心房細動の急速な転換のためのヴェルナカラント水塩化物:第3相,ランダム化,プラセボ対照試験
Denis Roy1, Craig M Pratt, Christian Torp-Pedersen
1Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. d_roy@icm-mhi.com
Circulation
|March 12, 2008
まとめ
ヴェルナカラント塩化水素は,患者の50%以上において,最近発症した心房細動 (AF) を正常なシナプスリズムに効果的に変換しました. この新しい治療法は迅速な有効性を示し,一般的に良好に耐受され,AF管理のための新しい選択肢を提供しました.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- 心房細動 (AF) は,効果的な治療を必要とする一般的な心律乱です.
- ヴェルナカラント水塩化物 (RSD1235) は,AF変換のために研究されている新しい化合物です.
- ヴェルナカラントの有効性と安全性の評価は,その臨床応用において極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ヴァルナカラント塩化水素の動脈細動をシヌスリズムに変換する効果を評価する.
- AF患者におけるヴァルナカラント塩化水素の安全性プロフィールを評価する.
- 異なるAF持続時間グループでプラセボと比較してヴェルナカラントの有効性を比較する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化,プラセボ対照試験で,AFの336人の患者が参加しました.
- 患者は,短期 (3時間から7日) と長期 (8から45日) のAFグループに分類されました.
- ヴェルナカラントまたはプラセボの2つの注入が投与され,有効性は90分以内に評価されました.
主要な成果:
- ヴェルナカラントは,短期間のAF患者の51.7%で,プラセボの4.0% (P<0.001) と比較して,AFをシヌスリズムに迅速に変換した.
- 総合的なAF終結は,ヴェルナカラントを投与された患者の37.6%で,プラセボの2.6%と比較して発生しました (P<0.001).
- 一般的な副作用には,一時的な不妊症とスニッコが含まれており,重篤な有害事象はまれでした.
結論:
- ヴェルナカラント・ヒドロクロライドは,短期間の心房細動の急速な転換において有意な有効性を示した.
- 化合物は一般的によく耐受され,管理可能な安全性プロファイルがありました.
- ヴェルナカラントは,最近発症したAFの急性管理のための有望な治療法である.
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