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A Study of Short-Term Outcomes and Economic Impact For Patients With Worsening Congestive Heart Failure When Natrecor (Nesiritide) is Added to Standard-Care Therapy, Compared to Administration of Placebo With Standard-Care Therapy

NCT00270387 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2012-12-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the clinical effects, safety profile, and economic impact of standard therapy plus Natrecor® (nesiritide, a recombinant form of the natural human peptide normally secreted by the heart in response to heart failure) to standard therapy plus placebo in patients who present to the Emergency Department with worsening congestive heart failure (CHF) and are treated in the Emergency Department /Observation Unit.

Conditions

  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Heart Failure, Congestive
  • Dyspnea, Paroxysma

Interventions

DRUG

Natrecor (nesiritide)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Scios, Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Scios, Inc. Clinical Trial · Scios, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-01-31
Completion
2002-01-31

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