Heart shock drug hope: empagliflozin may cut deaths
NCT ID NCT07450417
First seen Mar 11, 2026 · Last updated Jun 22, 2026 · Updated 18 times
Summary
This study looks at whether starting empagliflozin early in patients with cardiogenic shock (a severe heart pump failure) can lower the chance of death or repeat hospital stays for heart failure within 3 months. Researchers will compare 418 patients who got the drug plus usual care against those who got usual care alone. The goal is to see if this well-tolerated heart failure drug can help in the most critical cases.
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Locations
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Chru Nancy
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France
What this could mean
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Active substance
empagliflozin (an SGLT2 inhibitor, a type of diabetes drug also used for heart failure)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a new treatment to reduce deaths and hospital readmissions for people in cardiogenic shock.
What could go wrong
This is a retrospective study, not a randomized trial, so results may be less reliable. The drug may not show benefit in this very sick population, and kidney risks are a concern.
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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