or drug trial, or less than 30 days since ending another investigational device or drug trial(s), or receiving other investigational treatment(s)\n- Chronic alcohol or drug abuse or any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, makes them an unreliable trial subject or unlikely to complete the trial\n- Any other clinical condition that would jeopardise patients safety while participating in this trial, or may prevent the subject from adhering to the trial protocol\n- ICD or cardiac pacemaker (for a group of patients in whom cardiac magnetic resonance study will be performed; n=100)\n- Planned implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT of CRT-D) in the following 12 months\n- Life expectancy below 12 months\n- Pregnancy (currently or planned in the following 12 months)\n- Breast feeding\n- Age below 18 years"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- A test of the null hypothesis that the mean VO 2 max measured 12 months after randomization is the same in the treatment group and the placebo group;","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean VO2 max measured 12 months after randomization; comparison of mean VO2 max between treatment (empagliflozin) and placebo groups."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- A null hypothesis test that the mean KCCQ-OS value measured 12 months after randomization is the same in the treatment group and the placebo group.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean KCCQ-OS (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall summary) value measured 12 months after randomization; comparison between treatment and placebo groups."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The secondary objective of the trial is to test the null hypothesis that the mean value of the VO 2 max measured 12 months after randomization is the same in the treatment group treated group and the placebo group among patients with reduced left ejection fraction ventricle.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean VO2 max measured 12 months after randomization in the subgroup of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF <50%); comparison between treatment and placebo groups in that subgroup."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
250
Recruitment Window Months
32
Consent Approach
Written, voluntary informed consent is required from participants. Participants must be ≥ 18 years. Subject information and informed consent form document available (document listed); no mention of assent or parental consent as minors are excluded.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
2
Total Number Of Participants
250

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
04-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
11-11-2024
Processing Time Days
38
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
250

Sites

Site Name
Medical University Of Bialystok
Department Name
Zakład Medycyny Populacyjnej i Prewencji Chorób Cywilizacyjnych
Contact Person Name
Karol Kamiński
Contact Person Email
karol.kaminski@umb.edu.pl
Site Name
Narodowy Instytut Kardiologii Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Department Name
Pracownia Rezonansu Magnetycznego Zakład Radiologii
Contact Person Name
Mateusz Śpiewak
Contact Person Email
mspiewak@ikard.pl

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Narodowy Instytut Kardiologii Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Poland

Third parties

  • {"country":"Poland","full_name":"Scientia Research Institute Sp. z o.o.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1, 10, 6, 7, 9","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Jardiance 10 mg film-coated tablets
Active Substance
empagliflozin
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/14/930/014)
Starting Dose
10 mg
Dose Levels
10 mg
Frequency
daily
Maximum Dose
10 mg
Investigational Product Name
Microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate
Modality
Other

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