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Study of High-dose Spironolactone vs. Placebo Therapy in Acute Heart Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02235077

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Official title

Aldosterone Targeted Neurohormonal Combined With Natriuresis Therapy - HF (ATHENA-HF)

Brief summary

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The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that high-dose spironolactone will lead to greater proportional reduction in NT-proBNP levels from randomization to 96 hours over standard of care.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02235077
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Duke University
Other
Enrollment
360 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Dec 29, 2014
Primary completion
Apr 11, 2016
Completion
Jun 5, 2016
Last update posted
Jun 13, 2017

2014 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
22
U.S. states
12
U.S. cities
15
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia 30322
Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Maryland 21287
Tufts Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02111
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115
Boston VA Healtcare System West Roxbury Massachusetts 02132
Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
Washington University St Louis Missouri 63110
Saint Louis University Hospital St Louis Missouri 63117
Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook New York 11794
Duke University Durham North Carolina 27705
Southeastern Regional Medical Center Lumberton North Carolina 28358
University Hospitals - Case Medical Center Cleveland Ohio 44106
Metro Health System Cleveland Ohio 44109
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Ohio 44195
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster Pennsylvania 17603
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107
Michael Debakey VA Medical Center Houston Texas 77030
University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City Utah 84132
Utah VA Medical Center Salt Lake City Utah 84132
The University of Vermont- Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington Vermont 05401

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