Renin-angiotensin System Blockade Benefits in Clinical Evolution and Ventricular Remodeling After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (RASTAVI)

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Clinical Trial

— RASTAVI  

Official title:

Beneficio Del Bloqueo Del Sistema Renina-angiotensina Sobre la evolución clínica y el Remodelado Ventricular Tras la colocación de Una prótesis percutánea aórtica (RASTAVI)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03201185
• Other study ID #: HCUValladolid
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: February 10, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators aim to demonstrate that ramipril after transcatheter aortic valve implantation has benefits in terms of prognosis, cardiovascular events and ventricular remodeling (MRI).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 194
• Est. completion date: August 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 13, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation due to severe aortic stenosis.

• Patients must give written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe mitral valvulopathy.

• Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF < 40%) with myocardial infarction or dilated cardiomyopathy.

• Patients on an ACEI or an ARB the last 3 months.

• History of hypersensitivity or allergy to any of the study drugs, drugs of similar chemical classes, ACEIs, ARBs, or NEP inhibitors as well as known or suspected contraindications to the study drugs.

• Non-MR-conditional cardiac devices.

• Estimated GFR < 30 ml/min. GFR between 30 and 50 ml/min will not receive gadolinium during MRI.

• Systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg or diastolic < 40 mmHg.

• Pregnant women.

• Participating in other investigational trial at the time of enrollment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacemen
• Ventricular Remodeling

Intervention

Drug:
• Ramipril
Initial dose: 2,5 mg. Up-titrated at one month to 5 mg and 10 mg at three months (following clinical practice recommendations for up-titration). Target dose: 10 mg (or maximum tolerated dose).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid	Valladolid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of participants that had the occurrence of cardiovascular events (cardiac death, heart failure admission and stroke).	Number of participants that had first occurrence of cardiovascular events, which is defined as either cardiac death or heart failure hospitalization or stroke	Up to 36 months
Secondary	Changes in left ventricular remodeling at 12 months assessed by cardiac MRI. Changes in left ventricle ejection fraction, ventricular dimenssions, ventricular mass and myocardial fibrosis will be measured	Myocardial fibrosis will be measured in grams	Up to 12 months
Secondary	Change from baseline to month 12 for the six minutes walk test in order to assess functional capacity.	Assessed by six minutes walk test at 12 months	Up to 12 months
Secondary	Number of patients dead due to cardiac causes.	Number of patients dead due to cardiac causes at 12 and 36 months.	Up to 12 and 36 months
Secondary	Number of patients admitted due to heart failure.	Number of patients admitted due to heart failure at 12 and 36 months.	Up to 12 and 36 months
Secondary	Number of patients with stroke (Defined as compatible symptoms or confirmed by imaging technique: MRI or CT) during the trial.	Number of patients with stroke during the trial at 12 and 36 months.	Up to 12 and 36 months
Secondary	Number of patients - All-cause mortality	All-cause mortality measures how many patients had this event at 12 and 36 months.	Up to 12 and 36 months