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Myocardial IschemiaPhase 2NCT00570089

Microvascular Coronary Disease In Women: Impact Of Ranolazine

A Phase 2 study testing Ranolazine in people with Myocardial Ischemia, run by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

1. To evaluate the impact of ranolazine extended-release tablets in women with subendocardial ischemia due to microvascular endothelial dysfunction on myocardial ischemia (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) extent, severity. 2. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age, women only
Conditions the study is for
Myocardial Ischemia
What is being tested?
Ranolazine
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2007to Dec 2009
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Women with signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia (chest pain, abnormal stress testing, abnormal noninvasive testing) in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (epicardial coronary stenosis <50% luminal diameter stenosis).
  • Women with ≥10% myocardial ischemia by CMR perfusion.

Who cannot join

  • Contraindications to withholding nitrates, beta-blockers, calcium channel agents, ACE/ARB agents for 48 hours prior to testing.
  • Contraindications in CMR including AICD, pacemaker, untreatable claustrophobia or known angio-edema.
  • Contraindications to ranolazine including hepatic insufficiency, prolonged QT, renal failure.
  • Women taking drugs that inhibit CYP3A such as diltiazem, verapamil, ketoconazole, macrolides or HIV protease inhibitors.
  • Women less than 18 years of age.
  • Women on drugs that prolong the QT interval such as Class Ia or III antiarrhythmic agents, erythromycin, certain antipsychotics.
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding.
  • Life expectancy less than 6 months.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • AHSP

    Los Angeles, California, 90048

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About this study

  1. To evaluate the impact of ranolazine extended-release tablets in women with subendocardial ischemia due to microvascular endothelial dysfunction on myocardial ischemia (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) extent, severity.
  2. To evaluate the impact of ranolazine extended-release tablets in women with subendocardial ischemia due to microvascular endothelial dysfunction on the outcomes of angina (Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), WISE angina frequency, Duke Activity Status Inventory(DASI) and SF-36).
Read the detailed description

Interested women will be considered for the study if they meet inclusion and exclusion criteria including review of baseline CMR, ECG and blood work (liver and kidney function). The baseline CMR must be completed within 12 months previous to enrollment.

Eligible women with angina and CMR subendocardial perfusion abnormalities, defined as CMR qualitative perfusion abnormalities of greater than or equal to 10% reported as abnormal following blind review per protocol, will be consented and enrolled. The women will complete baseline demographic and health history questionnaires, including the SAQ, Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) angina frequency, DASI and SF-36.

This study is a double-blind, placebo controlled, cross-over design in which treatment order to ranolazine and placebo will be randomly assigned. Note: The participant's usual medication regimen will be continued throughout study participation. Following enrollment into the study, participants will be randomized to treatment #1 (either placebo or ranolazine). Ranolazine will be dosed as 500 mg orally twice daily for 2 weeks and, assuming tolerance, followed by 1000 mg orally twice daily for an additional 2 weeks. If the participant is unable to increase dose secondary to side effects, she will remain on 500 mg twice daily for the second 2 week interval. The first end of treatment CMR (CMR 1) will be scheduled at the end of the 4th week of treatment, approximately 4 hours after the morning dose of study drug. At this visit (Vis 2), concurrent medications, symptoms, and adverse events will be reviewed. Clinical measurements will be taken (weight, BP, waist and hip circumference) and questionnaires will be completed (SAQ, WISE angina frequency, DASI and SF-36).

After the first course of study treatment, the patient will undergo a two week wash-out with no study drug while continuing usual medication regimen. Following the washout period, study participants will start the second cycle of study drug treatment (i.e., the other study drug not received in treatment 1). At visit 3, participants will undergo baseline 2 measurements which include concurrent medication and symptom assessment, clinical measurements (weight, BP, waist and hip circumference) and will complete baseline 2 questionnaires (SAQ, WISE angina frequency, DASI and SF-36). Study drug treatment #2 will follow the same escalation of study drug dose as described above for treatment 1. The final study CMR (CMR 2) will be scheduled at the end of the 4th week of treatment 2, approximately 4 hours after the morning dose of study drug. At this visit (Vis 4), concurrent medications, symptoms, and adverse events will be reviewed. Clinical measurements will be taken (weight, blood pressure, waist and hip circumference) and questionnaires will be completed (SAQ, WISE angina frequency, DASI and SF-36). [See Table 1 for a listing of all study procedures by visit.] The two post study drug treatment CMRs will be performed at the same time of day, replicating temperature, fasting state, adenosine dosing and infusion, magnet settings and using the same over-reader. The dose of adenosine will be consistent for all study CMR tests: 140 mcg/kg over 5 minutes.

