TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationale and design of a trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in infants with single ventricle
AU - Hsu, Daphne T.
AU - Mital, Seema
AU - Ravishankar, Chitra
AU - Margossian, Renee
AU - Li, Jennifer S.
AU - Sleeper, Lynn A.
AU - Williams, Richard V.
AU - Levine, Jami C.
AU - McCrindle, Brian W.
AU - Atz, Andrew M.
AU - Servedio, Darlene
AU - Mahony, Lynn
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by U01 grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL068269, HL068270, HL068279, HL068281, HL068285, HL068292, HL068290, HL068288, HL085057).
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Background: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are known to improve clinical outcome and ventricular function in adults with heart failure. Infants with single-ventricle physiology show abnormalities in ventricular function as well as poor growth. The ability of an ACE inhibitor to preserve ventricular function and improve growth in these infants is unknown. Methods: The Pediatric Heart Network designed a randomized, double-blind trial to compare outcomes in infants with single-ventricle physiology receiving enalapril or placebo. Neonates ≤45 days old were eligible. The primary outcome is weight-for-age Z-score at 14 months of age. Secondary outcomes include other measures of somatic growth, laboratory and functional measures of heart failure, developmental indices, measures of ventricular size and function, and the relationship of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genotype to the response to enalapril. The incidence and spectrum of adverse events will also be compared between treatment groups. Results: A total of 1,245 neonates were screened and 533 (43%) were eligible. The consent rate was 43%; 230 subjects were enrolled. Parental reluctance to participate was the primary reason for non-consent in 79% of the eligible nonconsenting patients. Randomized patients were older, more likely to be male, and more likely to have hypoplastic left heart syndrome than the eligible patients who did not enroll. Conclusions: The results of this randomized trial will make an important contribution to the management of infants with single-ventricle physiology by determining whether initiation of ACE inhibition therapy in the neonatal period improves growth, clinical outcome, and ventricular function.
AB - Background: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are known to improve clinical outcome and ventricular function in adults with heart failure. Infants with single-ventricle physiology show abnormalities in ventricular function as well as poor growth. The ability of an ACE inhibitor to preserve ventricular function and improve growth in these infants is unknown. Methods: The Pediatric Heart Network designed a randomized, double-blind trial to compare outcomes in infants with single-ventricle physiology receiving enalapril or placebo. Neonates ≤45 days old were eligible. The primary outcome is weight-for-age Z-score at 14 months of age. Secondary outcomes include other measures of somatic growth, laboratory and functional measures of heart failure, developmental indices, measures of ventricular size and function, and the relationship of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genotype to the response to enalapril. The incidence and spectrum of adverse events will also be compared between treatment groups. Results: A total of 1,245 neonates were screened and 533 (43%) were eligible. The consent rate was 43%; 230 subjects were enrolled. Parental reluctance to participate was the primary reason for non-consent in 79% of the eligible nonconsenting patients. Randomized patients were older, more likely to be male, and more likely to have hypoplastic left heart syndrome than the eligible patients who did not enroll. Conclusions: The results of this randomized trial will make an important contribution to the management of infants with single-ventricle physiology by determining whether initiation of ACE inhibition therapy in the neonatal period improves growth, clinical outcome, and ventricular function.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.030
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.030
M3 - Article
C2 - 19081394
AN - SCOPUS:57149106114
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 157
SP - 37
EP - 45
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
IS - 1
ER -