Peroral Levosimendan in Chronic Heart Failure

NCT00130884 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2007-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will investigate the efficacy of oral levosimendan in patients with chronic New York Heart Association (NYHA) IIIb-IV heart failure (HF) using a composite end-point evaluating patient symptoms, morbidity and mortality. The patients are on treatment for at least 6 months.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

levosimendan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Orion Corporation, Orion Pharma

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Markku S Nieminen, MD · Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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