NCT00000560

Brief Summary

To determine if addition of a beta-blocker to standard therapy in Class III and Class IV heart failure patients reduced total mortality.

Trial Health

100
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Timeline
Completed

Started Jun 1994

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 1994

Completed
5.3 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 1999

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 27, 1999

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 28, 1999

Completed
Last Updated

April 14, 2016

Status Verified

April 1, 2005

First QC Date

October 27, 1999

Last Update Submit

April 12, 2016

Conditions

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart DiseasesHeart Failure, CongestiveHeart Failure

Interventions

adrenergic beta antagonistsDRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 100 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Men and women, ages 18 and over. Patients had compensated congestive heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy or coronary disease with ejection fraction less than or equal to 0.35, were in the New York Heart Association functional class III or IV, and were taking an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, digitalis, and if needed, a diuretic. Patients with a specific indication for, or contraindication to, beta-blockade were excluded.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (18)

  • Design of the Beta-Blocker Evaluation Survival Trial (BEST). The BEST Steering Committee. Am J Cardiol. 1995 Jun 15;75(17):1220-3. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80766-8.

    PMID: 7778543BACKGROUND

  • Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial Investigators; Eichhorn EJ, Domanski MJ, Krause-Steinrauf H, Bristow MR, Lavori PW. A trial of the beta-blocker bucindolol in patients with advanced chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2001 May 31;344(22):1659-67. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200105313442202.

    PMID: 11386264BACKGROUND

  • Aranda JM, Krause-Steinrauf HJ, Greenberg BH, Heng MK, Kosolcharoen PK, Renlund DG, Thaneemit-Chen S, White M, Cintron GB. Comparison of the beta blocker bucindolol in younger versus older patients with heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Jun 1;89(11):1322-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02339-1. No abstract available.

    PMID: 12031741BACKGROUND

  • Anderson JL, Krause-Steinrauf H, Goldman S, Clemson BS, Domanski MJ, Hager WD, Murray DR, Mann DL, Massie BM, McNamara DM, Oren R, Rogers WJ; Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST) Investigators. Failure of benefit and early hazard of bucindolol for Class IV heart failure. J Card Fail. 2003 Aug;9(4):266-77. doi: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.42.

    PMID: 13680547BACKGROUND

  • Domanski M, Krause-Steinrauf H, Deedwania P, Follmann D, Ghali JK, Gilbert E, Haffner S, Katz R, Lindenfeld J, Lowes BD, Martin W, McGrew F, Bristow MR; BEST Investigators. The effect of diabetes on outcomes of patients with advanced heart failure in the BEST trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Sep 3;42(5):914-22. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00856-8.

    PMID: 12957443BACKGROUND

  • Eichhorn EJ, Grayburn PA, Mayer SA, St John Sutton M, Appleton C, Plehn J, Oh J, Greenberg B, DeMaria A, Frantz R, Krause-Steinrauf H. Myocardial contractile reserve by dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts improvement in ejection fraction with beta-blockade in patients with heart failure: the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST). Circulation. 2003 Nov 11;108(19):2336-41. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000097111.00170.7B. Epub 2003 Nov 3.

    PMID: 14597587BACKGROUND

  • Ghali JK, Krause-Steinrauf HJ, Adams KF, Khan SS, Rosenberg YD, Yancy CW, Young JB, Goldman S, Peberdy MA, Lindenfeld J. Gender differences in advanced heart failure: insights from the BEST study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Dec 17;42(12):2128-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.05.012.

    PMID: 14680739BACKGROUND

  • Lindenfeld J, Ghali JK, Krause-Steinrauf HJ, Khan S, Adams K, Goldman S, Peberdy MA, Yancy C, Thaneemit-Chen S, Larsen RL, Young J, Lowes B, Rosenberg YD; BEST Investigators. Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved survival in women with advanced heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;42(7):1238-45. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00938-0.

