Effects of Empagliflozin on Diuresis and Renal Function in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

NCT ID: NCT04049045

Last Updated: 2021-08-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-09-29
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-29

Brief Summary

Heart failure is the most common hospital admission diagnosis and shows increasing incidence and prevalence in Germany, the United States and worldwide. Improvements in the primary treatment conditions for e.g. myocardial infarction and reduced primary mortality has resulted in an increasing group of patients with secondary cardiac abnormalities including chronic heart failure.

Progressive cardiac dysfunction and failure are associated with exercise intolerance, volume retention, nocturia, dyspnoea among others. The most severe progression of heart failure is cardiac decompensation (also called: acute heart failure) and cardiogenic shock. Volume retention, abnormal renal function and diuretic resistance are hallmarks of this clinical phenotype. Currently, the only available treatment is diuresis through various combinations of diuretics and the addition of cardiac inotropes when cardiac hypoperfusion is documented. Patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) often develop a state of diuretic resistance characterized by a need of rising dosages of diuretics for adequate diuresis and urine production.

ADHF patients also show metabolic abnormalities including insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Empagliflozin is a potent and selective inhibitor of the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. By inhibiting SGLT2, empagliflozin reduces renal glucose reabsorption and increases urinary glucose excretion. In addition to reducing hyperglycaemia, empagliflozin is associated with osmotic diuresis, reductions in weight and blood pressure without increases in heart rate, and has favourable effects on markers of arterial stiffness and vascular resistance.

The investigators propose a single center exploratory study to test the hypothesis that the application of empagliflozin in addition to standard diuretic regimens increases urine output, decreases the need for further acceleration of diuretic regimens, and positively influences renal function as well as metabolism including insulin resistance in ADHF patients. Thereby, empagliflozin may be effective in the prevention of complex cardio metabolic alterations involved in ADHF.

Detailed Description

If feasible (run-in of patients into the hospital from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.) screening/baseline, enrolment, randomization and first dose of empagliflozin should be performed on the same day. In general, but especially in case of other run-in times (e.g. late evening, night and early morning hours) screening/baseline time period should not exceed 12 hours. In case a patient has to spend the night in hospital before randomization can be executed, a time period of up to 16 hours will not be counted as protocol deviation.

Conditions

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Verum arm

25 mg tablet of empagliflozin once daily for five days

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Empagliflozin 25 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Empagliflozin 25 mg film-coated tablets, for oral use administered once daily for 5 days in addition to routinely administered (weight adjusted) intravenous furosemide

Placebo arm

one tablet of the matching Placebo once daily for five days

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

matching Placebo, film-coated tablets, for oral use, matching to investigational product Jardiance® administered once daily for 5 days in addition to routinely administered (weight adjusted) intravenous furosemide

Interventions

Empagliflozin 25 mg

Empagliflozin 25 mg film-coated tablets, for oral use administered once daily for 5 days in addition to routinely administered (weight adjusted) intravenous furosemide

Intervention Type: DRUG

Placebo

matching Placebo, film-coated tablets, for oral use, matching to investigational product Jardiance® administered once daily for 5 days in addition to routinely administered (weight adjusted) intravenous furosemide

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients (age between 18-85 years) with acute decompensated heart failure (HF).
• Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) >100 pg/ml, or N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP)>300 pg/ml as defined by current clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of acute decompensated HF (European Society of Cardiology 2016 HF guideline)
• Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 or impaired glucose tolerance as defined by current clinical guidelines (German and International Diabetes Society 2016: HbA1c>6.5 % (upper limit for this clinical trial 12 %) or fasting glucose >7.0 mmol/l or any incidental glucose level >11.1 mmol/l or abnormal oral glucose tolerance test with 2h plasma glucose >7.8 mmol/l) or on antidiabetic medication or antidiabetic diet or patients with normal Glucose tolerance
• Patients without cognitive impairment, i.e. they must be capable of understanding the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and to form a rational intention in the light of the facts
• Written informed consent obtained
• For women with childbearing potential (until 2 years after menopause):

• Negative pregnancy test
• regular and correct use of a highly effective contraceptive method with an error rate of <1% per year (e.g. combined (estrogen and progesteron) hormonal contraception (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progesteron-only hormonal contraception (oral, injectable, implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS) tubal ligation (female sterilization), hormon donating intrauterine device ("hormonal spiral"), double barrier methods, sexual abstinence, vasectomy of the partner)

Exclusion Criteria

• Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with eGFR< 30 ml/min, or end-stage renal failure with the need for chronic dialysis treatment
• Acute kidney injury (AKI) ≥ Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) stage 2 or requiring dialysis treatment
• Current medication with SGLT-2 inhibitors
• Known intolerance or hypersensitivity to the active substance empagliflozin, lactose or any other of the excipients listed in section 6.1. of the summary of product characteristics (SmPC). A contraindication or intolerance to furosemide
• Acute heart failure without signs of congestion ("dry" patient)
• Indication for urgent coronary angiography or any planned administration of a iodine based contrast agent within the next 6 days
• Need for hemofiltration or any other form of extracorporeal therapy
• Planned surgery
• Previous participation in this trial or recent participation in another clinical trial (within the last 3 months before inclusion, so that medical product/s from previous trial participation/s have been fully washed out )Identification of any causes of heart failure leading to decompensation that needs urgent management (like acute coronary syndrome, severe unstable arrhythmias, mechanical causes, acute pulmonary embolism)
• Incapacity to understand and / or to provide written informed consent
• Ongoing reported alcohol abuse (daily alcohol intake of more than 2 drinks (liquor, beer or wine) in men and 1 drink in women, corresponding to 12/24 g of pure alcohol per day women / men and/ or obvious alcoholisation of the patient during screening )

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Zentrum für Klinische Studien Jena

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Christian Schulze

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Christian Schulze

Prof. Dr. med. P. Christian Schulze

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Christian Schulze, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Internal Medicine I, Jena University Hospital

Locations

Department of Internal Medicine I, Jena University Hospital

Jena, , Germany

Countries

Germany

References

Schulze PC, Bogoviku J, Westphal J, Aftanski P, Haertel F, Grund S, von Haehling S, Schumacher U, Mobius-Winkler S, Busch M. Effects of Early Empagliflozin Initiation on Diuresis and Kidney Function in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (EMPAG-HF). Circulation. 2022 Jul 26;146(4):289-298. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059038. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35766022 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

ZKSJ0109

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id