About this trial
Recent clinical trials have proven the cardiovascular benefits of new medications for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), especially sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. There are no existing randomized clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin (nor any other SGLT2-inhibitor) to limit cardiac remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.
Preventing cardiac remodeling, an established predictor of subsequent heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular death, is likely to translate into benefit in reducing clinical events in post-MI patients.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years;
STEMI (e.g., ST elevation above the J-point of ≥0.1 millivolt in ≥two contiguous leads or left bundle branch block) or very high-risk NSTEMI (e.g., dynamic ECG changes or ongoing chest pain or acute heart failure or hemodynamic instability independent of ECG changes or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias) with LV dysfunction (LVEF ≤45%); after completion of PCI or angiography procedure
eGFR ≥ 25 mL/Min per 1.73m²;
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) before first dosing >100 mmHg and/or Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >70 mmHg before first dosing;
Disqualifiers
Cardiogenic shock (SBP <90 mmHg with clinical signs of low output or patients requiring inotropic agents) at randomization;
Referred to surgery for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or treatment of acute complications (e.g. ventricular septal rupture);
Any other form of diabetes than diabetes type 2
History of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA); Known contra-indication to SGLT-2 inhibitors (hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption);
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Dapagliflozin propanediol (FORXIGA™/FARXIGA™1)
- Placebo comparator
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead sponsor
AstraZeneca
Collaborator