Clinical trial Recruiting at 78 sites Phase 2 Interventional Ages 40 to 84

Different doses of CDR132L versus placebo for heart structure and function in people with HFpEF and left ventricular hypertrophy

Official title: Phase 2, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Safety and Efficacy Study of CDR132L on Reverse Cardiac Remodelling in Participants With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Run by Novo Nordisk A/S · NCT06979362 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study will test whether different doses of CDR132L can improve heart structure and function in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and left ventricular hypertrophy.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages40 Years to 84 Years
SexAll
Enrollment200 (estimated)
SponsorNovo Nordisk A/S
Industry-sponsored
Locations118 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 117 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJune 27, 2025
Main results expectedNovember 16, 2027
Study endsJuly 25, 2028
Registry record updatedOctober 5, 2026
Trial IDNCT06979362 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates are adults age 40–84 with symptomatic chronic heart failure for ≥90 days, NYHA class II–III, LVEF ≥50%, echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy by specified LVMi thresholds, and stable guideline-directed therapy for ≥45 days.

Probably not a fit

Patients with reduced ejection fraction (<50%), no left ventricular hypertrophy, recent unstable or decompensated heart failure, or who cannot attend study visits at the listed sites are unlikely to benefit from this trial.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial will assign adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure (LVEF ≥50%) and echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy to receive one of several doses of CDR132L or placebo for about 60 weeks. Participants must be clinically stable, on unchanged guideline-directed heart failure therapy for at least 45 days, and have had heart failure symptoms for at least 90 days. Heart structure and function will be measured by centralized echocardiography and other clinical assessments over the treatment period. The goal is to determine dose effects of CDR132L on cardiac remodeling and function compared with placebo.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, CDR132L could improve heart structure and function and reduce symptoms for people with HFpEF and left ventricular hypertrophy.

How similar studies have gone: Early-phase work on CDR132L and other microRNA-targeting approaches has shown preliminary signals but larger-scale clinical benefit remains unproven.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 40-84 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing the informed consent
* Documented symptomatic chronic heart failure (HF) diagnosed greater than or equal to (≥) 90 days prior to screening with at least weekly need for oral diuretic treatment, and/or a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), and New York Heart Association class II-III at screening
* Clinically stable and on optimised doses and unchanged drug classes of guideline-directed HF therapy ≥45 days prior to randomisation
* Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥40% as assessed by echocardiography at screening, measured by central laboratory
* Left ventricular hypertrophy assessed by echocardiography at screening measured by central laboratory with any of the following:

  1. LVMi (greater than) \>88 gram per square meter (g/m\^2) for female participants and \>102 g/m\^2 for male participants, using the truncated ellipsoid method measured by central laboratory
  2. LVMi \>95 g/m2 for female participants and \>115 g/m2 for male participants using the linear method (cube formula).
  3. Interventricular septum diameter measured in diastole (IVSd) in the parasternal long axis view ≥1.1 cm for female participants and ≥1.2 cm for male participants.
* Body mass index 18.5-45 kilogram per square meter (kg/m\^2) (both inclusive) and body weight less than or equal to (≤) 140 kilogram (kg). Body mass index is calculated in the electronic case report form based on height and body weight at the screening visit (visit 1)
* NT-proBNP ≥300 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL); NT-proBNP ≥600 pg/mL if atrial fibrillation/flutter is present at time of screening, measured by central laboratory

Exclusion Criteria:

* Estimated glomerular filtration rate lesser than (\<) 30 milliliter per minute (mL/min)/1.73 square meter (m\^2) at time of screening, measured by central laboratory
* Participants with an episode of acute kidney failure or acute kidney injury, at the discretion of the investigator, within 90 days prior to randomisation
* Myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris or HF hospitalisation within 30 days prior to screening
* Participants receiving intravenous HF medications within 45 days prior to randomisation
* Participants with CRT, pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
* Planned coronary revascularisation, pacemaker/cardioverter-defibrillator/CRT implantation, ablation of cardiac arrythmias and valve repair/replacement at the time of randomisation
* Stroke or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to randomisation
* Participants with potential disruption of the blood-brain barrier (e.g., multiple sclerosis), in the opinion of the investigator
* Known history of severe liver disease and/or alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase \>2.5 x upper limit of normal at screening, measured by central laboratory
* Known genetic (or highly suspected due to family history) cause of increased cardiac mass (including dilated cardiomyopathy, Fabry disease and likely pathogenic or pathogenic variants within hypertrophic cardiomyopathy \[HCM\]).
* Participants with suspected or diagnosed cardiac amyloidosis or sarcoidosis.

Where it's running

  • Univ of Alabama Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • Valley Clinical Trials
    Covina, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • UCSD NAFLD Research Center
    La Jolla, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Valley Clinical Trials
    Northridge, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California San Francisco UCSF
    San Francisco, California, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Torrance, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Inpatient Research Clinic LLC
    Miami Lakes, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Henry Ford Hospital_Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke University
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Capital Area Research LLC
    Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Amarillo Medical Specialists
    Amarillo, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • East Texas Cardiology PA
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
    Falls Church, Virginia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cardio Health Clinical Trials
    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Winchester Dist Memorial Hosp
    Winchester, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • IUCPQ - Universite Laval
    Québec, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin - Klinik für Kardiologie
    Berlin, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Charité - Campus Virchow-Klinikum - Kardiologie, Angiologie und Intensivmedizin (CRU)
    Berlin, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Uniklinik TU Dresden - Herzzentrum Dresden GmbH
    Dresden, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt aM - Kardiologie
    Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Halle - Innere Medizin III
    Halle, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover - Kardiologie und Angiologie
    Hanover, Germany
    Recruiting
  • UniklinikHeidelberg - Innere Med. III - Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie
    Heidelberg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Uniklinik Schleswig-Holstein - Med. Klinik III Kardiologie und Internist. Intensivmedizin
    Kiel, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Rhythm Heart Institute - A unit of Synergy Lifecare Pvt
    Vadodara, Gujarat, India
    Recruiting
  • Sengupta Hospital and Research Institute
    Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
    Recruiting
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur
    Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
    Recruiting
  • G B Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
    New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
    Recruiting
  • VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital
    New Dehli, New Delhi, India
    Recruiting
  • Government Siddhartha Medical College & Government General Hospital, Vijayawada
    Vijayawada, NTR District, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Recruiting
  • Apollo Hospital Chennai
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    Recruiting
  • Osmania General Hospital
    Hyderabad, Telangana, India
    Recruiting
  • Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital
    Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
    Recruiting
  • IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    Recruiting
  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital-Cardiology
    New Delhi, India
    Recruiting
  • NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL_Cardiovascular medicine
    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Hyogo Prefectural HarimaHimeji General Medical Center_Cardiology
    Himeji-shi, Hyogo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center_Cardiovascular medicine
    Ibaraki, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Yokohama City University Medical Center_Cardiovascular Center
    Kanagawa, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital_Cardiology
    Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Ome medical center_Cardiology
    Ome-shi, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Medical Research Institute KITANO HOSPITAL_Cardiovascular Medicine
    Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital_Cardiovascular Medicine
    Osaka-Shi, Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital_Cardiovascular, Kidney, Metabolism Endocrinology
    Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
    Recruiting
  • National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center_Cardiology
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
    Recruiting

+68 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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