Clinical trial NCT00634712: Candesartan Cilexetil in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity (CHARM Preserved)
Official title: Candesartan Cilexetil in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity. Clinical Study of Candesartan in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Congestive Heart Failure
Keywords: Congestive Heart Failure
Atacand
Candesartan
Lead sponsor: AstraZeneca
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2008-03-13
Enrollment: 734
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: A study to evaluate the effect of Atacand on patients with heart failure with preserved left ventricular function


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male or female aged 18 or above
* Congestive Heart Failure with symptoms for more than 4 weeks before starting study
* Provision of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current low blood pressure with symptoms
* Liver disease considered significant by the study doctor
* Pregnant or lactating females

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cardiovascular mortality or hospitalisation due to congestive heart failure
timeFrame: , 4, 6 weeks, 6 months, every 4 months thereafter until 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Cardiovascular mortality or hospitalisation for management of congestive heart failure, or non fatal MI
timeFrame: Cardiovascular mortality or hospitalisation for management of congestive heart failure, or non fatal MI
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
name: Dr Salim Yusuf
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Shen L, Jhund PS, Anand IS, Carson PE, Desai AS, Granger CB, Kober L, Komajda M, McKelvie RS, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD, Swedberg K, Zile MR, McMurray JJV. Developing and validating models to predict sudden death and pump failure death in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. Clin Res Cardiol. 2021 Aug;110(8):1234-1248. doi: 10.1007/s00392-020-01786-8. Epub 2020 Dec 10.
citation: Tromp J, Shen L, Jhund PS, Anand IS, Carson PE, Desai AS, Granger CB, Komajda M, McKelvie RS, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD, Kober L, Swedberg K, Zile MR, Pitt B, Lam CSP, McMurray JJV. Age-Related Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Aug 6;74(5):601-612. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.05.052.
citation: Lund LH, Claggett B, Liu J, Lam CS, Jhund PS, Rosano GM, Swedberg K, Yusuf S, Granger CB, Pfeffer MA, McMurray JJV, Solomon SD. Heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction in CHARM: characteristics, outcomes and effect of candesartan across the entire ejection fraction spectrum. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Aug;20(8):1230-1239. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1149. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
citation: Desai AS, Claggett B, Pfeffer MA, Bello N, Finn PV, Granger CB, McMurray JJ, Pocock S, Swedberg K, Yusuf S, Solomon SD. Influence of hospitalization for cardiovascular versus noncardiovascular reasons on subsequent mortality in patients with chronic heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Nov;7(6):895-902. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001567. Epub 2014 Oct 17.
citation: Preiss D, Zetterstrand S, McMurray JJ, Ostergren J, Michelson EL, Granger CB, Yusuf S, Swedberg K, Pfeffer MA, Gerstein HC, Sattar N; Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity Investigators. Predictors of development of diabetes in patients with chronic heart failure in the Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity (CHARM) program. Diabetes Care. 2009 May;32(5):915-20. doi: 10.2337/dc08-1709. Epub 2009 Feb 5.