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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
PHASE3
288 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-10-07
2028-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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As such, the overall objective is to evaluate the efficacy of pulsed IV corticosteroids therapy for the treatment of AM. It is proposed to test the efficacy of pulsed IV methylprednisolone in a single blind randomized controlled trial versus standard therapy on top of maximal support. The rationale for using pulsed corticosteroid therapy in the acute setting (within 3 weeks from cardiac symptoms' onset) to reduce myocardial inflammatory infiltrates favoring recovery appears strong. Nevertheless, no trial has tested this hypothesis in the very acute phase of AM, despite the high mortality rate of this condition and the fact that AM mainly affects young patients.
Currently, no specific medications in the acute phase of lymphocytic AM are recommended beyond supportive therapy with inotropes and t-MCS. One Cochrane review on corticosteroids showed that almost all studies focused on inflammatory cardiomyopathies with 6 months of symptoms of heart failure (HF), and despite an improvement of cardiac function observed in low quality and small size studies, there was no improvement in the survival. In the past, only one study assessed the efficacy of immunosuppression in AM, the Myocarditis Treatment Trial (MTT) that reported no benefit from immunosuppression. Neutral results in the MTT could be ascribed to a delay in the initiation of this potentially effective treatment. Thus, 55% of patients started immunosuppressive therapy after 1 month from the onset of myocarditis, when the left ventricle (LV) was already dilated, as highlighted by a mean LV end-diastolic diameter (EDD) of 64 mm. It is expected that patients with FM have normal LV dimension during the acute phase despite severe LV systolic dysfunction. Based on a study from PI group, it was observed that FM patients recover most of the LVEF in the first 2 weeks after admission, with a median absolute increase of 30%. This finding further suggests that an immunosuppressive treatment should be started as soon as possible to demonstrate effectiveness. As little has changed in the medical treatment of this condition in the last 30 years, identification of effective drugs is needed.
Patients admitted to hospital for suspected AM complicated by acute HF/cardiogenic shock and LV systolic dysfunction will be screened for randomization.
Patients will be randomized in the two arms in a 1:1 ratio (Pulsed methylprednisolone therapy vs Placebo). Randomization will be performed with stratification by country.
The primary objective is to demonstrate a reduction in the rate of the primary composite endpoint on patients treated with pulsed methylprednisolone therapy vs. standard therapy and maximal supportive care.
Endpoints will be analyzed according to the following principles:
* Intention-to-treat (ITT) population
* Per Protocol (PP) population:
* "Safety population"
* A sensitivity analysis will also be performed on the previously defined populations after excluding patients (1) with histological diagnosis of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) or (2) who did not reach the final diagnosis of acute myocarditis based on CMRI or histology.
Sample size calculation: we plan to recruit a total of 360 patients, and we expect that about 20% of these patients or local physicians will refuse randomization. This would leave a total of 288 randomized patients (144 per arm).
Considering as relevant a reduction in the probability to reach the primary endpoint at 6 months from 25% in the standard therapy on top of maximal supportive care arm to 12% in the pulsed corticosteroid therapy arm (absolute risk reduction of 13% in absolute corresponding to a hazard ratio (HR) pulsed corticosteroid therapy vs. standard therapy of 0.44), the planned sample size will allow achieving a power of 0.80 with a one-sided log-rank test and an overall type I error of 0.025. The 25% figure considered for the standard therapy derives from a retrospective analysis of the patient's cohort spanning over 20 years. The calculation includes an interim analysis planned at 50% recruitment (O\'Brien-Fleming method). This interim analysis is accounted for in the sample size calculation with an alpha level of 0.001525 (final analysis 0.023475 alpha level) and is planned on the primary endpoint to assess a possible early treatment effect. No specific stopping rules are planned, given the multiplicity of aspects involved, but the report on safety will be reviewed by the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) will advise on possible aspects of the trial that need reconsideration.
Sample size adaptation: We will consider, based on the DSMC advise an adaptive approach to sample size in two regards:
1. At the interim analysis, if the baseline incidence is lower than the expected 25%, the sample size calculation may be re-evaluated keeping the same HR of 0.44. For instance, if the observed incidence is 20%, maintaining the same HR of 0.44 (corresponding to an incidence of 9% in the pulsed corticosteroid therapy group, i.e. 11% in absolute risk reduction) the effective sample size needed to achieve 80% power should be increased to 360 patients. If the baseline incidence is higher than 25%, the planned actual sample size will achieve a power greater than 80% to detect a HR of 0.44 and no action will be taken.
