Oxypurinol Compared With Placebo for Class III-IV NYHA Congestive Heart Failure

Summary

The OPT-CHF (OxyPurinol Therapy for CHF) study is designed to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of oral oxypurinol vs. placebo in a randomized, double-blind, twenty-four week trial in 400 patients in up to 50 centers. Measures of clinical efficacy (NYHA class and Patient Global Assessment) as well as clinical outcomes (e.g., death, worsening heart failure, and hospitalization) will be assessed as a composite endpoint in this trial.

Timeline

Start

2003-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-06

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Oxypurinol did not produce clinical improvements in unselected patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure. PMID 18549913 ↗

Publications

• Hare JM, Mangal B, Brown J, Fisher C Jr, Freudenberger R, Colucci WS, Mann DL, Liu P, Givertz MM, Schwarz RP; OPT-CHF Investigators. Impact of oxypurinol in patients with symptomatic heart failure. Results of the OPT-CHF study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jun 17;51(24):2301-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.068.

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