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Intravenous Allopurinol to Improve Heart Function in Individuals With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

NCT00281255

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindBasic science

Summary

This study will determine whether an acute infusion of intravenous allopurinol improves the inotropic response to dobutamine in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) as measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).

Timeline

Start
2003-06
Primary completion
2013-06
Completion
2013-06

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Allopurinol Small molecule Intravenous
Background Dobutamine Small molecule