Safety and Efficacy of Tafamidis in Patients With Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy
NCT ID: NCT01994889
Last Updated: 2019-04-24
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
441 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-12-09
2018-02-07
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Tafamidis - 20 mg
Active Treatment-Low dose
Tafamidis
Tafamidis 20 mg in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Tafamidis - 80 mg
Active Treatment-High Dose
Tafamidis
Tafamidis 80 mg in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Placebo
Placebo control
Placebo
Placebo in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Interventions
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Tafamidis
Tafamidis 20 mg in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Tafamidis
Tafamidis 80 mg in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Placebo
Placebo in soft gel capsules administered once a day for 30 months
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Evidence of cardiac involvement by echocardiography with an end-diastolic interventricular septal wall thickness \> 12 mm,
* Presence of amyloid deposits in biopsy tissue and presence of a variant TTR genotype and/or TTR precursor protein identification by immunohistochemistry, scintigraphy or mass spectrometry
Exclusion Criteria
* Presence of primary (light chain) amyloidosis.
* Prior liver or heart transplantation or implanted cardiac mechanical assist device.
18 Years
90 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Pfizer
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Pfizer CT.gov Call Center
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Pfizer
Locations
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The Kirklin Clinic
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
UAB Hospital Department of Pharmacy IDS
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Mayo Clinic Arizona - Mayo Clinic Speciality Building
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Mayo Clinic Arizona - Mayo Clinic Building
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Investigational Drug Service
La Jolla, California, United States
Altman Clinical Translational Research institute
La Jolla, California, United States
Altman Clinical Translational Research Institute
La Jolla, California, United States
UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
La Jolla, California, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Investigational Drug Pharmacy Services
Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation
Los Angeles, California, United States
UCSF Cardiovascular Care and Prevention Center
San Francisco, California, United States
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Stanford, California, United States
UM Sylvester at Deerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
University of Miami Hospital & Clinics
Miami, Florida, United States
Northwestern Medical Group
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Advocate Christ Medical Centre
Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The Johns Hopkins Hospital IDS Pharmacy
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Boston Medical Center - Cardiovascular Center, Outpatient Clinic
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Medical Center Investigational Pharmacy Services
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston University Medical Center General Clinical Research Unit
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Michigan Medicine,University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Mayo Clinic Pharmacy Research Supp
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, New Jersey, United States
New York University Hospitals
New York, New York, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, United States
Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice
New York, New York, United States
The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Pharmacy
New York, New York, United States
Columbia University Medical Center Research Pharmacy
New York, New York, United States
Columbia University Medical Center/Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly
New York, New York, United States
Duke University Health System
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OHSU Center for Health and Healing
Portland, Oregon, United States
OHSU Research Pharmacy Services
Portland, Oregon, United States
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
University of Utah,Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
VCU Medical Center - Ambulatory Care Clinic
Richmond, Virginia, United States
VCU Medical Center - Main Hospital
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
Leuven, , Belgium
Unidade de Pesquisa Clinica / Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho / UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
University of Calgary/Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny, Nemocnicni lekarna
Brno, , Czechia
Nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne
Brno, , Czechia
Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze
Prague, , Czechia
Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze, Nemocnicni lekarna
Prague, , Czechia
IKEM, Ustavni lekarna
Prague, , Czechia
IKEM
Prague, , Czechia
Hopital Antoine Beclere
Clamart, , France
CHU Henri Mondor
Créteil, , France
Medical University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, , Germany
Universitaetsklinikum Muenster
Münster, , Germany
U.O. Cardiologia- Prof. Rapezzi
Bologna, , Italy
Unita Operativa di Cardiologia
Brescia, , Italy
S.O.D. Cardiologia Generale 1 - D.A.I. del Cuore e dei Vasi
Florence, , Italy
Centro per lo Studio e la Cura Delle Amiloidosi Sistemiche - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
Pavia, , Italy
Kurume University Hospital
Kurume-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
Kumamoto University Hospital
Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Shinshu University Hospital
Nagano, , Japan
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, , Netherlands
Hospital Universitario Puerta De Hierro - Majadahonda
Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
Hospital Universitario A Coruna
A Coruña, , Spain
Medicin-Geriatrik kliniken-Skelleftea lasarett
Skellefteå, , Sweden
Sjukhusvägen, Akademiska sjukhuset
Uppsala, , Sweden
St Bartholomew's Hospital-Barts Health NHS Trust
London, , United Kingdom
St. George's Hospital (St George's Healthcare NHS Trust)
London, , United Kingdom
St. George's University of London
London, , United Kingdom
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2012-002465-35
Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
ATTR-ACT
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
B3461028
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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