Status:
TERMINATED
Safety and Efficacy of Conivaptan in Hyponatremic Patients With Symptomatic Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)
Lead Sponsor:
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Conditions:
Hyponatremia
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Conivaptan, a vasopressin antagonist, in the treatment of hyponatremic subjects having symptomatic acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).
Detailed Description
Subjects will be recruited from the Emergency Department. It is expected that subjects will be treated according to the institution's accepted conventional therapy protocol for the treatment of ADHF. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Presents to emergency department with documented history of CHF and symptomatic ADHF, will be treated for ADHF, and primary reason for admission to the hospital is ADHF
- Dyspnea at rest or with minimal exertion and must have moderate shortness of breath (SOB) in any of the first three Provocative Dyspnea Assessment positions
- Severe pulmonary congestion as evidenced by jugular venous distention or lower extremity/sacral edema or rales upon chest auscultation or chest x-ray.
- BNP \> 400 or NT-pro BNP \> 1500 drawn during Screening
- Systolic blood pressure \>= 100 mmHg to \< 180 mmHg at time of start of study drug
- Serum sodium value \>= 115 mEq/L (115 mmol/L) and \< 135 mEq/L (135 mmol/L) during Screening
Exclusion
- Clinical evidence of volume depletion
- Active ongoing acute coronary syndrome or acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (or has experienced a myocardial infarction within 30 days of Screening)
- In cardiogenic shock
- Calculated creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 as estimated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, has received intravenous (IV) contrast agent within 72 hours prior to randomization or is expected to receive IV contrast agent within the first 72 hours of study participation
- Ultrafiltration within the past 72 hours.
- Currently using or expected to use inotropic therapy
- Cardiac bypass grafts in the past 60 days
- Cerebrovascular accident in the past 30 days
- Uncontrolled brady- or ventricular tachyarrhythmias requiring emergent pacemaker placement or treatment
- Hemodynamically significant uncorrected primary cardiac valvular disease or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Untreated severe hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism or adrenal insufficiency based on medical history
- ALT or AST elevations \> 5 times upper limit of normal
- Biliary liver cirrhosis, history or presence of severe hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, esophageal variceal bleeding within the past three months, severe portal hypertension or surgical portosystemic shunt.
- Received any organ transplant, clinical diagnosis of pneumonia, symptomatic hyponatremia requiring urgent intervention or any concurrent illness which, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with treatment or evaluation of safety
- Pregnant or lactating
- Currently using vasopressin, oxytocin or desmopressin
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00843986
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2009
Last Update
May 15 2014
Active Locations (4)
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1
Hyderabaad, India, 500063
2
Karnāl, India, 132001
3
New Delhi, India, 110025
4
New Delhi, India, 110060