TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationale and design of the enoximone clinical trials program
AU - Lowes, Brian D.
AU - Shakar, Simon F.
AU - Metra, Marco
AU - Feldman, Arthur M.
AU - Eichhorn, Eric
AU - Freytag, J. William
AU - Gerber, Michael J.
AU - Liard, Jean Francois
AU - Hartman, Craig
AU - Gorczynski, Rick
AU - Evans, Gwyn
AU - Linseman, Jennifer V.
AU - Stewart, Jennifer
AU - Robertson, Alastair D.
AU - Roecker, Ellen B.
AU - Demets, David L.
AU - Bristow, Michael R.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Background: Chronic heart failure is a disease syndrome characterized in its advanced stages by a poor quality of life, frequent hospitalizations, and a high risk of mortality. In advanced and ultra-advanced chronic heart failure, many treatment options, such as cardiac transplantation and mechanical devices, are severely limited by availability and cost. Short-term Phase II clinical trials suggest that low-dose oral inotropic therapy with enoximone may improve hemodynamics and exercise capacity, without adversely affecting mortality, in selected subjects with advanced chronic heart failure. Based on these data, the ability of enoximone to deliver safe and efficacious palliative treatment of advanced/ultra-advanced chronic heart failure is being evaluated in Phase III clinical trials. Methods and Results: The Enoximone Clinical Trials Program is a series of 4 clinical trials designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral enoximone in advanced chronic heart failure. ESSENTIAL I and II (The Studies of Oral Enoximone Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure) will investigate the effects of oral enoximone on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular hospitalization, submaximal exercise capacity, and quality of life in subjects with New York Heart Association Class III/IV chronic heart failure. EMOTE (Oral Enoximone in Intravenous Inotrope-Dependent Subjects) will evaluate the potential of oral enoximone to wean subjects with ultra-advanced chronic heart failure from chronic intravenous inotropic therapy to which they have been shown to be dependent. EMPOWER (Enoximone Plus Extended-Release Metoprolol Succinate in Subjects with Advanced Chronic Heart Failure) will explore the potential of enoximone to increase the tolerability of continuous release metoprolol in subjects shown previously to be hemodynamically intolerant to β-blocker treatment. Conclusion: These studies are Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials designed to test the general hypothesis that chronic oral administration of low doses of enoximone can produce beneficial effects in subjects with advanced or ultra-advanced chronic heart failure.
AB - Background: Chronic heart failure is a disease syndrome characterized in its advanced stages by a poor quality of life, frequent hospitalizations, and a high risk of mortality. In advanced and ultra-advanced chronic heart failure, many treatment options, such as cardiac transplantation and mechanical devices, are severely limited by availability and cost. Short-term Phase II clinical trials suggest that low-dose oral inotropic therapy with enoximone may improve hemodynamics and exercise capacity, without adversely affecting mortality, in selected subjects with advanced chronic heart failure. Based on these data, the ability of enoximone to deliver safe and efficacious palliative treatment of advanced/ultra-advanced chronic heart failure is being evaluated in Phase III clinical trials. Methods and Results: The Enoximone Clinical Trials Program is a series of 4 clinical trials designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral enoximone in advanced chronic heart failure. ESSENTIAL I and II (The Studies of Oral Enoximone Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure) will investigate the effects of oral enoximone on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular hospitalization, submaximal exercise capacity, and quality of life in subjects with New York Heart Association Class III/IV chronic heart failure. EMOTE (Oral Enoximone in Intravenous Inotrope-Dependent Subjects) will evaluate the potential of oral enoximone to wean subjects with ultra-advanced chronic heart failure from chronic intravenous inotropic therapy to which they have been shown to be dependent. EMPOWER (Enoximone Plus Extended-Release Metoprolol Succinate in Subjects with Advanced Chronic Heart Failure) will explore the potential of enoximone to increase the tolerability of continuous release metoprolol in subjects shown previously to be hemodynamically intolerant to β-blocker treatment. Conclusion: These studies are Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials designed to test the general hypothesis that chronic oral administration of low doses of enoximone can produce beneficial effects in subjects with advanced or ultra-advanced chronic heart failure.
KW - Chronic heart failure
KW - Enoximone
KW - Inotrope therapy
KW - Type III phosphodiesterase inhibitors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.10.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 16360960
AN - SCOPUS:29144515912
SN - 1071-9164
VL - 11
SP - 659
EP - 669
JO - Journal of Cardiac Failure
JF - Journal of Cardiac Failure
IS - 9
ER -