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Oral Tonapofylline (BG9928) in Patients With Heart Failure and Renal Insufficiency (POSEIDON)

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Biogen

Status and phase

Terminated
Phase 2

Conditions

Heart Failure
Renal Insufficiency

Treatments

Drug: Tonapofylline
Drug: Placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00745316
161HF201

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of tonapofylline (BG9928) when given at different doses to patients with heart failure and renal insufficiency.

This study will also explore:

  • Disease related quality-of-life
  • Exercise capacity
  • Renal function
  • Concomitant medications

Enrollment

34 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Diagnosis of heart failure requiring hospitalization >1 and ≤12 months prior to screening
  • NYHA Class III or IV at the time of screening
  • Renal insufficiency as defined by eGFR ≥20 and ≤70 mL/min/1.73 m2
  • Negative pregnancy test

Exclusion criteria

  • History of an allergic reaction to any xanthine-containing compound.
  • History of seizure
  • History of stroke
  • Serious systemic infection
  • Sustained systolic blood pressure >170 or <90 mmHg
  • Myocardial infarction within 30 days of Day 1
  • Hemodynamically destabilizing arrhythmia within 30 days of Day 1
  • Uncorrected hemodynamically significant primary valvular disease
  • Known obstructive or restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiac surgery within 60 days prior to Day 1
  • Likely to undergo cardiac transplantation, device implantation, or other cardiac surgery within next three months
  • Evidence of malignancy within 6 months prior to Day 1.
  • Participation in any other investigational study of drugs or devices within 30 days prior to Day 1.
  • Receiving aminophylline, theophylline, pentoxifylline, dyphylline or adenosine
  • Presence of any clinically significant condition that might interfere with optimal safe participation in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Triple Blind

34 participants in 6 patient groups, including a placebo group

1
Experimental group
Description:
oral Dose 1
Treatment:
Drug: Tonapofylline
2
Experimental group
Description:
oral Dose 2
Treatment:
Drug: Tonapofylline
3
Experimental group
Description:
oral Dose 3
Treatment:
Drug: Tonapofylline
4
Experimental group
Description:
oral Dose 4
Treatment:
Drug: Tonapofylline
5
Experimental group
Description:
oral Dose 5
Treatment:
Drug: Tonapofylline
6
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Placebo - 2 capsules bid
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo

Trial contacts and locations

30

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