LEVosimendan to Improve Exercise Limitation in Patients With PH-HFpEF

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-85
SponsorTenax Therapeutics, Inc.

About this trial

This study will evaluate the efficacy of TNX-103 (oral levosimendan) compared with placebo in subjects with PH-HFpEF as measured by the change in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6 MWD; Day 1 to Week 12).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Men or women, greater than or equal to18 to 85 years of age.

NYHA Class II or III or NYHA class IV symptoms.

A diagnosis of World Health Organization (WHO) Group 2 PH-HFpEF with qualifying hemodynamics

Qualifying Baseline RHC.

Disqualifiers

A diagnosis of PH WHO Groups 1, 3, 4, or 5.

Echocardiographic evidence for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, constrictive pericarditis, cardiac amyloidosis, or infiltrative cardiomyopathy

Structural heart repair or replacement of the aortic valve or mitral valve (surgical or percutaneous). OR, planned valve intervention. OR, the presence of significant valve disease

A diagnosis of pre-existing lung disease

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TNX-103

    Drug

    oral levosimendan 1 mg

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Placebo

Treatment groups

230 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention
Group B: TNX-103Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Change in Six-minute walk distance

Time frame
12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

KCCQ

Change in KCCQ

Time frame
12 weeks
2

Clinical Worsening Events

Time frame
12 weeks
3

Change in NT-proBNP

Decreases in NT-proBNP may indicate an improvement in symptoms

Time frame
12 weeks
4

Change NYHA functional class

On a scale of I-IV. Lower scores may indicate improvement in symptoms

Time frame
12 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.

Lead sponsor

Medpace, Inc.

Collaborator

Northwestern University

Collaborator