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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01970501
Other study ID # BUC-CLIN-303
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date April 2014
Est. completion date December 28, 2017

Study information

Verified date September 2022
Source ARCA Biopharma, Inc.
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is being done to compare the effects of bucindolol hydrochloride (bucindolol) to metoprolol succinate (Toprol-XL) on the recurrence of symptomatic atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in patients with heart failure who have a specific genotype for the beta-1 adrenergic receptor.


Description:

The goal of the GENETIC-AF trial is to demonstrate the superiority of pharmacogenetically targeted bucindolol compared to metoprolol for the prevention of symptomatic atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in a genotype-defined population with heart failure and/or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction at high risk of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter recurrence.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 267
Est. completion date December 28, 2017
Est. primary completion date December 28, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Key Inclusion Criteria: - Must weigh at least 40 kg - Possess the ß1389 Arg/Arg genotype - Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) < 0.50 assessed within 12 months prior to Screening - At least one episode of symptomatic paroxysmal or persistent AF within 180 days of Screening - Clinically appropriate for electrical cardioversion (ECV) if AF/AFL is present after study drug initiation - Receiving appropriate anticoagulation therapy prior to Randomization Key Exclusion Criteria: - NYHA Class IV symptoms at the time of Randomization - Significant fluid overload at Randomization - Permanent AF at Screening - More than two previous ECV within 6 months of Randomization or if the most recent ECV failed to produce SR - Presence of an LVAD, or likely to requirement LVAD placement within 6 months of Randomization - History of a successful atrioventricular (AV) node ablation - History of an AF/AFL ablation within 30 days of Randomization - Evidence of an appropriate firing of an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) device for ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) within 90 days of Randomization

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
bucindolol hydrochloride

metoprolol succinate

Other:
Placebo oral capsule


Locations

Country Name City State
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #612 Calgary Alberta
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #611 Cambridge Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #621 Cambridge Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #601 Hamilton Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #609 London Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #603 Montreal Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #607 Montreal Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #614 Montreal Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #623 Newmarket Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #618 Oshawa Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #613 Ottawa Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #615 Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #625 Saint-Jerome Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #602 Sherbrooke Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #619 Toronto Ontario
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #626 Trois-Rivières Quebec
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #624 Vancouver British Columbia
Canada ARCA Clinical Research Site #616 Waterloo Ontario
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #726 Budapest
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #727 Budapest
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #728 Budapest
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #729 Budapest
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #733 Debrecen
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #732 Kaposvar
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #730 Pecs
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #731 Szeged
Hungary ARCA Clinical Research Site #734 Szolnok
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #781 Capelle aan den IJssel
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #779 Gorinchem
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #776 Groningen
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #780 Helmond
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #782 Leiderdorp
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #786 Roosendaal
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #777 Sneek
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #783 Stadskanaal
Netherlands ARCA Clinical Research Site #784 Tiel
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #752 Bialystok
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #757 Gdansk
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #753 Krakow
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #751 Lodz
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #755 Lodz
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #758 Lublin
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #754 Warsaw
Poland ARCA Clinical Research Site #756 Wroclaw
Serbia ARCA Clinical Research Site #806 Belgrade
Serbia ARCA Clinical Research Site #807 Belgrade
Serbia ARCA Clinical Research Site #801 Kragujevac
Serbia ARCA Clinical Research Site #804 Niš
Serbia ARCA Clinical Research Site #805 Niš
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #173 Akron Ohio
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site # 179 Albany New York
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #157 Anchorage Alaska
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #351 Athens Georgia
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #389 Atlanta Georgia
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #153 Aurora Colorado
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #398 Baltimore Maryland
United States ARCA Clinical Site #391 Charlottesville Virginia
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #392 Cincinnati Ohio
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #322 Cleveland Ohio
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #151 Columbus Ohio
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #387 Dallas Texas
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #380 Denver Colorado
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #181 Durham North Carolina
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #381 East Palo Alto California
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #161 Elmer New Jersey
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #386 Falls Church Virginia
United States ARCA Clinical Site #393 Germantown Tennessee
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #349 Greensboro North Carolina
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #303 Hammond Indiana
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site # 189 Hershey Pennsylvania
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #202 Hillsborough New Jersey
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #388 Iowa City Iowa
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #198 Jackson Tennessee
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #109 Lancaster Pennsylvania
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #152 Lincoln Nebraska
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #186 Loma Linda California
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #200 Manassas Virginia
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #195 Miami Florida
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #156 Minneapolis Minnesota
United States ARCA Clinical Site #396 New Orleans Louisiana
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #397 New York New York
United States ARCA Research Site #131 Norfolk Virginia
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #342 Oakbrook Terrace Illinois
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #399 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #320 Pasadena California
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #133 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #383 Phoenix Arizona
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #385 Phoenix Arizona
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #115 Portland Oregon
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #196 Puyallup Washington
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #108 Saint Louis Missouri
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #201 Saint Louis Missouri
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #174 Saint Paul Minnesota
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #379 Salt Lake City Utah
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #390 Stanford California
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #184 Tampa Florida
United States ARCA Clinical Research Site #127 Ypsilanti Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
ARCA Biopharma, Inc. Medtronic

