Phase IIb Safety and Efficacy Study of Four Dose Regimens of BAY1021189 in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Suffering From Worsening Chronic Heart Failure (SOCRATES-REDUCED)

Summary

Objective of the study is to find the optimal dose of the once daily oral soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator (sGC) BAY1021189 for Phase III that can be given in addition to standard therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Timeline

Start

2013-11-29

Primary completion

2015-05-14

Completion

2015-06-09

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper In primary analysis, change in log-transformed NT-proBNP levels from baseline to week 12 was not significantly different between the pooled vericiguat group PMID 26547357 ↗

paper vericiguat did not have a statistically significant effect on change in NT-proBNP level at 12 weeks PMID 26547357 ↗

Publications

• Results Pieske B, Butler J, Filippatos G, Lam C, Maggioni AP, Ponikowski P, Shah S, Solomon S, Kraigher-Krainer E, Samano ET, Scalise AV, Muller K, Roessig L, Gheorghiade M; SOCRATES Investigators and Coordinators. Rationale and design of the SOluble guanylate Cyclase stimulatoR in heArT failurE Studies (SOCRATES). Eur J Heart Fail. 2014 Sep;16(9):1026-38. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.135. Epub 2014 Jul 24.
• Results Gheorghiade M, Greene SJ, Butler J, Filippatos G, Lam CS, Maggioni AP, Ponikowski P, Shah SJ, Solomon SD, Kraigher-Krainer E, Samano ET, Muller K, Roessig L, Pieske B; SOCRATES-REDUCED Investigators and Coordinators. Effect of Vericiguat, a Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator, on Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients With Worsening Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: The SOCRATES-REDUCED Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2015 Dec 1;314(21):2251-62. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.15734.
• Ruehs H, Klein D, Frei M, Grevel J, Austin R, Becker C, Roessig L, Pieske B, Garmann D, Meyer M. Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Vericiguat in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2021 Nov;60(11):1407-1421. doi: 10.1007/s40262-021-01024-y. Epub 2021 Jun 4.
• Kramer F, Voss S, Roessig L, Igl BW, Butler J, Lam CSP, Maggioni AP, Shah SJ, Pieske B. Evaluation of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and uric acid in vericiguat-treated patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Sep;22(9):1675-1683. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1787. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Vericiguat	Other / unclassified	1.25 mg	Oral
Subject	Vericiguat	Other / unclassified	2.5 mg	Oral
Subject	Vericiguat	Other / unclassified	5 mg	Oral
Subject	Vericiguat	Other / unclassified	10 mg	Oral

Indications