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A Study to Test Whether Vicadrostat in Combination With Empagliflozin Helps People With Heart Failure

Boehringer Ingelheim
NCT IDNCT06424288ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Phase

Phase 3

Target enrollment

6,000

Study length

about 3.9 years

Ages

18+

Locations

94 sites in AL, CA, CT +27

What this study is about

This trial is testing whether vicadrostat, taken with empagliflozin, helps people with heart failure. Participants will be randomly assigned to take either vicadrostat/empagliflozin or a placebo/empagliflozin once daily for 1435 days. Doctors will regularly check participants' health and monitor any side effects.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Take empagliflozin
  • 2.Take placebo
  • 3.Take vicadrostat

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
Oral

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized & Blinded

You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Drug classes

empagliflozin (SGLT2 inhibitor; increases glucose excretion in urine)

Drug routes

oral (Oral Tablet)

Endpoints

Secondary: Absolute chance from baseline in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) [mmHg] at Week 32 in participants with baseline DBP ≥80 mmHg, Absolute change from baseline in KCCQ Clinical Summary Score (KCCQ-CSS) at Week 32, Absolute change from baseline in KCCQ-OSS at Week 32, Absolute change from baseline in KCCQ-OSS at Week 52, Absolute change from baseline in KCCQ-TSS at Week 52, Absolute change from baseline in systolic blood pressure (SBP) [mmHg] at Week 32 in participants with baseline SBP ≥130 mmHg, Key secondary endpoint: Absolute change from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Total Symptom Score (KCCQ-TSS) at Week 32, Time to first occurrence of death from kidney failure, chronic dialysis* or renal transplant or onset of sustained reduction of ≥50% eGFR from baseline** or onset of sustained eGFR (CKD-EPI)cr <10 mL/min/1.73 m2 (composite renal endpoint)

Body systems

Cardiology / Heart