Comparison of Sacubitril/Valsartan Versus Enalapril on Effect on NT-proBNP in Patients Stabilized From an Acute Heart Failure Episode.

NCT ID: NCT02554890

Last Updated: 2021-01-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

887 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-29

Study Completion Date

2018-07-24

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of in-hospital initiation of sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) vs. enalapril on time averaged proportional change in NT-proBNP in patients who have been stabilized following hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 40%).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Acute Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696)

Initial dose for patients randomized to sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) was determined by the blood pressure at the time of randomization. Study treatment was titrated to the target dose of sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) 97/103 mg bid (Dose Level 3). Titration was based on blood pressure at the time of the visit. Dose adjustments were only allowed if indicated per protocol defined safety and tolerability criteria and investigator judgement.

Patients were required to take a total of two tablets twice daily (one tablet of active sacubitril and valsartan and one tablet of enalapril matching placebo pack).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696)

Intervention Type DRUG

sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) tablet with minimum dose 24/26 mg, maximum dose 97/103 mg twice daily administered orally.

enalapril matching placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

enalapril matching placebo tablet with minimum dose 2.5 mg, maximum dose 10 mg twice daily administered orally.

Enalapril

Initial dose for patients randomized to enalapril were determined by the blood pressure at the time of randomization. Study treatment were titrated to the target dose of enalapril 10 mg bid. Titration were based on blood pressure at the time of the visit. Dose adjustments were only allowed if indicated per protocol defined safety and tolerability criteria and investigator judgement.

Patients were required to take a total of two tablets twice daily (one tablet of active enalapril, second from sacubitril and valsartan matching placebo pack)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Enalapril

Intervention Type DRUG

Enalapril tablet with minimum dose 2.5 mg, maximum dose 10 mg twice daily administered orally.

sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) matching placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

matching placebo of sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) tablet with minimum dose 24/26 mg, maximum dose 97/103 mg twice daily administered orally.

Interventions

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sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696)

sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) tablet with minimum dose 24/26 mg, maximum dose 97/103 mg twice daily administered orally.

Intervention Type DRUG

Enalapril

Enalapril tablet with minimum dose 2.5 mg, maximum dose 10 mg twice daily administered orally.

Intervention Type DRUG

sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) matching placebo

matching placebo of sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) tablet with minimum dose 24/26 mg, maximum dose 97/103 mg twice daily administered orally.

Intervention Type DRUG

enalapril matching placebo

enalapril matching placebo tablet with minimum dose 2.5 mg, maximum dose 10 mg twice daily administered orally.

Intervention Type DRUG

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LCZ696

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Possess the capacity to provide written informed consent which must be obtained before any assessment is performed.
2. Currently hospitalized for ADHF. Patients with a diagnosis of acute heart failure had to have symptoms and signs of fluid overload (i.e. jugular venous distention, edema or rales on auscultation or pulmonary congestion on chest x-ray) at time of hospitalization.
3. Eligible patients will be randomized no earlier than 24 hours and up to ten days after presentation while still hospitalized as long as meet the following definition of stable status:

* SBP ≥100mm Hg for the preceding 6 hours prior to randomization; no symptomatic hypotension
* No increase (intensification) in i.v. diuretic dose within last 6 hours prior to randomization
* No i.v. inotropic drugs for 24 hours prior to randomization
* No i.v. vasodilators including nitrates within last 6 hours prior to randomization
4. LVEF ≤40% within the past 6 months (including current hospitalization) using echocardiography, multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA), CT scanning, MRI or ventricular angiography, provided no subsequent study documented an EF of \>40%.
5. Elevated NT-proBNP ≥ 1600pg/mL OR BNP ≥400 pg/mL during current hospitalization.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently taking sacubitril/valsartan tablets or any use within the past 30 days.
2. Enrollment in any other clinical trial involving an investigational agent or investigational device.
3. History of hypersensitivity, known or suspected contraindications, or intolerance to any of the study drugs, including ACEIs, ARBs, or Sacubitril (NEP inhibitor).
4. Patients with a known history of angioedema related to previous ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy.
5. Requirement of treatment with both ACE inhibitor and ARB.
6. eGFR \< 30 ml/min/1.73 m2 as measured by the simplified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula at screening.
7. Serum potassium \> 5.2 mEq/L at screening.
8. Known hepatic impairment (as evidenced by total bilirubin \> 3 mg/dL, or increased ammonia levels, if performed), or history of cirrhosis with evidence of portal hypertension such as varices
9. Acute coronary syndrome, stroke, transient ischemic attack; cardiac, carotid or other major CV surgery; percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or carotid angioplasty, within one month prior to Visit 1.
10. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive hCG laboratory test.
11. Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation precludes intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners have been sterilized by vasectomy or other means, UNLESS they are using two birth control methods.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