Being tested
Ranolazine, Placebo
Keywords
Ranolazine, Myocardial ischemia, Double blinded, Placebo controlled
Medical subject headings
Myocardial Ischemia

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • RanolazineDrug

    Also called Ranexa

    500mg, orally twice daily for 2 weeks, assuming tolerance, followed by 1000mg orally twice daily for an additional 2 weeks. If the participant is unable to increase dose secondary to side effects, she will remain on 500mg twice daily for the second 2-week interval.

  • PlaceboDrug

    Placebo, 500mg, orally twice daily for 2 weeks, assuming tolerance, followed by 1000mg orally twice daily for an additional 2 weeks. If the participant is unable to increase dose secondary to side effects, she will remain on 500mg twice daily for the second 2-week interval.

Study groups in NCT00570089
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Study Drug Ranexa, Then PlaceboExperimentalParticipants first received study drug Ranexa, 500mg, orally twice daily for 2 weeks, assuming tolerance, followed by 1000mg orally twice daily for an additional 2 weeks. If the participant is unable to increase dose secondary to side effects, she will remain on 500mg twice daily for the second 2-week interval. After a washout period of 2 weeks, they then received Placebo tablet (matching Ranexa tablet).
Receives: Drug: Ranolazine; Drug: Placebo
Placebo, Then Study Drug Ranexa(Ranolazine)ExperimentalParticipants first received Placebo tablet (matching Ranexa tablet) for two weeks. After washout period of 2 weeks, they then received Ranexa 500mg, orally twice daily for 2 weeks, assuming tolerance, followed by 1000mg orally twice daily for an additional 2 weeks. If the participant is unable to increase dose secondary to side effects, she will remain on 500mg twice daily for the second 2-week interval.
Receives: Drug: Ranolazine; Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMRs)

    Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMRs) (CMR 1 and CMR 2) end of the 4th week of treatment 1 and treatment 2 respectively, 4 hours after the morning dose of study drug was performed to measure myocardial perfusion defect in percentage.

    Measured: 4 weeks and 10 weeks

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ)

    Questionnaires will be completed (SAQ - Seattle Angina Questionnaire) at the end of each treatment period.

    The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) is a self-administered, 19-item questionnaire, a cardiac disease-related quality-of-life measure. The SAQ is well validated and sensitive to clinical changes. It has five subscales: physical limitation, angina stability, angina frequency, treatment satisfaction, and disease perception. The possible range of scores for each of the five subscales is 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better quality of life. A change of 10 points in any of the subscales is considered to be clinically important.

    Each final SAQ domain ranges from 0-100, where higher is a better outcome score. Subscales are not combined. Median, SD and range are calculated for each domain.

    Measured: 4 weeks and 10 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Dec 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2007
  3. Primary completionDec 2009
  4. Study completionDec 2009

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
20 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00570089
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB 10465
Status last verified
Jun 2019
First submitted
7 Dec 2007
Last updated
10 Jun 2019
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes

Publications

  • Chaitman BR. Ranolazine for the treatment of chronic angina and potential use in other cardiovascular conditions. Circulation. 2006 May 23;113(20):2462-72. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.597500. No abstract available.

    PubMed 16717165
  • Buchthal SD, den Hollander JA, Merz CN, Rogers WJ, Pepine CJ, Reichek N, Sharaf BL, Reis S, Kelsey SF, Pohost GM. Abnormal myocardial phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in women with chest pain but normal coronary angiograms. N Engl J Med. 2000 Mar 23;342(12):829-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200003233421201.

    PubMed 10727587
  • Doyle M, Fuisz A, Kortright E, Biederman RW, Walsh EG, Martin ET, Tauxe L, Rogers WJ, Merz CN, Pepine C, Sharaf B, Pohost GM. The impact of myocardial flow reserve on the detection of coronary artery disease by perfusion imaging methods: an NHLBI WISE study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2003 Jul;5(3):475-85. doi: 10.1081/jcmr-120022263.

    PubMed 12882078
  • Hundley WG, Hamilton CA, Thomas MS, Herrington DM, Salido TB, Kitzman DW, Little WC, Link KM. Utility of fast cine magnetic resonance imaging and display for the detection of myocardial ischemia in patients not well suited for second harmonic stress echocardiography. Circulation. 1999 Oct 19;100(16):1697-702. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.100.16.1697.

