Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:18 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:18 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06062966
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Primary diagnosis for the clinic visit is stage D heart failure being on chronic stable dose of inotrope therapy (dobutamine or milrinone for the previous 28 days)
* Prior documentation of impaired left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction \<50%) at most recent assessment by any imaging modality (within 12 months)
* Stable dose of inotrope treatment without a recent hospitalization within the previous month
* Age ≥21 years and willing/able to provide written informed consent
* The patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol (i.e. self administration of the treatment, and exercise protocol).
* Screening plasma C-reactive protein levels \>2 mg/L
Exclusion Criteria:
* Concomitant clinically significant comorbidities including (but not limited to) acute coronary syndromes, uncontrolled hypertension or orthostatic hypotension, tachy- or brady-arrhythmias, acute or chronic pulmonary disease or neuromuscular disorders affecting respiration that would interfere with the execution, interpretation, or completion of the study
* Recent (previous 3 months) or planned resynchronization therapy (CRT), or valve surgeries
* Previous or planned implantation of left ventricular assist devices or heart transplant within the next 3 months
* Recent (\<14 days) use of immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory drugs (including oral corticosteroids at a dose of prednisone equivalent of 0.5 mg/kg/day but not including inhaled or low dose oral corticosteroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
* Chronic inflammatory disorder (including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus)
* Active infection (of any type), including chronic/recurrent infectious disease (including HBV, HCV, and HIV/AIDS) - but excluding HCV+ with undetectable plasma RNA
* Prior (within the past 5 years) or current malignancy on targeted treatment - excluding carcinoma in situ \[any location\] or localized non-melanoma skin cancer
* Stage V kidney disease or on renal-replacement therapy
* Neutropenia (\<1,500/mm3 or \<1,000/mm3 in African-American patients)
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding
* Angina, hypertension, arrhythmias, electrocardiograph (ECG) changes, or other non-cardiac limitations that limit 6MWD obtained during the baseline testing
* Hypersensitivity to anakinra or to E. coli derived products
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
21 Years
Study:
NCT06062966
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06062966