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Tolvaptan add-on Therapy to Overcome Loop Diuretic Resistance in Acute Heart Failure With Renal Dysfunction

Not Applicable
Conditions
Acute Heart Failure
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04331132
Lead Sponsor
Gia Dinh People Hospital
Brief Summary

Renal dysfunction, which comprises 10%-40% of acute heart failure patients (AHF), plays an important role in diuretic resistance mechanism. DR-AHF was designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of early tolvaptan (a vasopressin-2 receptor antagonist) add-on therapy in acute heart failure patients with renal dysfunction and clinical evidence of loop diuretic resistance.

Detailed Description

This is a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial, which will enroll 128 patients hospitalized due to AHF. These patients with wet-warm phenotype whose estimated glomerular filtration rates at admission are above 15 and below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, and cumulative urine output \<300 mL in 2 hours after the first dose of intravenous furosemide will be randomly assigned 1:1 to receive a standard care with uptitrating intravenous furosemide alone or a combination therapy with tolvaptan 15mg once daily for 2 days. The standard furosemide treatment will follow the modified 2019 Position Statement from the ESC Heart Failure Association. The primary endpoint is the cumulative urine output at 48 hour. Key secondary endpoints include the improvement of fractional excretion of sodium at 6 hour, the total dose of furosemide, the changes in the body weights, the net fluid loss, the lessening of diastolic dysfunction parameters on echocardiography, and the incidence of clinically relevant worsening renal function at 48 hour.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria
  • Admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of acute heart failure with wet-warm phenotype
  • Cumulative urine volume output < 300ml within 2 hours after the first dose of intravenous furosemide
  • eGFR at admission 15-60ml/min/1.73m2
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Anuria
  • Sepsis
  • Consciousness impairment
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Severe valvular heart diseases (severe valvular stenosis or regurgitation)
  • Admission sodium level > 140 mEq/L
  • Serum total bilirubin > 3 mg/dL
  • Serum potassium > 5.5 mmol/L
  • Allergy or contraindication for tolvaptan
  • Emergency indication for hemodialysis
  • Cardiogenic shock or mechanical circulation support

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Vasopressin-2 antagonist groupTolvaptan 15 MGTolvaptan 15mg once daily for 2 days will be added-on the furosemide strategy based on the modified 2019 Position Statement from the ESC Heart Failure Association
Conventional diuretic groupTolvaptan 15 MGThe conventional furosemide treatment will follow the modified 2019 Position Statement from the ESC Heart Failure Association
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cumulative urine volume output at 48h after randomizationHour 48

Urine volume in mL

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Symptom of dyspnea by 7-point Likert scale at 24h and 48h after randomizationHour 24, Hour 48

3: markedly better, 2: moderately better, 1: minimally better, 0: no change, -1: minimally worse, -2: moderately worse, -3: markedly worse

Changes in body weight at 24h and 48h after randomizationHour 24, Hour 48

weight in gram

Cumulative dose of furosemide at 48h after randomizationHour 48

Furosemide dose in mg

Incidence of clinically relevant worsening renal function at 24h and 48h after randomizationHour 24, Hour 48

An increase in serum creatinine ≥ 0.3 mg/dL within 48 hours accompanying doubling the dose of furosemide according to the diuretic treatment protocol

Changes in serum electrolytes measured at 12h, 24h and 48h after randomizationHour 12, Hour 24, Hour 48

Changes in serum sodium (mmol/L), potassium (mmol/L), chloride (mmol/L)

Changes in urine electrolyte excretion at 6h, 24h and 48hHour 6, Hour 24, Hour 48

Increase in sodium (mmol/L), potassium (mmol/L) and chloride (mmol/L) excretion adjusted for urine creatinine (umol/L)

Changes in NT-proBNP at 48h after randomizationHour 0, Hour 48

Changes in NT-proBNP (pg/mL)

Changes in mitral e' on echocardiographyHour 24, Hour 48

Average of septal e' (cm/s) and lateral e' (cm/s) on tissue doppler imaging in apical 4-chamber view

Changes in E/e' ratio on echocardiographyHour 24, Hour 48

The ratio between mitral E (cm/s) and average e' (cm/s)

Changes in left atrial volume on echocardiographyHour 24, Hour 48

Average of left atrial volumes (ml) by Simpson's rule in apical 4-chamber and 2-chamber view

Changes in tricuspid regurgitation maximal velocity on echocardiographyHour 24, Hour 48

Tricuspid regurgitation maximal velocity (m/s) by continuous wave doppler in apical 4-chamber view

Changes in inferior vena cava maximal diameter on echocardiographyHour 24, Hour 48

Inferior vena cava maximal diameter (mm) in subcostal view

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cardiology Department

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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