NCT02137733

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the non-inferiority of bisoprolol to carvedilol by evaluating tolerability (The probability that administered maintenance dose reaches the maximum will be determined as an indicator) as a primary endpoint when bisoprolol or carvedilol is administered for 48 weeks to Japanese chronic heart failure patients. In addition, the safety and efficacy of bisoprolol will be investigated.

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Enrollment
220

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

110 active sites

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

June 1, 2013

Completed
11 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 1, 2014

Completed
13 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 14, 2014

Completed
2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

May 14, 2014

Status Verified

May 1, 2014

Enrollment Period

2.9 years

First QC Date

May 1, 2014

Last Update Submit

May 10, 2014

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Tolerability: The probability that administered maintenance dose reaches the maximum (bisoprolol 5 mg/day, carvedilol 20 mg/day)

    48 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (14)

  • Efficacy: New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification

    24 and 48 weeks

  • Efficacy: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)

    24 and 48 weeks

  • Efficacy: Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume (LVEDV), Left Ventricular End Systolic Volume (LVESV)

    24 and 48 weeks

  • Efficacy: Heart rate

    24 and 48 weeks

  • Efficacy: Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

    24 and 48 weeks

  • +9 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Bisoprolol group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Daily oral administration of bisoprolol 0.625 mg tablet once a day should be given (Step 1). If tolerability is confirmed by an investigator, the dose should be increased to 1.25 mg (bisoprolol 0.625 mg, 2 tablets; or bisoprolol 2.5 mg, half tablet; once daily) (Step 2). In the same manner, the doses should be increased to 2.5 mg (bisoprolol 2.5 mg, 1 tablet; or bisoprolol 5 mg, half tablet; once daily, Step 3), to 3.75 mg (bisoprolol 2.5 mg, 1.5 tablets once daily, Step 4), and to 5 mg (bisoprolol 2.5 mg, 2 tablets; or bisoprolol 5 mg, 1 tablet; once daily, Step 5).

Drug: Bisoprolol

Carvedilol group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Daily oral administration of carvedilol 1.25 mg, 1 tablet twice a day (after breakfast and supper) should be given (Step 1). If tolerability is confirmed by an investigator after administering 2.5 mg/day of carvedilol, the dose should be increased to 5 mg (carvedilol 2.5 mg, 1 tablet twice daily) (Step 2). In the same manner, the dose should be increased to 10 mg (carvedilol 2.5 mg, 2 tablets twice daily, Step 3), to 15 mg (carvedilol 2.5 mg, 3 tablets twice daily, Step 4), and to 20 mg (carvedilol 10 mg, 1 tablet twice daily, Step 5).

Drug: Carvedilol

Interventions

Bisoprolol group
Carvedilol group

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years - 85 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • As a result of diagnosis and tests before registration, a patient who is considered by an investigator to meet all requirements and to have ability to consent can be enrolled.
  • Primary disease: In principle, ischemic heart disease or dilated cardiomyopathy.
  • Heart failure patients with 40% or less of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) .
  • Patients in NYHA functional classification Class II, III, or IV (including a medical history).
  • Basic treatment: In principle, patients undergoing treatment with an ACE inhibitor (or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)), a diuretic, a digitalis preparation, etc.
  • Patients who had not undergone treatment with a beta-blocker (except eye drops) within 8 weeks before the registration date.
  • Age: Patients aged 20 to less than 85 on the day of obtaining written informed consent.
  • Hospitalized/outpatient: Either hospitalized or outpatient status.
  • Gender: Male or Female

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients who are considered not to be candidates for administration of bisoprolol or carvedilol.
  • Patients who have developed acute myocardial infarction within 8 weeks before the registration day.
  • Patients who have history of stroke or serious cerebrovascular accident within 1 year before the registration day.
  • Patients with poor prognosis and life-threatening disease, such as malignant tumor, or such medical history within 5 years before the registration day.
  • Patients who are scheduled to undergo coronary revascularization (Coronary artery bypass grafting; CABG, Percutaneous coronary intervention; PCI) during the study period.
  • Patients who are pregnant, lactating, may become pregnant, or want to become pregnant during the study.
  • Patients from whom written informed consent cannot be obtained.
  • Patients who are judged by an investigator to be inappropriate for this study for any other reason.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (110)

Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Chukyo Hospital

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Nagoya City University Hospital

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Takezawa Clinic

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Akita University Hospital

Akita, Akita, Japan

RECRUITING

Hirosaki University School of Medicine & Hospital

Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

RECRUITING

Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital

Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

RECRUITING

Saiseikai Matsuyama Hospital

Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

RECRUITING

Ehime University Hospital

Tōon, Ehime, Japan

RECRUITING

University of Fukui Hospital

Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

RECRUITING

Hakujyuji Hospital

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Haradoi Hospital

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Kyushu University Hospital

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Chiyo Clinic

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Kitakyushu Municipal Yahata Hospital

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Takagi Hospital

Ōkawa, Fukuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Fukushima Daiichi Hospital

Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

RECRUITING

Ohara General Hospital

Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

RECRUITING

Gifu University Hospital

Gifu, Gifu, Japan

RECRUITING

Kizawa memorial hospital

Minokamo, Gifu, Japan

RECRUITING

Gunma University Hospital

Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

RECRUITING

Gunmaken Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital

Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

RECRUITING

Maebashi Red Cross Hospital

Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

RECRUITING

Ota Memorial Hospital

Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

RECRUITING

Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company

Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

RECRUITING

Hiroshima University Hospital

Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

RECRUITING

National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center

Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

RECRUITING

Shobara Red Cross Hospital

Shōbara, Hiroshima, Japan

RECRUITING

Hokkaido P.W.F.A.C Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital

Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Kihara cardiovascular clinic

Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Ebetsu City Hospital

Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Hokkaido Chuo Rosai Hospital

Iwami, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Otaru Kyokai Hospital

Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Hokkaido Medical Center

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

JR Sapporo Hospital

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

KKR Sapporo Medical Center

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Sapporo City General Hospital

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Sapporo Medical Center NTT East

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Sapporo Medical University Hospital

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Sunagawa City Medical Center

Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan

RECRUITING

Hyogo Brain and Heart Center

Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan

RECRUITING

Kobe University Hospital

Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan

RECRUITING

Hyogo College Of Medicine

Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

RECRUITING

Nishiwaki Municipal Hospital

Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Japan

RECRUITING

Hitachi General Hospital

Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

RECRUITING

Kanazawa Cardiovascular Hospital

Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Kanazawa University Hospital

Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Kagawa University

Kita-gun, Kagawa-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Tenyoukai Central Hospital

Kagoshima, Kagoshima-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Kitasato University Hospital

Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Nishi Yokohama Hospital

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Yokohamashintoshi Neurosurgical Hospital

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Kochi Medical School Hospital

Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

RECRUITING

Kumamoto University Hospital

Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

RECRUITING

Kyoto University Hospital

Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

RECRUITING

Takenaka Clinic

Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

RECRUITING

Tohoku University Hospital

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

RECRUITING

Nagasaki Goto Chuoh Hospital

Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan

RECRUITING

Ebisu-hospital

Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

RECRUITING

Medical Inc. Kosei-kai Nijigaoka Hospital

Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

RECRUITING

Nagasaki University Hospital

Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

RECRUITING

Nara Hospital Kinki University Faculty of Medicine

Ikoma, Nara, Japan

RECRUITING

Nara Prefecture Western Medical Center

Ikoma, Nara, Japan

RECRUITING

Nara Medical University

Kashihara, Nara, Japan

RECRUITING

Nara City Hospital

Nara, Nara, Japan

RECRUITING

Nara Prefecture General Medical Center

Nara, Nara, Japan

RECRUITING

Tsunan Metropolitan Hospital

Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata, Japan

RECRUITING

Kuwana hospital

Niigata, Niigata, Japan

RECRUITING

Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital

Niigata, Niigata, Japan

RECRUITING

Okayama University Hospital

Okayama, Okayama-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Ohama Daiichi Hospital

Naha, Okinawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Urasoe General Hospital

Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan

RECRUITING

Osaka National Hospital

Chuo, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Nozaki Tokushukai Hospital

Daitō, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Kansai Medical University Hirakata Hospital

Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine

Osaka, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

JCHO Osaka Hospital

Osaka, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Kitano Hospital

Osaka, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital

Osaka, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Suita, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Osaka University Hospital

Suita, Osaka, Japan

RECRUITING

Yayoigaoka Kage Hospital

Tosu, Saga-ken, Japan

RECRUITING

Saitama Medical University International Medical Center

Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

RECRUITING

Ikebukuro Hospital

Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

RECRUITING

Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University

Saitama, Saitama, Japan

RECRUITING

Kusatsu General Hospital

Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

RECRUITING

Hamamatsu University Hospital

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Juntendo Shizuoka Hospital

Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan

RECRUITING

Dokkyo Medical University

Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

RECRUITING

Ohta Clinic

Anan, Tokushima, Japan

RECRUITING

Tokushima University Hospital

Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

RECRUITING

Nishiarai Heart Center Hospital

Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Juntendo University Hospital

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Medical Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center

Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Minamino Heart Clinic

Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Hino Municipal Hospital

Hino, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Tokyo Medical Center

Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

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Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Daisankitashinagawa hospital

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Tokyo Medical University Hospital

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

RECRUITING

Tottori University Hospital

Yonago, Tottori, Japan

RECRUITING

Wakayama Medical University Hospital

Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

RECRUITING

Yamaguchi Grand Medical Center

Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan

RECRUITING

Shimonoseki City Hospital

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

RECRUITING

Yamaguchi University Hospital

Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

RECRUITING

Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital

Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan

RECRUITING

Kanoiwa General Hospital

Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

BisoprololCarvedilol

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

PhenoxypropanolaminesPropanolaminesAmino AlcoholsAlcoholsOrganic ChemicalsPropanolsAminesCarbazolesIndolesHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingHeterocyclic Compounds, Fused-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring

Study Officials

  • Hiroyuki Tsutsui

    Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 1, 2014

First Posted

May 14, 2014

Study Start

June 1, 2013

Primary Completion

May 1, 2016

Last Updated

May 14, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-05

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