Heart failure drug combo may improve valve function
NCT ID NCT07379788
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study in 180 heart failure patients compared the effects of taking Entresto alone versus Entresto plus a second drug (empagliflozin) on mitral valve function and heart pumping ability. Participants had heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and some degree of functional mitral regurgitation. The study measured changes in heart structure and function using echocardiography.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) and Empagliflozin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding an SGLT2 inhibitor to standard ARNI therapy improves heart valve function and heart pumping ability in people with heart failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with no phase designation, so results may not be definitive or widely applicable. The outcomes are imaging-based measures, not long-term clinical benefits like survival or hospitalizations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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180 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * age ≥18 years; * left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50%; * Presence of functional mitral regurgitation (mild, moderate, or severe) on transthoracic echocardiography; and * stable sinus rhythm or controlled atrial fibrillation. Exclusion Criteria: * primary (degenerative or rheumatic) mitral valve disease, * prior mitral valve surgery or transcatheter intervention, * acute decompensated heart failure within four weeks, * significant primary valvular disease other than FMR, * severe renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min/1.73 m²), * inadequate echocardiographic image quality.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Madinah Cardiac Center
Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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