    PubMed 10525488
  • Hundley WG, Hillis LD, Hamilton CA, Applegate RJ, Herrington DM, Clarke GD, Braden GA, Thomas MS, Lange RA, Peshock RM, Link KM. Assessment of coronary arterial restenosis with phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging measurements of coronary flow reserve. Circulation. 2000 May 23;101(20):2375-81. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.101.20.2375.

    PubMed 10821813
  • Hundley WG, Morgan TM, Neagle CM, Hamilton CA, Rerkpattanapipat P, Link KM. Magnetic resonance imaging determination of cardiac prognosis. Circulation. 2002 Oct 29;106(18):2328-33. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000036017.46437.02.

    PubMed 12403662
  • Johnson BD, Shaw LJ, Buchthal SD, Bairey Merz CN, Kim HW, Scott KN, Doyle M, Olson MB, Pepine CJ, den Hollander J, Sharaf B, Rogers WJ, Mankad S, Forder JR, Kelsey SF, Pohost GM; National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Prognosis in women with myocardial ischemia in the absence of obstructive coronary disease: results from the National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE). Circulation. 2004 Jun 22;109(24):2993-9. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000130642.79868.B2. Epub 2004 Jun 14.

    PubMed 15197152
  • Kim RJ, Wu E, Rafael A, Chen EL, Parker MA, Simonetti O, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO, Judd RM. The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction. N Engl J Med. 2000 Nov 16;343(20):1445-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200011163432003.

    PubMed 11078769
  • Kim WY, Danias PG, Stuber M, Flamm SD, Plein S, Nagel E, Langerak SE, Weber OM, Pedersen EM, Schmidt M, Botnar RM, Manning WJ. Coronary magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of coronary stenoses. N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 27;345(26):1863-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa010866.

    PubMed 11756576
  • Nagel E, Lehmkuhl HB, Bocksch W, Klein C, Vogel U, Frantz E, Ellmer A, Dreysse S, Fleck E. Noninvasive diagnosis of ischemia-induced wall motion abnormalities with the use of high-dose dobutamine stress MRI: comparison with dobutamine stress echocardiography. Circulation. 1999 Feb 16;99(6):763-70. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.99.6.763.

    PubMed 9989961
  • Nagel E, Klein C, Paetsch I, Hettwer S, Schnackenburg B, Wegscheider K, Fleck E. Magnetic resonance perfusion measurements for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease. Circulation. 2003 Jul 29;108(4):432-7. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000080915.35024.A9. Epub 2003 Jul 14.

    PubMed 12860910
  • Panting JR, Gatehouse PD, Yang GZ, Grothues F, Firmin DN, Collins P, Pennell DJ. Abnormal subendocardial perfusion in cardiac syndrome X detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jun 20;346(25):1948-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa012369.

    PubMed 12075055
  • Schwitter J, DeMarco T, Kneifel S, von Schulthess GK, Jorg MC, Arheden H, Ruhm S, Stumpe K, Buck A, Parmley WW, Luscher TF, Higgins CB. Magnetic resonance-based assessment of global coronary flow and flow reserve and its relation to left ventricular functional parameters: a comparison with positron emission tomography. Circulation. 2000 Jun 13;101(23):2696-702. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.101.23.2696.

    PubMed 10851206
  • Wahl A, Paetsch I, Gollesch A, Roethemeyer S, Foell D, Gebker R, Langreck H, Klein C, Fleck E, Nagel E. Safety and feasibility of high-dose dobutamine-atropine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance for diagnosis of myocardial ischaemia: experience in 1000 consecutive cases. Eur Heart J. 2004 Jul;25(14):1230-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.11.018.

    PubMed 15246641
  • Mehta PK, Goykhman P, Thomson LE, Shufelt C, Wei J, Yang Y, Gill E, Minissian M, Shaw LJ, Slomka PJ, Slivka M, Berman DS, Bairey Merz CN. Ranolazine improves angina in women with evidence of myocardial ischemia but no obstructive coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 May;4(5):514-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.007.

    PubMed 21565740

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Ranolazine in people with Myocardial Ischemia, run by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jun 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 Dec 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMRs) (time frame: 4 weeks and 10 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00570089, which also lists 15 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Jun 2019.

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