Heart drug during surgery may cut deadly complication risk
NCT ID NCT06793670
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if adding the drug landiolol to the fluid that protects the heart during mitral valve surgery can reduce a serious complication called low cardiac output syndrome, where the heart struggles to pump enough blood after surgery. About 1500 adults having elective mitral valve repair or replacement will be randomly assigned to receive landiolol or a placebo. The goal is to see if landiolol lowers the need for strong heart medications, mechanical support, or kidney dialysis after surgery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Older than 18 years; * Elective mitral valve repair or replacement surgery with planned cardiopulmonary bypass via midline sternotomy or minithoracotomy; * Preoperative evidence of left ventricular end-systolic diameter \>40 mm and/or left ventricular end-diastolic diameter \>60 mm and/or left ventricular ejection fraction\<60%; * Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Need for preoperative dialysis; * Hepatic dysfunction (defined as Child-Pugh class C); * History of previous unusual response to beta-blockers; * Urgent or emergency surgery; * Patient already in need of mechanical circulatory support before surgery (except for IABP); * Pregnancy as documented by a pregnancy test performed in the last 72h before surgery; * Patients with preoperative evidence of hypernatremia (serum sodium concentration: \> 160 mmol/L); * Patients with preoperative evidence of hyperchloremia (serum chloride concentration: \>115 mmol/L); * Patients with hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients; * Patients with severe bradycardia (less than 50 beats per minute) sick sinus syndrome, severe atrioventricular nodal conductance disorders or 2nd -3rd degree atrioventricular block and without a pacemaker; * Patients with cardiogenic shock, severe hypotension (MAP\<50 mmHg), decompensated heart failure or severe pulmonary hypertension (PAPs \>70 mmHg); * Patients with non-treated phaeochromocytoma; * Patients with acute asthmatic attack; * Patients with severe, uncorrectable metabolic acidosis. * Participation in a clinical trial in which an investigational drug was administered within 30 days of screening or within the 5 half-lives of the study drug, whichever is longer. * Planned use of ultra-short acting beta-blockers as intraoperative cardiac protective strategy. * Refusal or inability to sign the informed consent.
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The places running it
13 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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A. O. Ordine Mauriziano di Torino
RECRUITINGTorino, TO, Italy
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AOR San Carlo
RECRUITINGPotenza, Italy
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AOU Careggi
RECRUITINGFlorence, Italy
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AOU Policlinico Paolo Giaccone
RECRUITINGPalermo, Italy
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AOU di Alessandria
RECRUITINGAlessandria, Italy
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia
RECRUITINGFoggia, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
RECRUITINGPisa, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G.Rodolico - San Marco"
RECRUITINGCatania, 95123, Italy
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IRCCS San Martino di Genova
RECRUITINGGenova, Italy
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Maria Cecilia Hospital S.p.A.
RECRUITINGRavenna, Italy
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Ospedale Cesare Arrigo
RECRUITINGAlessandria, Piedmont, 15121, Italy
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Ospedale San Raffaele
RECRUITINGMilan, 20132, Italy
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