Old gout drug gets new shot at fighting Veterans' heart failure

NCT ID NCT04551222

Summary

This study tested whether probenecid, a long-used gout medication, could help veterans with a common type of heart failure. Researchers gave 99 veterans either the drug or a placebo pill twice daily for six months to see if it improved their heart's pumping ability, exercise capacity, and daily life. The goal was to see if this safe, existing drug could be repurposed to better control heart failure.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2213, United States

  • Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA

    Richmond, Virginia, 23249-0001, United States

  • Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-1702, United States

  • Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02908-4734, United States

  • VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02130-4817, United States

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