Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Ketones in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Heart Association

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Conditions:

Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of a ketone drink on exercise capacity and other cardiovascular parameters in patients with heart failure. In heart failure, patients are limited...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Stable cardiovascular medical therapy for 2 weeks
  • Participants will be required to have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular EF \</= 45%) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or III symptoms. In cases of ambiguity of functional status, reduced peak VO2 (\<85% predicted VO2) at the baseline visit can be used to confirm reduced exercise tolerance.

Exclusion

  • Intentional ketogenic diet in the last week
  • Cirrhosis or significant alcohol consumption
  • Contraindications to stress testing, conditions that limit exercise, and other clinically-significant causes of exertional limitation (claudication with peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart rate \>110 at rest, systolic blood pressure\>180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure\>110 mmHg, infiltrative/hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, clinically significant pericardial disease, joint or neuromuscular disease that precludes exercise, acute coronary syndrome within the last 2 months, estimated glomerular filtration rate\<20 mL/min/1.73 m2, and hemoglobin \< 9 mg/dL).
  • Clinically significant lung disease: supplemental oxygen (aside from obstructive sleep apnea), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring home oxygen or exacerbation within the last 2 months requiring steroids or antibiotics, severe obstructive lung disease (Gold stage 3).
  • \>/= Moderate aortic stenosis, \>mild mitral stenosis, \> moderate aortic or mitral regurgitation
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Implant of cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiac contractility modulation, or barostim device within the previous 3 months.
  • Systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg
  • Pregnant women
  • Angina due to epicardial coronary disease or known presence of clinically-significant, unrevascularized epicardial coronary disease, in the investigator's opinion.
  • History of heart transplant, left ventricular assist device, or use of inotropic medication.
  • Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product in the previous 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Conditions that may render the patient unable to complete the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 6 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06195982

Start Date

March 6 2024

End Date

February 1 2027

Last Update

May 18 2025

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Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

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