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada,  Hungary,  Netherlands,  Poland,  Serbia, 

References & Publications (4)

Aleong RG, Sauer WH, Davis G, Murphy GA, Port JD, Anand IS, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Abraham WT, Liggett SB, Bristow MR. Prevention of atrial fibrillation by bucindolol is dependent on the beta1389 Arg/Gly adrenergic receptor polymorphism. JACC Heart Fail. 2013 Aug;1(4):338-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.04.002. — View Citation

Kao DP, Davis G, Aleong R, O'Connor CM, Fiuzat M, Carson PE, Anand IS, Plehn JF, Gottlieb SS, Silver MA, Lindenfeld J, Miller AB, White M, Murphy GA, Sauer W, Bristow MR. Effect of bucindolol on heart failure outcomes and heart rate response in patients with reduced ejection fraction heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Eur J Heart Fail. 2013 Mar;15(3):324-33. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs181. Epub 2012 Dec 7. — View Citation

Liggett SB, Mialet-Perez J, Thaneemit-Chen S, Weber SA, Greene SM, Hodne D, Nelson B, Morrison J, Domanski MJ, Wagoner LE, Abraham WT, Anderson JL, Carlquist JF, Krause-Steinrauf HJ, Lazzeroni LC, Port JD, Lavori PW, Bristow MR. A polymorphism within a conserved beta(1)-adrenergic receptor motif alters cardiac function and beta-blocker response in human heart failure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 25;103(30):11288-93. Epub 2006 Jul 14. — View Citation

O'Connor CM, Fiuzat M, Carson PE, Anand IS, Plehn JF, Gottlieb SS, Silver MA, Lindenfeld J, Miller AB, White M, Walsh R, Nelson P, Medway A, Davis G, Robertson AD, Port JD, Carr J, Murphy GA, Lazzeroni LC, Abraham WT, Liggett SB, Bristow MR. Combinatorial pharmacogenetic interactions of bucindolol and ß1, a2C adrenergic receptor polymorphisms. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e44324. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044324. Epub 2012 Oct 10. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Time to First Event of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter (AF/AFL) or All Cause Mortality (ACM) During the 24-week Follow-up Period After Establishment of Stable Sinus Rhythm (SR) on Study Drug [End of Treatment Week 24]. Time-to-event is calculated as the date of the event minus the date of initiation of efficacy follow-up, with 1 added in order to include both the start date and end date of the interval. Cox's proportional hazards model will be used to calculate estimated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. The calculations will be performed with the SAS PHREG procedure, with the stratification variables specified in the STRATA statement and the treatment group comparator and any covariates being examined specified in the MODEL statement. For the primary endpoint, the appropriateness of assuming proportional hazards will be explored by the graphing of log (-log(survival function)) over follow-up for each treatment group. end of treatment week 24
Secondary Time to First Event of Symptomatic or Asymptomatic AF/AFL or ACM During the 24-week Follow-up Period After Establishment of Stable SR on Study Drug [End of Treatment Week 24] Number of days on study medication before participant experienced symptomatic or asymptomatic atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, or all-cause mortality during the 24 week follow up period. end of treatment week 24
Secondary Number of Patients With Adequate Ventricular Rate Control During the 24-week Follow-up Period Number of patients with adequate ventricular rate control following the start of medication during the 24-week Follow-up Period end of treatment week 24
Secondary Total Number of Hospitalization Days Per Patient (All-cause) During the Total Study Period (24 Weeks) Total number of hospitalization days per patient (all-cause) following the start of study medication during the Total Study Period (24 weeks). Hospitalization was defined by a hospital admission (note that same day admit and discharge equates to 0 days duration), ER visits were not counted as events. 24 weeks