2. Based on the conditional power method, and on the DSMC advise, we may reconsider if a less promising result than HR=0.4444 is worth pursuing, given the current observed estimate. This case would require an increase in sample size that will be discussed in terms of relevance and feasibility. For example, if at the planned interim analysis, the estimated absolute risk reduction is at least 10% (HR=0.56) with 25% baseline, and the conditional power of meeting this 10% target (instead of the planned 13%) would be at least 60%, the sample size may be increased to reach the 80% desired power. In this case, the final effective sample size should be increased to 254 patients per arm to preserve an 80% power of demonstrating the less marked difference. The flexibility allowed in the sample size estimate will be considered based on the evaluation of the interim report by the DSMC and no data will be disclosed on interim treatment estimates to the study coordinator and steering committee.
The overall duration of the study from first patient first visit to last patient last visit will be 39 months. The follow-up will be up to 6 months and with additional 3 months to lock the database. Enrollment will last 30 months.
In parallel, there will be a prospective registry of patients that are eligible for the trial, but they are not randomized.
A second registry, called MYOCARDITIS REGISTRY will prospectively recruit all patients with acute myocarditis demonstrated by CMRI or EMB who are not eligible for randomization (not all centers will take part in this registry).
The study is supported by a grant from Italian Ministry of Health (GR-2019-12368506) and Lombardy Region.
Exemption from the investigational new drug (IND) regulations by FDA on August 2nd, 2021 (PIND: 15727)
EudraCT identifier: 2021-000938-34
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Experimental arm
Pulsed corticosteroid therapy (methylprednisolone 1 g IV qd for 3 days diluted in saline solution 250 mL) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care
Methylprednisolone
Pulsed corticosteroid therapy (methylprednisolone 1 g IV qd for 3 days diluted in saline solution 250 mL) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care
Control arm
Placebo (saline solution 250 mL IV qd for 3 days) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care.
saline solution
Placebo (saline solution 250 mL IV qd for 3 days) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care.
Interventions
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Methylprednisolone
Pulsed corticosteroid therapy (methylprednisolone 1 g IV qd for 3 days diluted in saline solution 250 mL) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care
saline solution
Placebo (saline solution 250 mL IV qd for 3 days) on top of standard therapy and maximal supportive care.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age 18 years or older and below 70 years (18-69 years)
* Acute HF with clinically suspected acute myocarditis based on an N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration of 1600 pg/mL or more or a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration of 400 pg/mL or more;
* Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)\<41% and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LV-EDD)\<56 mm (parasternal long-axis view) on echocardiogram;
* Increased troponin (3x upper reference limit \[URL\]) at the time of randomization;
* Clinical onset of cardiac symptoms within 3 weeks from randomization;
* Excluded coronary artery disease by coronary angiogram in subjects ≥46 years of age, in case myocarditis is not histologically proven;
* Randomization within 120 hours from hospital admission.
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients already on oral/IV chronic corticosteroid therapy or other chronic immunosuppressive therapies (colchicine or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs \[NSAIDs\] are not considered immunosuppressive drugs);
* Contraindication to corticosteroids, including allergies to this medication and its excipients;
* Patients with persistent peripheral eosinophilia (persistent Eosinophil count \>7% of the leukocytes) or known hypereosinophilic syndrome at the time of randomization. Patients in whom eosinophilic myocarditis will be diagnosed on endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) will be included in the study if already randomized. Both patients included in the corticosteroids-treatment arm or in the placebo-treatment arm can receive the standard immunosuppressive therapy used in the center since the diagnosis;
* Myocarditis associated with the ongoing administration of anti-cancer immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) agents;
* Previously known chronic cardiac disease (i.e., previous cardiomyopathy) that does NOT include previous myocarditis if there is a functional recovery at the time of screening);
* Known chronic infective disease, such as HIV infection or tuberculosis;
* out-of-hospital cardiac arrest;
* t-MCS instituted more than 48 hours before randomization;
* Patients clinically judged too sick to initiate t-MCS (i.e., irreversible multiorgan failure);
* Echocardiographic presence of images suggestive of other cardiac diseases (i.e. endocarditis)
* Participants involved in another clinical trial;
* Pregnant women (known pregnancy) or POSITIVE human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test measures (urine/blood) for women of 18-50 years of age.
