Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). HFrEF is a long-term condition where the left side of the heart does not pump blood out to the body as well as it should. Blood and fluid may collect in the lungs, blood vessels, and tissues causing shortness of breath or tiredness. Over time, heart failure can lead to other serious medical conditions that may result in hospital stays and death. Despite various available treatments for long-term HFrEF, people may experience worsening of their condition, called worsening heart failure events. Worsening heart failure events require the patient to either stay in the hospital or receive special treatment to remove excess water from the body. The drug vericiguat works by increasing the activity of an enzyme called soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). The sGC enzyme helps to regulate the heart and blood circulation. Vericiguat was recently approved in India for doctors to prescribe to people with HFrEF after they had a worsening heart failure event, with a request to specifically gather information on vericiguat therapy in Indians. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to learn more about how well vericiguat works in Indian people with HFrEF who receive vericiguat after a worsening heart failure event. Work well means to prevent: * death due to heart and circulatory events, or * hospital stays. Researchers will collect the number of participants treated with vericiguat who have either of this. To find out how safe vericiguat is, researchers will also collect the number of participants who have medical problems during the study. Doctors keep track of all medical problems, even if they do not think the adverse events might be related to the study treatments. The participants will take vericiguat as tablet by mouth and as prescribed by their doctors according to the local label. Each participant will be in the study for approximately 1 year including a screening period of up to 1 month. Up to 8 visits to the study site are planned. During the study, the study team will: * check vital signs * do physical examinations * examine heart health using electrocardiogram ECG and if needed echocardiography * take blood and urine samples
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
205
The recommended starting dose of vericiguat is 2.5 mg once daily, taken with food. The dose of vericiguat would be doubled approximately every 2 weeks to reach the target maintenance dose of 10 mg once daily, as tolerated by the participant.
Krishna Institute Of Medical Science
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sanjivani Super Speciality Hospital
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Rhythm Heart Institute
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Lisie Hospital
Kochi, Kerala, India
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Insti
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Vijan Cardiac & Critical Care Centre
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
Safdarjung Hospital
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Deep Hospital
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
...and 2 more locations
Occurrence of the composite of CV death or first hospitalization due to HF
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
Occurrence of CV death
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
Occurrence of first HF hospitalization
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
Occurrence of the composite of death due to all causes or first HF hospitalization
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
Occurrence of death due to all causes
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
Occurrence of adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), study interventionrelated AEs will be listed
Time frame: 14 days after end of treatment (EoT) visit (month 12) +1 week
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