Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18-85 (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
study ends around

Description

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the study drug, levosimendan (given orally), compared to placebo in participants with pulmonary hypertension with heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF) as measured by the change in 6-Minute Walk Distance.

Official Title

A Phase 3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Details

Approximately 540 participants will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive an oral dose of levosimendan or placebo. Participants will be eligible for an open label extension (OLE) of 52-weeks.

Keywords

Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With HFpEF, PH-HFpEF, levosimendan, HFpEF, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension Group 2, TNX-103

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18-85

  1. Men or women, ≥18 to 85 years of age
  2. NYHA Class II or III or ambulatory NYHA Class IV symptoms
  3. A diagnosis of World Health Organization (WHO) Group 2 PH-HFpEF with qualifying hemodynamics verified by right heart catheterization (RHC)
  4. A qualifying baseline RHC
  5. A qualifying echocardiogram
  6. A qualifying 6-MWD
  7. A 48-hour ambulatory cardiac rhythm monitor during the Screening Period
  8. Requirements related to child bearing potential, contraception, and egg/sperm donation)

You CAN'T join if...

  1. A diagnosis of PH WHO Groups 1, 3, 4, or 5
  2. Echocardiographic evidence for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, constrictive pericarditis, cardiac amyloidosis, or infiltrative cardiomyopathy
  3. Structural heart repair or replacement of the aortic valve or mitral valve (surgical or percutaneous) OR, planned valve intervention OR, the presence of significant valve disease
  4. A diagnosis of pre-existing lung disease
  5. History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reaction or hypersensitivity to the excipients in the investigational product
  6. Major surgery within 60 days
  7. Prior heart, lung, or heart-lung transplants or life expectancy of <12 months
  8. History of clinically significant other diseases that may limit or complicate participation in the study

Locations

  • Tenax Investigational Site not yet accepting patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States
  • Tenax Investigational Site not yet accepting patients
    Sacramento California 95816 United States
  • Tenax Investigational Site not yet accepting patients
    Torrance California 90502 United States
  • Tenax Investigational Site not yet accepting patients
    Stanford California 94305-5208 United States
  • Tenax Investigational Site accepting new patients
    Reno Nevada 89502 United States
  • Tenax Investigational Site accepting new patients
    Austin Texas 78705 United States

Details

Status
accepting new patients at some sites,
but this study is not currently recruiting here
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
ID
NCT07288398
Phase
Phase 3 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 540 study participants
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