Benefit of the Treatment With Testosterone in Chronic Heart Failure Testosterone Deficiency Subjects

Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine whether intermittent administration of testosterone against placebo is associated with a reduction of mortality and heart failure hospitalizations at 1 year, in male patients with advanced heart failure and testosterone deficiency.

Timeline

Start

2011-03

Primary completion

2014-03

Completion

2014-03

Publications

• Background Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Banegas Banegas JR, Guallar-Castillon P. [Epidemiology of heart failure]. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2004 Feb;57(2):163-70. Spanish.
• Background Bristow MR, Saxon LA, Boehmer J, Krueger S, Kass DA, De Marco T, Carson P, DiCarlo L, DeMets D, White BG, DeVries DW, Feldman AM; Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) Investigators. Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 20;350(21):2140-50. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa032423.
• Background Pugh PJ, English KM, Jones TH, Channer KS. Testosterone: a natural tonic for the failing heart? QJM. 2000 Oct;93(10):689-94. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/93.10.689. No abstract available.
• Background Malkin C, Jones T, Channer K. Testosterone in chronic heart failure. Front Horm Res. 2009;37:183-196. doi: 10.1159/000176053.
• Background Pugh PJ, Jones RD, Jones TH, Channer KS. Heart failure as an inflammatory condition: potential role for androgens as immune modulators. Eur J Heart Fail. 2002 Dec;4(6):673-80. doi: 10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00162-9.
• Background Anker SD, Al-Nasser FO. Chronic heart failure as a metabolic disorder. Heart Fail Monit. 2000;1(2):42-9.
• Background Anker SD, Chua TP, Ponikowski P, Harrington D, Swan JW, Kox WJ, Poole-Wilson PA, Coats AJ. Hormonal changes and catabolic/anabolic imbalance in chronic heart failure and their importance for cardiac cachexia. Circulation. 1997 Jul 15;96(2):526-34. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.96.2.526.
• Background Kontoleon PE, Anastasiou-Nana MI, Papapetrou PD, Alexopoulos G, Ktenas V, Rapti AC, Tsagalou EP, Nanas JN. Hormonal profile in patients with congestive heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 2003 Feb;87(2-3):179-83. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(02)00212-7.
• Background Moriyama Y, Yasue H, Yoshimura M, Mizuno Y, Nishiyama K, Tsunoda R, Kawano H, Kugiyama K, Ogawa H, Saito Y, Nakao K. The plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate are decreased in patients with chronic heart failure in proportion to the severity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000 May;85(5):1834-40. doi: 10.1210/jcem.85.5.6568.
• Background Jankowska EA, Biel B, Majda J, Szklarska A, Lopuszanska M, Medras M, Anker SD, Banasiak W, Poole-Wilson PA, Ponikowski P. Anabolic deficiency in men with chronic heart failure: prevalence and detrimental impact on survival. Circulation. 2006 Oct 24;114(17):1829-37. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.649426. Epub 2006 Oct 9.
• Background Jankowska EA, Filippatos G, Ponikowska B, Borodulin-Nadzieja L, Anker SD, Banasiak W, Poole-Wilson PA, Ponikowski P. Reduction in circulating testosterone relates to exercise capacity in men with chronic heart failure. J Card Fail. 2009 Jun;15(5):442-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.12.011. Epub 2009 Feb 10.
• Background P Peñafiel, DA Pascual, B. Redondo, P Nicolas, PL Tornel, J Sanchez-Mas, G de la Morena, M Valdés. Anabolic deficiency as determinant of functional impairment and prognosis in heart failure patients. European journal of Heart Failure 2007;6(supl 1):146.
• Background Pugh PJ, Jones TH, Channer KS. Acute haemodynamic effects of testosterone in men with chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2003 May;24(10):909-15. doi: 10.1016/s0195-668x(03)00083-6.
• Background Malkin CJ, Jones TH, Channer KS. The effect of testosterone on insulin sensitivity in men with heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Jan;9(1):44-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.04.006. Epub 2006 Jul 7.
• Background Rauchhaus M, Doehner W, Anker SD. Heart failure therapy: testosterone replacement and its implications. Eur Heart J. 2006 Jan;27(1):10-2. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi653. Epub 2005 Nov 16. No abstract available.
• Background Pugh PJ, Jones RD, West JN, Jones TH, Channer KS. Testosterone treatment for men with chronic heart failure. Heart. 2004 Apr;90(4):446-7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014639. No abstract available.
• Background Malkin CJ, Pugh PJ, West JN, van Beek EJ, Jones TH, Channer KS. Testosterone therapy in men with moderate severity heart failure: a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial. Eur Heart J. 2006 Jan;27(1):57-64. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi443. Epub 2005 Aug 10.
• Background Caminiti G, Volterrani M, Iellamo F, Marazzi G, Massaro R, Miceli M, Mammi C, Piepoli M, Fini M, Rosano GM. Effect of long-acting testosterone treatment on functional exercise capacity, skeletal muscle performance, insulin resistance, and baroreflex sensitivity in elderly patients with chronic heart failure a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 1;54(10):919-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.078.
• Background Aukrust P, Ueland T, Gullestad L, Yndestad A. Testosterone: a novel therapeutic approach in chronic heart failure? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 1;54(10):928-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.05.039. No abstract available.
• Background Pascual-Figal DA, Tornel PL, Valdes M. Letter by Pascual-Figal et al regarding article, "Anabolic deficiency in men with chronic heart failure: prevalence and detrimental impact on survival". Circulation. 2007 May 29;115(21):e548; author reply e549. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.685040. No abstract available.
• Navarro-Penalver M, Perez-Martinez MT, Gomez-Bueno M, Garcia-Pavia P, Lupon-Roses J, Roig-Minguell E, Comin-Colet J, Bayes-Genis A, Noguera JA, Pascual-Figal DA. Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Deficient Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Pilot Study. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Nov;23(6):543-550. doi: 10.1177/1074248418784020. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

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