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References

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Velazquez EJ, Morrow DA, DeVore AD, Ambrosy AP, Duffy CI, McCague K, Hernandez AF, Rocha RA, Braunwald E. Rationale and design of the comParIson Of sacubitril/valsartaN versus Enalapril on Effect on nt-pRo-bnp in patients stabilized from an acute Heart Failure episode (PIONEER-HF) trial. Am Heart J. 2018 Apr;198:145-151. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.01.004. Epub 2018 Jan 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29653636 (View on PubMed)

Velazquez EJ, Morrow DA, DeVore AD, Duffy CI, Ambrosy AP, McCague K, Rocha R, Braunwald E; PIONEER-HF Investigators. Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. N Engl J Med. 2019 Feb 7;380(6):539-548. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1812851. Epub 2018 Nov 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30415601 (View on PubMed)

Morrow DA, Velazquez EJ, DeVore AD, Desai AS, Duffy CI, Ambrosy AP, Gurmu Y, McCague K, Rocha R, Braunwald E. Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Randomly Assigned to Sacubitril/Valsartan or Enalapril in the PIONEER-HF Trial. Circulation. 2019 May 7;139(19):2285-2288. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.039331. No abstract available.

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Morrow DA, Velazquez EJ, DeVore AD, Prescott MF, Duffy CI, Gurmu Y, McCague K, Rocha R, Braunwald E. Cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with acute decompensated heart failure randomized to sacubitril-valsartan or enalapril in the PIONEER-HF trial. Eur Heart J. 2019 Oct 21;40(40):3345-3352. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz240.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Berardi C, Braunwald E, Morrow DA, Mulder HS, Duffy CI, O'Brien TX, Ambrosy AP, Chakraborty H, Velazquez EJ, DeVore AD; PIONEER-HF Investigators. Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Black Americans: Data From the PIONEER-HF Trial. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Oct;8(10):859-866. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2020.06.019. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
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Ambrosy AP, Braunwald E, Morrow DA, DeVore AD, McCague K, Meng X, Duffy CI, Rocha R, Velazquez EJ; PIONEER-HF Investigators. Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition Based on History of Heart Failure and Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Antagonists. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Sep 1;76(9):1034-1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.073.

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Berg DD, Braunwald E, DeVore AD, Lala A, Pinney SP, Duffy CI, Gurmu Y, Velazquez EJ, Morrow DA. Efficacy and Safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan by Dose Level Achieved in the PIONEER-HF Trial. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Oct;8(10):834-843. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

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DeVore AD, Braunwald E, Morrow DA, Duffy CI, Ambrosy AP, Chakraborty H, McCague K, Rocha R, Velazquez EJ; PIONEER-HF Investigators. Initiation of Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Secondary Analysis of the Open-label Extension of the PIONEER-HF Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Feb 1;5(2):202-207. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.4665.

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PMID: 31825471 (View on PubMed)

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Related Links

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https://www.novctrd.com/ctrdweb/patientsummary/patientsummaries?patientSummaryId=338

A Plain Language Trial Summary is available on novartisclinicatrials.com

Other Identifiers

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CLCZ696BUS01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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