Status:

COMPLETED

TRANSFORM-HF: ToRsemide compArisoN With furoSemide FORManagement of Heart Failure

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Yale University

Conditions:

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

TRANSFORM-HF is a large-scale, pragmatic, randomized, unblinded clinical effectiveness study comparing torsemide versus furosemide as treatment for heart failure. Approximately 6,000 patients with hea...

Detailed Description

* This study will be a randomized, unblinded, two-arm, multi-center clinical trial of patients with heart failure who are hospitalized. Heart failure need not be the reason for hospitalization. Patien...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient hospitalized (≥ 24 hours or over a change in calendar date) with worsening of chronic heart failure, or new diagnosis of heart failure AND meets one of the following criteria:
  • Has a left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) ≤40% within 24 months prior to and including index hospitalization by any method (with most recent value used to determine eligibility)
  • Has an elevated natriuretic peptide level (either NT-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide or B-type natriuretic peptide) during index hospitalization as measured by local laboratory (with most recent value used to determine eligibility)
  • Plan for a daily outpatient oral loop diuretic regimen upon hospital discharge with anticipated need for long-term loop diuretic use
  • ≥ 18 years of age
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • End-stage renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy
  • Inability or unwillingness to comply with the study requirements
  • History of heart transplant or actively listed for heart transplant
  • Implanted left ventricular assist device or implant anticipated \<3 months
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Malignancy or other non-cardiac condition limiting life expectancy to \<12 months
  • Known hypersensitivity to furosemide, torsemide, or related agents

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 11 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 29 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

2973 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03296813

Start Date

July 11 2018

End Date

July 29 2022

Last Update

October 16 2025

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Russel Medical Center

Alexander City, Alabama, United States, 35010

2

The Heart Center, PC

Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35801

3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724

4

V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073