* Any other significant disease with expected life expectancy \<12 months (i.e., evidence of irreversible severe brain injury) or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the trial, or may influence the result of the trial, or the participant's ability to participate in the trial.
18 Years
69 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Ministry of Health, Italy
OTHER_GOV
Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
OTHER
University of Milano Bicocca
OTHER
Regione Lombardia
OTHER
Niguarda Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
University of Texas
Houston, Texas, United States
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Medical University of Graz
Graz, , Austria
Medical University Innsbruck
Innsbruck, , Austria
Medical University of Wien
Vienna, , Austria
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis
Aalst, , Belgium
Antwerp University Hospital
Edegem, , Belgium
Jessa Hospital Hasselt
Hasselt, , Belgium
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, , Belgium
Masaryk University and St. Anne's University Hospital
Brno, , Czechia
Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital
Prague, , Czechia
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine - IKEM
Prague, , Czechia
Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, , Finland
AOU Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I°-Lancisi-Salesi di Ancona
Ancona, , Italy
ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII
Bergamo, , Italy
Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, , Italy
ASST Spedali Civili
Brescia, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera "G.Brotzu"
Cagliari, , Italy
P.O. SS. Annunziata Chieti -ASL 2 Abruzzo
Chieti, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Florence, , Italy
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS
Genova, , Italy
Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) di Lecco
Lecco, , Italy
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, , Italy
Centro Cardiologico Monzino
Milan, , Italy
ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo
Monza, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Specialistica dei Colli - Ospedale Monaldi
Napoli, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma
Parma, , Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Pavia, , Italy
Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio
Pisa, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini di Roma
Roma, , Italy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Roma, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte
Siena, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Torino, , Italy
Presidio Ospedaliero Universitario "Santa Maria della Misericordia"
Udine, , Italy
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, , Slovenia
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)
A Coruña, , Spain
Bellvitge University Hospital
Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, , Spain
Hospital 12 de Octubre
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón in Madrid
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
Madrid, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, , Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Murcia, , Spain
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
Göthenburg, , Sweden
Lund University and Skåne University Hospital
Lund, , Sweden
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Stockholm, , Sweden
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Eric D Adler, MD
Role: primary
Angelo Nascimbene, MD
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Antonio Abbate, MD
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Roshanak Markley, MD
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Markus Wallner, MD
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Gerhard Poelzl, MD
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Max Lenz, MD
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Mark Heggermont, MD
Role: primary
Caroline Van De Heyning, MD
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Philippe Jr Timmermans, MD
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Walter Droogné, MD
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Jan Krejčí, MD
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Petr Kuchynka, MD
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Vojtech Melenovsky, MD
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Jukka Lehtonen, MD
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Marco Marini, MD
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Aurelia Grosu, MD
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Luciano Potena, MD
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Daniela Tomasoni, MD
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Marco Corda, MD
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Marco Zimarino, MD
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Francesco Cappelli, MD
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Roberta Della Bona, MD
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Roberto Spoladore, MD
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Jeness Campodonico, MD
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Davide Corsi, MD
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Francesco Loffredo, MD
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Diego Ardissino, MD
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Rita Camporotondo, MD
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Michele Emdin, MD
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Leonardo De Luca, MD
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Maria Lucia Narducci, MD
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Serafina Valente, MD
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Gaetano De Ferrari, MD
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Massimo Imazio, MD
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Andreja Černe, MD
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Maria G Crespo-Leiro, MD
Role: primary
Albert Ariza Sole, MD
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Alessandro Sionis, MD
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Aitor Uribarri, MD
Role: primary
Vanesa Bruña, MD
Role: primary
Manuel Martínez Sellés, MD
Role: primary
Fernando Domínguez, MD
Role: primary
Jose Manuel Garcia-Pinilla, MD
Role: primary
Domingo Pascual, MD
Role: primary
Entela Bollano, MD
Role: primary
Oscar Braun, MD
Role: primary
Ida Haugen Löfman, MD
Role: primary
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MYTHS
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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