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Effects of Ivabradine on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction. A Three-year International Multicentre Study (SHIFT)

Servier Protocol Code: CL3-16257-063 Sponsor: Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02441218 EudraCT Number: 2006-000708-18

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How to participate in this study
If you think you are eligible for this study (see
eligibility criteria
below), you can identify the location closest to you and contact them directly. If you can’t find a location close to you, please contact Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier (I.R.I.S.)
Name: Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Département des études cliniques
Phone number: +33 1 55 72 60 00
The study has 2 locations

Study description

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the superiority of ivabradine over placebo in the reduction of cardiovascular mortality or hospitalisation for worsening heart failure in patients with moderate to severe symptoms of chronic heart failure, a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and currently receiving recommended therapy for this disease.
Results
Conditions
Chronic Heart Failure
Interventions / Treatments
  • Ivabradine
  • Placebo
Other study id numbers
  • CL3-16257-063

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible age for the study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Sex

Male/Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

  • * Symptomatic Chronic heart failure (NYHA II, III or IV)
  • * Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF ≤ 35%)
  • * Sinus rhythm and resting heart rate ≥ 70 bpm
  • * Optimal and unchanged CHF medications or dosages

  • * Unstable condition within previous 4 weeks
  • * Myocardial infarction or coronary revascularisation within previous 2 months
  • * Stroke or transient cerebral ischaemia within previous 4 weeks
  • * Congenital heart disease
  • * Severe valvular disease
  • * Active myocarditis
  • * Permanent atrial fibrillation or flutter

How is the study designed?

Allocation
Randomized
Interventional study model
Parallel
Participant Group / Arm
Experimental: Ivabradine
Intervention / Treatment
Drug: Ivabradine
2.5mg, 5mg or 7.5mg tablets to be taken orally twice daily, at 12-hours intervals, in the morning and in the evening during meals up to 42 months.
Participant Group / Arm
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Intervention / Treatment
Drug: Placebo
Matching placebo tablets to be taken orally twice daily, at 12-hours intervals, in the morning and in the evening during meals up to 42 months.