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Clinical Trials/NCT01901809
NCT01901809
Completed
Phase 4

Randomized Evaluation of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) Patients With Acute Heart Failure and Dopamine (ROPA-DOP) Trial

Johns Hopkins University1 site in 1 country90 target enrollmentAugust 2013

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Furosemide
Conditions
Heart Failure, Diastolic
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Enrollment
90
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Percent Change in Serum Creatinine at 72 Hours - Dopamine vs No Dopamine
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF) accounts for 40-50% of all heart failure patients with a frequency of hospital admissions for acute decompensation and short and long term mortality similar to patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). Patients with HFPEF are often preload dependent and despite admission to the hospital for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), are typically difficult to diurese due to the development of acute kidney injury. No studies have been performed evaluating treatment strategies for these patients. The investigators hypothesize that changing the method of diuresis and/or the addition of low-dose dopamine for the treatment of ADHF in patients with HFPEF will reduce renal injury, resulting in a shorter length of stay, and decrease hospital readmissions over the ensuing year. This trial will randomize patients to either bolus or continuous infusion furosemide and then to either dopamine or no dopamine. The primary endpoint will be renal function at 72 hours as measured by change in Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR). Secondary endpoints for readmission, functional capacity, quality of life, and amount of diuresis will also be collected.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
August 2013
End Date
May 2018
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Factorial
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Admission to Johns Hopkins Hospital for acute decompensated heart failure.
  • Patient ≥18 years of age
  • Estimated GFR of \> 15 milliliters/min/1.73m2 determined by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation
  • Willingness to provide informed consent
  • Known ejection fraction by noninvasive testing of \> 50% within 12 months of admission to the hospital with no interval myocardial infarction since inclusion transthoracic echo, by history, or by ECG.
  • Negative pregnancy test in a female of child bearing potential
  • Willingness of primary attending physician for patient to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Systolic BP \<90 mmHg on admission
  • Hemoglobin (Hgb) \< 8 g/dl
  • Known allergy or intolerance to furosemide or low dose dopamine.
  • Hemodynamically significant arrhythmias including ventricular tachycardia or defibrillator shock within 4 weeks
  • Acute coronary syndrome within 4 weeks
  • Cardiac diagnoses in addition to or other than HFpEF:
  • i. Active myocarditis ii. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy iii. Severe valvular disease iv. Restrictive or constrictive cardiomyopathy, including known amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, hemachromatosis v. Complex congenital heart disease vi. Constrictive pericarditis vii. Severe pulmonary hypertension (RVSP ≥ 60), not secondary to HFpEF
  • Non-cardiac pulmonary edema
  • Clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity
  • Received IV vasoactive treatment or ultra-filtration therapy for heart failure since initial presentation

Arms & Interventions

Bolus furosemide and no dopamine

If the patient is not on a prior diuretic dose, a standard dose of furosemide 40mg IV every 12 hrs, with total dose of 80 mg IV over 24 hrs will be initiated. If the patient is already on a prescribed diuretic dose, their outpatient dose will be doubled and administered as the equivalent IV dose every 12 hrs. (i.e if the prescribed dose is furosemide 80mg by mouth twice daily, the inpatient treatment dose will be furosemide 80mg IV twice daily).

Intervention: Furosemide

Continuous infusion furosemide and no dopamine

If the patient is not on a prior diuretic dose, a standard dose of furosemide 80mg IV over 24 hrs, will be initiated. If the patient is already on a prescribed diuretic dose, their outpatient dose will be doubled and administered as the equivalent IV dose continuously over 24 hrs. . (i.e. if the prescribed dose is furosemide 80mg by mouth twice daily, the inpatient treatment dose would be furosemide 160mg IV to be administered continuously over 24 hrs).

Intervention: Furosemide

Bolus furosemide plus dopamine

Intermittent furosemide diuretic therapy as outlined with the addition of dopamine at 3 µg/kg/min

Intervention: Furosemide

Bolus furosemide plus dopamine

Intermittent furosemide diuretic therapy as outlined with the addition of dopamine at 3 µg/kg/min

Intervention: Dopamine

Continuous furosemide plus dopamine

Continuous furosemide diuretic therapy as outlined with the addition of dopamine at 3 µg/kg/min

Intervention: Furosemide

Continuous furosemide plus dopamine

Continuous furosemide diuretic therapy as outlined with the addition of dopamine at 3 µg/kg/min

Intervention: Dopamine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percent Change in Serum Creatinine at 72 Hours - Dopamine vs No Dopamine

Time Frame: 72 hours

Percent change in serum creatinine from randomization to 72 hrs from treatment protocol initiation by dopamine strategy

Percent Change in Serum Creatinine at 72 Hours - Continuous vs Intermittent Diuretic

Time Frame: 72 hours

Percent change in serum creatinine from randomization to 72 hrs from treatment protocol initiation by diuretic strategy

Percent Change in Serum Creatinine at 72 Hours.

Time Frame: 72 hours

Percent change in serum creatinine from randomization to 72 hrs from treatment protocol initiation.

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