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Aortic Stenosis and PhosphodiEsterase Type 5 iNhibition (ASPEN): A Pilot Study

NCT01275339 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2019-04-17

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Summary

Currently, aortic stenosis (AS) is considered a "surgical disease" with no medical therapy available to improve any clinical outcomes, including symptoms, time to surgery, or long-term survival. Thus far, randomized studies involving statins have not been promising with respect to slowing progressive valve stenosis. Beyond the valve, two common consequences of aortic stenosis are hypertrophic remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) and pulmonary venous hypertension; each of these has been associated with worse heart failure symptoms, increased operative mortality, and worse long-term outcomes. Whether altering LV structural abnormalities, improving LV function, and/or reducing pulmonary artery pressures with medical therapy would improve clinical outcomes in patients with AS has not been tested. Animal models of pressure overload have demonstrated that phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibition influences nitric oxide (NO) - cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling in the LV and favorably impacts LV structure and function, but this has not been tested in humans with AS. Studies in humans with left-sided heart failure and pulmonary venous hypertension have shown that PDE5 inhibition improves functional capacity and quality of life, but patients with AS were not included in those studies. The investigators hypothesize that PDE5 inhibition with tadalafil will have a favorable impact on LV structure and function as well as pulmonary artery pressures. In this pilot study, the investigators anticipate that short-term administration of tadalafil to patients with AS will be safe and well-tolerated.

Conditions

  • Aortic Stenosis
  • LV Remodeling, Hypertrophy

Interventions

DRUG

Tadalafil

Active drug will be encapsulated to look identical to the placebo pill. Subjects will take a single oral dose of tadalafil once daily from the time of randomization until study completion (6 months). Subjects will begin by taking 20 mg (1 pill) daily for 3 days before having the dose increased to 40 mg (2 pills) once daily. If the increase to 40mg daily is not tolerated, then the dose will be decreased back to 20mg daily.

DRUG

Placebo

The placebo pill will be encapsulated to look identical to the active drug pill. Subjects will take a single oral dose of placebo once daily from the time of randomization until study completion (6 months). Subjects will begin by taking 1 pill daily for 3 days before having the dose increased to 2 pills once daily. If the increase to 2 pills is not tolerated, then the dose will be decreased back to 1 pill daily.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian R. Lindman, MD, MSCI · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-14
Completion
2017-04-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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