Please assess the completion status of the following clinical trial:

Trial Title: EMPagliflozin outcomE tRial in Patients With chrOnic heaRt Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (EMPEROR-Reduced)

Study Design Characteristics:
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Intervention Model: PARALLEL
- Observational Model: None
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Time Perspective: None
- Masking: DOUBLE
- Phase: PHASE3
- Number of Arms: 2.0

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion criteria:~* Male or female patient age \>= 18 years at screening. For Japan only: Age \>= 20 years at screening~* Patients with chronic HF (Chronic Heart Failure) NYHA (New York Heart Association Classification) class II-IV and reduced EF (Ejection Fraction) (LVEF (Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) \<=40%) and elevated NT-proBNP (N-terminal of the prohormone brain natriuretic peptide)~  * If EF \>= 36% to \<= 40%: NT-proBNP \>= 2500 pg/ml or patients without AF (atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter) and NT-proBNP \>= 5000 pg/ml for patients with AF~ * If EF \>= 31% to \<= 35%: NT-proBNP \>= 1000 pg/ml for patients without AF and NT-proBNP \>=2000 pg/ml for patients with AF~ * If EF\<= 30%: NT-proBNP \>= 600 pg/ml for patients without AF and NT-proBNP \>=1200 pg/ml for patients with AF~ * EF ≤ 40% and hospitalization for heart failure in the past 12 months: NTproBNP ≥ 600 pg/ml for patients without AF and NT-proBNP \>= 1200 pg/ml for patients with AF~* Appropriate dose of medical therapy for HF consistent with prevailing local and international CV (Cardiovascular) guidelines, stable for at least 1 week prior to Visit 1~* Appropriate use of medical devices such as cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) consistent with prevailing local or international CV guidelines~* Signed and dated written ICF (Informed Consent Form)~* Further inclusion criteria apply~Exclusion criteria:~* Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or other major cardiovascular surgery, stroke or TIA (Transient Ischaemic Attack) in past 90 days prior to Visit 1~* Heart transplant recipient, or listed for heart transplant~* Acute decompensated HF~* Systolic blood pressure (SBP) \>= 180 mmHg at Visit 2.~* Symptomatic hypotension and/or a SBP \< 100 mmHg~* Indication of liver disease~* Impaired renal function, defined as eGFR (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate) \< 20 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease - Epidemiology Collaboration Equation)) or requiring dialysis~* History of ketoacidosis~* Current use or prior use of a SGLT (Sodium-glucose co-transporter)-2 inhibitor or combined SGLT-1 and 2 inhibitor~* Currently enrolled in another investigational device or drug study~* Known allergy or hypersensitivity to empagliflozin or other SGLT-2 inhibitors~* Women who are pregnant, nursing, or who plan to become pregnant while in the trial~* Further exclusion criteria apply

- Gender: ALL
- Minimum Age: 18 Years
- Maximum Age: None
- Healthy Volunteers: f

Study Arms:
- Empagliflozin (Type: EXPERIMENTAL): None
- Placebo (Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR): None

Based on this trial design, predict the completion outcome and termination type (if applicable).

Answer: outcome: complete