Recent clinical trials have proven the cardiovascular benefits of new medications for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), especially sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. There are no existing randomized clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin (nor any other SGLT2-inhibitor) to limit cardiac remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Preventing cardiac remodeling, an established predictor of subsequent heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular death, is likely to translate into benefit in reducing clinical events in post-MI patients.
DAPA-PROTECTOR is a prospective multicenter, randomized, double blind, phase III trial. Patients with confirmed AMI (e.g., STEMI or very high-risk NSTEMI) with LV dysfunction (LVEF≤45%) after completion of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be assessed for eligibility. Patients will be randomized (in a 1:1 ratio) to receive dapagliflozin (10mg once day) or placebo for 6 months, on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines. Treatment will be prescribed as soon as possible after admission The first TTE (TTE-1) will be performed to confirm inclusion criteria (LVEF≤45%). Four visits are scheduled: at baseline and randomization (Visit D0), at discharge from the CICU (Visit 2) at Month 3 ±2 weeks (Visit 3), and at Month 6 (+ 4 weeks) (Visit 4). After randomization, Visit 2 and Visit 3 will be scheduled to check the tolerance of the drug. In addition, a phone call will be done to the patient to make sure he's not taking any Dapagliflozin (or equivalent as Empagliflozin) in addition to experimental treatment. Finally, the last visit (Visit 4) will be scheduled to collect clinical follow-up and to perform a TTE (TTE-2). Efficacy criteria will be assessed from randomization to Month 6 by TTE. All TTE results will be anonymized and centralized at a Corelab with assessment by independent cardiologists unaware of the patient treatment group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
450
Dapagliflozin (10 mg per day; per os) on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines\* for 6 months (experimental group) \*All patients will receive optimal medical therapy (including antithrombotic, beta-blockers, statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker or sacubitril/valsartan, diuretics, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor) according to their clinical condition as recommended.
Placebo daily on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines\* for 6 months (control group) \*All patients will receive optimal medical therapy (including antithrombotic, beta-blockers, statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker or sacubitril/valsartan, diuretics, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor) according to their clinical condition as recommended.
Department of Cardiology AP-HP Hôpital européen Georges - Pompidou
Paris, France
RECRUITINGChange in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) by TTE
Two primary endpoints will allow to evaluate two independent and potent predictors of mortality after AMI: 1) Cardiac systolic function, assessed by change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) ) by TTE; 2) Remodeling, assessed by change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) by TTE.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) by TTE
Two primary endpoints will allow to evaluate two independent and potent predictors of mortality after AMI: 1) Cardiac systolic function, assessed by change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) ) by TTE; 2) Remodeling, assessed by change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) by TTE.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in LV global longitudinal strain (LS)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left atrial strain (LAS)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Duration of hospital stay (index hospitalization)
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
All-cause mortality at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Cardiovascular death or worsening HF at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Number of re-admission due to HF at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (±1 month) from randomization
Change from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) in LVESV, LVEDV, LAV, LVEF, LV global LS, LAS and pulmonary congestion (normal lung, mild, moderate or severe ultrasound lung comets [ULCs]) using TTE at month 6
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) in plasma levels of NT-pro BNP and HBA1C
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in body weight from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks)
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Adverse events
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) of Adverse events with particular focus to those potentially related to dapagliflozin complications (e.g., all symptoms of volume depletion, major hypoglycemia, genital infections, diabetes ketoacidosis, changes in liver function parameters \[ASAT, ALAT ≥3 USN\]. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
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