Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy and Safety of Sulcardine Sulfate Tablets in Patients With Premature Ventricular Contractions

Lead Sponsor:

Jiangsu Furui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd

Conditions:

Premature Ventricular Contraction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Brief Summary

Arrhythmia is a common disease that may be caused by various cardiovascular diseases. According to statistics, 500,000 people die of severe arrhythmia every year in China, In the United States, approx...

Detailed Description

Arrhythmia is a common disease that may be caused by various cardiovascular diseases. The incident rate of various types of arrhythmias may be as high as 86-100% in patients who experience acute myoca...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-70 years old, body weight 45-80kg, and no sex preference.
  • Frequent premature ventricular contraction, the total number of premature ventricular beats indicated by Holter monitor greater than 3600 over 24 hours, with or without a short array of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (more than 3, but fewer than 10 consecutive ventricular beats).
  • Negative pregnancy test result within 24 hours before the first dose for women of childbearing age. Females subjects of child bearing age must be on effective birth control (IUD or compliant use of oral contraceptive), have been surgically sterilized or abstain from sexual intercourse through the active dosing period and for the first 10 days after dosing.
  • Voluntary participation in the study and the ability to complete the screening and trial procedures, and to remain in the clinical study site throughout dosing period in accordance with the protocol.
  • Understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion

  • History of Stage III-IV congestive heart failure.
  • Ejection fraction \<35% predicted
  • Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, sustained ventricular tachycardia.
  • Congenital or acquired long QT syndrome, Torsade de Pointes, or an uncorrected QT-interval of \>480 ms; QRS\>120 ms.
  • Unstable angina, active myocarditis, rheumatic fever, or bacterial endocarditis, elevated Troponin T on work-up.
  • Sinus node dysfunction, atrioventricular block above first degree not controlled by pacemaker.
  • Complete left or right bundle branch block, or intraventricular block.
  • Hypotension, sitting resting blood pressure below 90/55mmHg.
  • Hypertension as defined by SBP\> 160mmHg and/or DBP \> 95mmHg
  • Sinus bradycardia (average heart rate lower than 50 beats/min).
  • Liver (liver function tests or bilirubin (direct or indirect) \>2XULN, history of cirrhosis or chronic active hepatitis.
  • Kidney dysfunction (plasma creatinine\>1.8 and creatinine clearance calculation \<30 as determined by Cockroft-Gault calculation) or electrolyte or acid-base balance disorders.
  • Taking digitalis, tricyclic antidepressants, β blockers, or calcium channel blockers within 5 half-lives for a given agent.
  • Thyroid dysfunction.
  • Serious respiratory diseases, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma requiring medication
  • Cyanotic or other uncorrected significant congenital heart disease.
  • History of allergy to sulfonamides.
  • Taking other anti-arrhythmic drugs or medications that affect cardiac electrophysiology, or stop taking the above mentioned medications less than 5 half-life of the drug ago.
  • History of taking amiodarone within 1 years.
  • Severe neurosis, menopausal syndrome, chest pain caused by cervical spondylosis.
  • Diseases of the hematopoietic system, or mental illness.
  • Current evidence of alcohol abuse or history of illegal drug abuse.
  • Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or nursing, or women of childbearing age who are not on effective birth control (IUD or compliant use of oral contraceptives and who have a positive urine pregnancy test prior to study.
  • Participation in a clinical trial of other drugs within 3 months.
  • Those considered not suitable to be selected by the investigators.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

36 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01235156

Start Date

November 1 2010

Last Update

November 5 2010

Active Locations (2)

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Beijing chao-yang hosipital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100020

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Peking university people's hosipital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100044