Drug Compliance and Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure Dosed With Either Once-daily or Twice-daily Coreg

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare dosing compliance between study patients taking controlled release carvedilol once a day, and study patients taking immediate release carvedilol (Coreg) twice a day.

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2006-07

Completion

2006-07

Publications

• Udelson JE, Pressler SJ, Sackner-Bernstein J, Massaro J, Ordronneau P, Lukas MA, Hauptman PJ. Adherence with once daily versus twice daily carvedilol in patients with heart failure: the Compliance And Quality of Life Study Comparing Once-Daily Controlled-Release Carvedilol CR and Twice-Daily Immediate-Release Carvedilol IR in Patients with Heart Failure (CASPER) Trial. J Card Fail. 2009 Jun;15(5):385-93. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.12.010. Epub 2009 Feb 12.

Drugs

Indications