New heart failure drug shows promise in Mid-Stage trial
NCT ID NCT06299826
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a new medicine called AZD5462 in 375 adults with stable chronic heart failure. The goal was to see if the drug could improve how well the heart pumps blood. Participants continued their usual heart failure medications while receiving either AZD5462 or a placebo. The trial is now complete, and results will help determine if the drug is safe and effective enough for larger studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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375 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 85 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: * Participants must have a pre-existing diagnosis of HF NYHA FC II to IV. * Participants must be on stable HF standard of care medication for at least 4 weeks prior to consent and during the Screening period. * Minimum body mass index (BMI) of 18 kilograms per meter square (kg/m\^2) at Screening. * For female participants, the participant must not be pregnant or lactating and must be of non-childbearing potential. * All male participants should refrain from fathering a child or donating sperm until 3 months after the final study Follow-up Visit. Non-sterilised male participants should avoid fathering a child either by true abstinence or use of a condom for all sexual intercourse with a female partner of childbearing potential from the first dose until 3 months after the final Follow-up Visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Historical or current evidence of a clinically significant disease or disorder including, but not limited to: 1. Myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischaemic attack, coronary artery bypass grafting, or percutaneous coronary intervention within 12 weeks prior to consent or transcatheter structural heart interventions or cardiac valve surgery within 6 months prior to consent. 2. Sarcoidosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, constrictive pericarditis, or hypertrophic (obstructive) cardiomyopathy. 3. History of untreated clinically significant valve disease or a Screening confirmation of severe aortic stenosis, severe mitral stenosis, moderate or severe aortic insufficiency or severe mitral insufficiency. 4. Amyloidosis, Fabry disease, or haemochromatosis. 5. Pericardial disease (i.e., visually significant white pericardium on echocardiogram). 6. Known coagulation disorders. 7. Current diagnosis of active hepatitis. 8. Severe pulmonary disease that is not expected to improve over time, as assessed by the investigator. 9. Decompensated HF or any cardiopulmonary hospitalisation, except planned hospitalisation without worsening of cardiac or pulmonary functions, within 4 weeks prior to consent or during the Screening period. 10. History of active malignancy within 2 years, except for fully excised or treated basal cell carcinoma, or ≤ 2 squamous cell carcinomas of the skin and participants who are under investigation for breast or cervical cancer, including participants with a pap smear of grade ≥ 3. * History of hypersensitivity to AZD5462 or any component of AZD5462 drug product. * Known history of drug or alcohol abuse within 24 months of Screening. * Congenital long QT syndrome or history of QT prolongation associated with other medications that required discontinuation of that medication. * Cardiac ventricular arrhythmia that requires treatment. * History of or anticipated heart transplant. * Current or planned cardiac resynchronization therapy/bi-ventricular pacemaker or mechanical assist device implantation. * Any planned highly invasive cardiovascular procedure (eg, coronary revascularisation, ablation of atrial fibrillation/flutter etc). * Positive hepatitis C antibody, or hepatitis B virus surface antigen at Screening. Participants with positive hepatitis B virus core antibody can be included in the study as long as hepatitis B virus surface antigen is negative, and there are no other signs of an active hepatitis B. * Known to have historically tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
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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
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Alexander City, Alabama, 35010, United States
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Northridge, California, 91325, United States
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Torrance, California, 90502, United States
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Vista, California, 92081, United States
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Miami, Florida, 33133, United States
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Miami Beach, Florida, 33140, United States
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Richmond, Indiana, 47374, United States
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Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Buffalo, New York, 14215, United States
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Rosedale, New York, 11422, United States
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916, United States
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Manassas, Virginia, 20109, United States
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Pleven, 5800, Bulgaria
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Pleven, 5803, Bulgaria
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Sofia, 1309, Bulgaria
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Sofia, 1431, Bulgaria
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Sofia, 1527, Bulgaria
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Brno, 625 00, Czechia
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Jaroměř, 55101, Czechia
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Liberec, 460 01, Czechia
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Louny, 440 01, Czechia
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Pilsen, 301 00, Czechia
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Aalborg, 9000, Denmark
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Herning, 7400, Denmark
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Balatonfüred, 8230, Hungary
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Kistarcsa, 2143, Hungary
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Nyíregyháza, 4400, Hungary
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Székesfehérvár, 8000, Hungary
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Kochi, 682018, India
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Kolkata, 700020, India
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Surat, 395001, India
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Vadodara, 390022, India
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Fukui-shi, 910-8526, Japan
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Higashiibaraki-gun, 311-3193, Japan
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Higashiohmi-shi, 527-8505, Japan
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Kitakyushu, 802-8555, Japan
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Kobe, 654-0155, Japan
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Kumamoto, 861-4193, Japan
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Miyazaki, 880-0834, Japan
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Morioka, 020-0066, Japan
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Naha, 902-8511, Japan
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Ōmihachiman, 523-0082, Japan
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Shūnan, 745-8522, Japan
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Breda, 4818 CK, Netherlands
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Deventer, 7416 SE, Netherlands
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Enschede, 7512 KZ, Netherlands
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Krakow, 30-082, Poland
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Krakow, 31-271, Poland
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Lodz, 93-513, Poland
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Warsaw, 01-249, Poland
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Wroclaw, 50-556, Poland
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Wroclaw, 53-114, Poland
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Bratislava, 813 69, Slovakia
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Bratislava, 821 07, Slovakia
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Košice, 044 24, Slovakia
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