One pill to rule them all: new study aims to simplify heart failure treatment
NCT ID NCT07569640
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 6 times
Summary
This study tests whether a single pill containing four standard heart failure medications can help patients take their medicines more regularly and reduce hospitalizations and death. About 1,656 adults with heart failure and reduced pumping function will be randomly assigned to receive either the combination pill or usual care. The trial will track heart-related deaths, hospital stays, side effects, and quality of life over at least one year.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 1,672 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: 1. Adults (≥18 years old) 2. Diagnosis of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) including clinical symptoms or clinical signs or natriuretic peptide elevation AND echocardiographic or other evidence of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF ≤40%) 3. New York Heart Association Class II, III, or IV symptoms Exclusion Criteria: 1. Known contraindication to any of the HFrEF polypill components (e.g., advanced renal disease, bradycardia, allergy, amongst others). 2. Significant renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2). 3. Raised serum potassium \>5 mEq/L. 4. Symptomatic hypotension or systolic BP \<100 mmHg as per the average of last 2 of the 3 measurements at visit 1. 5. Symptomatic bradycardia or second or third-degree heart block without a pacemaker on ECG review at visit 1. 6. History of type 1 diabetes mellitus. 7. Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or of childbearing potential and are not using and do not plan to continue using a highly acceptable form of contraception throughout the study (pharmacological or barrier methods). 8. Concomitant illness, physical impairment or mental condition which in the opinion of the study team/ primary physician could interfere with the conduct of the study including outcome assessment. 9. Participation in a concurrent interventional medical investigation or pharmacologic clinical trial. Patients in observational, natural history or epidemiological studies not involving an intervention are eligible. 10. Participant's responsible physician believes it is not appropriate for participant to participate in the study. 11. Inability or unwillingness to provide written informed consent. 12. Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study. 13. Unable to complete study procedures and/or plan to move out of the study site area in the next 12 months.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
11 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Colombo North Teaching Hospital
RECRUITINGRagama, Western Province, 11010, Sri Lanka
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Colombo South Teaching Hospital
RECRUITINGDehiwala, Western Province, 10350, Sri Lanka
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District General Hospital Negombo
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNegombo, Western Province, 11500, Sri Lanka
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Gampaha District General Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGampaha, Western Province, 11000, Sri Lanka
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National Hospital Galle
RECRUITINGGalle, Southern Province, 80000, Sri Lanka
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National Hospital Kandy
RECRUITINGKandy, Central Province, 20000, Sri Lanka
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National Hospital of Sri Lanka
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColombo, Western Province, 00100, Sri Lanka
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Rathnapura Teaching Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColombo, Ratnapura, 70000, Sri Lanka
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Teaching Hospital Jaffna
RECRUITINGJaffna, Northern Province, 40000, Sri Lanka
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Teaching Hospital Kurunegala
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKurunegala, North Western Province, 60000, Sri Lanka
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University Hospital - General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColombo, Western Province, 10290, Sri Lanka
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