RecruitingNCT05666518

A Study to Learn More About the Safety of the Drug Vericiguat in Japanese People With Chronic Heart Failure Who Will be Receiving Vericiguat Under Real-world Conditions

Vericiguat Drug Use Two-arm Investigation in Chronic Heart Failure


Sponsor

Bayer

Enrollment

1,400 participants

Start Date

Aug 31, 2022

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This is an observational study in which data from Japanese people with chronic heart failure who will be receiving vericiguat is studied. Chronic heart failure (HF) is a long-term condition where the heart does not pump blood as well as it should. Heart failure can lead to other serious medical conditions, and it can lead to hospitalization or death. The drug vericiguat works by increasing the activity of an enzyme called soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). The sGC enzyme helps regulate the heart and blood circulation. Vericiguat is already available and approved for doctors to prescribe to people who have heart failure. A limited number of patients have been treated with vericiguat. Therefore information about its safety in a broader population and especially among Japanese people as well as for prolonged periods of treatment is still missing. In this study, the researchers want to learn more about how safe vericiguat is if used in Japanese people with long term HF. To see how safe vericiguat is, the researchers will collect the medical problems the participants have during the treatment with vericiguat under real-word conditions. They will particularly focus on the following: * high blood pressure * any medical problems due to combination of the study treatment vericiguat with nitrates and nitric oxide (NO) donors or with PDE5 inhibitors * medical problems in participants with liver problems or with reduced kidney function * medical problems in participants with low blood pressure below \<100 mmHg or with symptoms due to low blood pressure * any medical problems after prolonged periods of treatment with vericiguat. These medical problems are also known as "adverse events" (AEs) which may or may not be related to the study treatment. In addition, this study will gather information about how long vericiguat treatment can prevent death caused by cardiovascular problems such as heart attack and stroke compared to standard of care. Cardiovascular death (safety specification) will be assessed in a comparative manner with the control arm as the primary objective The participants will receive their treatments as prescribed by their doctors according to the approved product information. The data for this study will be collected using an electronic case report form (eCRF) and medical records. The following data from the study participants will be documented during visits that take place in routine practice: * underlying and concomitant diseases, * prior medication, * treatment duration, * laboratory parameters, * vital signs, * results of cardiac exams (e.g. cardiac ultrasound), * heart failure related hospitalization events, * adverse events. The data collection will start from the beginning of vericiguat/standard of care treatment and will cover a time period of 2 years unless no further information can be expected from the participant at a given point in time, or death. The total study duration will be six years, including data analysis and cleaning.


Eligibility

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This is a real-world safety monitoring study in Japan for a heart failure drug called vericiguat. Researchers want to track how Japanese patients with chronic heart failure (a condition where the heart does not pump blood as well as it should) respond to vericiguat in everyday clinical practice — outside of a controlled trial setting. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a Japanese patient with chronic heart failure being treated according to standard care - You are starting vericiguat for the first time (vericiguat arm), OR - You are not receiving vericiguat but have had a recent heart failure hospitalization or IV diuretics, your heart function is reduced (ejection fraction below 45%), and your symptoms are NYHA Class II–IV (control arm) - You are willing to give written informed consent **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are already participating in another interventional clinical study - (For control arm) You have already started or are planning to start vericiguat - You have received vericiguat before Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DRUGVericiguat (Verquvo, BAY1021189)

Dosage at the discretion of the treating physician, based on the recommendations written in the product information.

DRUGStandard of care

Dosage at the discretion of the treating physician


Locations(1)

Japanese registries

Multiple Locations, Many Locations, Japan

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