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Effects of Nebivolol on Subclinical Left Ventricular dySfunction: A Comparative Study Against Metoprolol

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Primary Arterial Hypertension
Interventions
Drug: Corvitol
Registration Number
NCT00942487
Lead Sponsor
Berlin-Chemie Menarini
Brief Summary

Summary:

* Study title: Effects of Nebivolol on subclinical left ventricular dysfunction. A comparative study against Metoprolol. (ENESYS study)

* Study phase: 3

* Study design (parallel, cross-over, etc.), randomisation and blinding procedures, type of control (placebo or active): randomised, parallel, active-controlled, open label

* Study treatment(s)/drug(s): Nebivolol versus Metoprolol

* Patients:

* characteristics: patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy

* planned total number: 50

* Study duration:

* total enrolment period (months): 18

* treatment period (months): 6

* follow up period (months): 6

* Total study duration (months): 24

* Number of Centres: 1

* Country(ies): Romania (RO)

Detailed Description

STUDY OBJECTIVES

1. PRIMARY:

* Longitudinal myocardial velocities at rest (assessed by tissue Doppler echocardiography)

* Systolic functional reserve (calculated as the absolute and relative increase of the myocardial systolic velocities at peak stress from rest)

* Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP, NT-pro BNP) after a 6-months period of treatment with nebivolol versus metoprolol. An improvement of more than 20% of the myocardial resting velocities of systolic functional reserve is considered to be clinically relevant. The working hypothesis is that the improvement of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction after 6 months of treatment is going to be greater in patients who receive nebivolol than in those who receive metoprolol.

2. SECONDARY:

* Global systolic function (ejection fraction)

* Radial myocardial velocities

* Right ventricular function

* Global diastolic function

* Left ventricular mass index

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • aged 18 years or older, men and women, hospitalized and outpatients
  • with a history of primary arterial hypertension
  • with a daytime ambulatory blood pressure >140 and/or >90 mm Hg
  • with left ventricular hypertrophy: LVMI > 125 g/m2 for men, and > 110 g/m2 for women, by Devereux formula, as recommended by the ESH-ESC guidelines (14)
  • in sinus rhythm
  • consented, by signing the Informed Consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe arterial hypertension (systolic blood pressure > 180 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 110 mm Hg)
  • Any history of coronary heart disease (stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, myocardial infarction)
  • Any history of cerebrovascular disease
  • Renal impairment (creatinine > 1.5 mg% for men, > 1.4 mg% for women)
  • Left ventricular global systolic dysfunction (EF < 45%)
  • More than mild valvar (mitral or aortic) regurgitation
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Pericarditis
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Pregnancy or lactating women
  • Any significant co-morbidities
  • Contraindication to beta-blocker therapy
  • Concomitant treatment with other beta-blockers
  • Participation to another investigational study in the last 3 months

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
MetoprololCorvitol-
NebivololNebilet-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes of: longitudinal myocardial velocities at rest (assessed by TDE), systolic functional reserve (calculated as the absolute and relative increase of the myocardial systolic velocities at peak stress from rest), NT-proBNP6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Global systolic function (ejection fraction)6 months
Radial myocardial velocities6 months
Right ventricular function6 months
Global diastolic function6 months
Left ventricular mass index6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University and Emergency Hospital

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Bucharest, Romania

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