Levosimendan in Acute Heart Failure Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.

NCT00324766 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2012-06-26

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of a 24 hour infusion with levosimendan in patients with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure after acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

levosimendan

1 h infusion, 0.2 microgs/kg/min, 24 h infusion,0.1 microgs/kg/min

DRUG

placebo,

24 h, infusion

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Trygve Husebye, MD, · Department of Cardiology, Ulleval University Hospital

  • Geir Ø Andersen, MD, PhD · Department of Cardiology, Ulleval University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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