    PMID: 14522488BACKGROUND

  • Bristow MR, Krause-Steinrauf H, Nuzzo R, Liang CS, Lindenfeld J, Lowes BD, Hattler B, Abraham WT, Olson L, Krueger S, Thaneemit-Chen S, Hare JM, Loeb HS, Domanski MJ, Eichhorn EJ, Zelis R, Lavori P. Effect of baseline or changes in adrenergic activity on clinical outcomes in the beta-blocker evaluation of survival trial. Circulation. 2004 Sep 14;110(11):1437-42. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000141297.50027.A4. Epub 2004 Aug 30.

    PMID: 15337700BACKGROUND

  • O'Connor CM, Gottlieb S, Bourque JM, Krause-Steinrauf H, Anand I, Anderson JL, Plehn JF, Silver MA, White M, Carson P; BEST Investigators. Impact of nonfatal myocardial infarction on outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure and the effect of bucindolol therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 1;95(5):558-64. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.11.001.

    PMID: 15721091BACKGROUND

  • Grayburn PA, Appleton CP, DeMaria AN, Greenberg B, Lowes B, Oh J, Plehn JF, Rahko P, St John Sutton M, Eichhorn EJ; BEST Trial Echocardiographic Substudy Investigators. Echocardiographic predictors of morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced heart failure: the Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Apr 5;45(7):1064-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.12.069.

    PMID: 15808765BACKGROUND

  • Kristensen SL, Rorth R, Jhund PS, Shen L, Lee MMY, Petrie MC, Kober L, McMurray JJV; BEST Investigators. Microvascular complications in diabetes patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction-insights from the Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Nov;20(11):1549-1556. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1201. Epub 2018 May 4.

    PMID: 29727039DERIVED

  • Shen L, Jhund PS, Mogensen UM, Kober L, Claggett B, Rogers JK, McMurray JJV. Re-Examination of the BEST Trial Using Composite Outcomes, Including Emergency Department Visits. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Aug;5(8):591-599. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.04.005.

    PMID: 28774394DERIVED

  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Udelson J, Davis G, Bristow M. Changes in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Predict Survival and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Oct;9(10):e002962. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002962.

    PMID: 27656000DERIVED

  • Jones LG, Sin MK, Hage FG, Kheirbek RE, Morgan CJ, Zile MR, Wu WC, Deedwania P, Fonarow GC, Aronow WS, Prabhu SD, Fletcher RD, Ahmed A, Allman RM. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced chronic systolic heart failure receiving care at the Veterans Affairs versus other hospitals: insights from the Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST). Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Jan;8(1):17-24. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001300. Epub 2014 Dec 5.

    PMID: 25480782DERIVED

  • Aleong RG, Sauer WH, Davis G, Bristow MR. New-onset atrial fibrillation predicts heart failure progression. Am J Med. 2014 Oct;127(10):963-71. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.06.006. Epub 2014 Jun 12.

    PMID: 24931393DERIVED

  • Aleong RG, Sauer WH, Davis G, Murphy GA, Port JD, Anand IS, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Abraham WT, Liggett SB, Bristow MR. Prevention of atrial fibrillation by bucindolol is dependent on the beta(1)389 Arg/Gly adrenergic receptor polymorphism. JACC Heart Fail. 2013 Aug;1(4):338-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.04.002.

    PMID: 24159564DERIVED

  • O'Connor CM, Fiuzat M, Carson PE, Anand IS, Plehn JF, Gottlieb SS, Silver MA, Lindenfeld J, Miller AB, White M, Walsh R, Nelson P, Medway A, Davis G, Robertson AD, Port JD, Carr J, Murphy GA, Lazzeroni LC, Abraham WT, Liggett SB, Bristow MR. Combinatorial pharmacogenetic interactions of bucindolol and beta1, alpha2C adrenergic receptor polymorphisms. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e44324. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044324. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

    PMID: 23071495DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart DiseasesHeart Failure

Interventions

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adrenergic AntagonistsAdrenergic AgentsNeurotransmitter AgentsMolecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological ActionPharmacologic ActionsChemical Actions and UsesPhysiological Effects of Drugs

Study Officials

  • Philip Lavori

    Veterans Administration Hospital

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Sponsor Type
NIH

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 1999

First Posted

October 28, 1999

Study Start

June 1, 1994

Study Completion

September 1, 1999

Last Updated

April 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2005-04