The VALIDATE Study of Valsartan for Patients With Early Stage Heart Failure

NCT ID: NCT00241098

Last Updated: 2023-10-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

37 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-05-31

Study Completion Date

2005-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a study to evaluate the response of patients with hypertension and early stage heart failure to valsartan.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypertension Congestive Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Interventions

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valsartan

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female 25-85 years of age, inclusive
* Past diagnosis of hypertension for a min 1 year
* Patients with an established treatment regimen for hypertension with one or more agents for a minimum period of 2 months
* BP is considered adequately controlled with DBP \< 90mmHg
* Elevated BNP levels both in bedside test (62pg/ml) and after validation of a separate blood sample (40pg/ml) in the central laboratory
* LV ejection fraction ³ 45%
* LVH defined as myocardial mass ³ 116 g /m2 in males and 104 g/m2 in females
* At least one of the following parameters of diastolic dysfunction

* E/A \< 1 for the patients who are younger than 55 years or \< 0.8 for the patients whose age is ³ 55 years (full year), or
* DT \> 220 ms, or
* IVRT \> 90 ms

Exclusion Criteria

• Present use of ACE inhibitor


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Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Novartis Pharmaceutical

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Other Identifiers

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CVAL489B2402

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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