2024-515125-28-00RecruitingPhase 2
A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ninerafaxstat in patients with symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A Global Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ninerafaxstat in Patients with Symptomatic Non Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – FORTITUDE-HCM
Source: EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu) · Last updated 19 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To evaluate the effect of ninerafaxstat compared with placebo on health status in patients with symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 130 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Imbria Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Diseases
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- EU CT number
- 2024-515125-28-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 130
- 44 sites in 9 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu). It describes the study design.
AI-kivonat: who the study is looking for
Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle thickening without a blocked outflow from the heart.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- A clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unexplained thickening of the left heart wall, with symptoms and no blocked outflow (non-obstructive).
- Earlier treatment
- No other investigational drugs and no other clinical trial in the 30 days before screening.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Obstructive HCM with a left ventricular outflow tract gradient of 30 mmHg or more
- Heart attack, stroke or heart surgery in the 6 months before screening
- Known hepatitis B or C or HIV infection
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Alcohol or substance abuse in the past year
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu) and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Cardiovascular Conditions: • History of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient ≥30 mmHg at rest or with provocation. • History of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) within 6 months prior to screening, including myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiac surgery.
- Medications: • Use of disallowed medications that may interfere with the trial, such as other investigational drugs within 30 days prior to screening. • Requirement for treatment with drugs that may affect the study outcomes, such as certain antiarrhythmic or antihypertensive medications.
- Other Exclusions: • Participation in another clinical trial within 30 days prior to screening. • Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make participation in the trial unsafe or otherwise not in the best interest of the participant.
Other illness
- Medical Conditions: • Significant comorbidities that may impact the ability to complete the trial or the interpretation of results, such as uncontrolled diabetes, severe renal impairment, or active infection. • Known history of hepatitis B or C infection, or HIV infection.
- Substance Abuse: History of alcohol or substance abuse within the past year.
Other
- All exclusion criteria can be found in the protocol (Section 5.2). 1. Informed Consent: Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent or comply with trial procedures.
- Pregnancy and Lactation: • Pregnant or breastfeeding women. • Women of childbearing potential not willing to use effective contraception during the study and for a specified period after the last dose.
Who the study is looking for
- All inclusion criteria can be found in the protocol (Section 5.1). 1. Informed Consent: Able to comprehend and willing to sign an informed consent form (ICF), and willing to comply with all trial procedures and restrictions for the duration specified in the Schedule of Events. Understands the risks involved.
- Age: Individual ≥18 years of age at the time of signing informed consent.
- Echocardiography: Has adequate acoustic windows for echocardiography.
- Clinical Diagnosis: Has a clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) consistent with current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guideline definition, with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the absence of other cardiac or systemic diseases that can produce the magnitude of hypertrophy observed.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (44)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of Graz | Graz | Austria | Recruiting |
| Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen | Edegem | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Herz Und Diabeteszentrum NRW Bad Oeynhausen Universitaetsklinik Der Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum | Bad Oeynhausen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen | Goettingen | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR | Heidelberg | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöR | Jena | Germany | Recruiting |
| Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña | A Coruña | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis | Alicante | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves | Granada | Spain | Recruiting |
| Bellvitge University Hospital | L'hospitalet De Llobregat | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario La Paz | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda | Majadahonda | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Clinical Hospital Virgen De La Arrixaca | Murcia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Son Llatzer | Palma | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario De Salamanca | Salamanca | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L. | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe | Valencia | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro | Vigo | Spain | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier | Montpellier | France | Recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris | Paris | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes | Saint-Herblain | France | Recruiting |
| IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna | Bologna | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi | Florence | Italy | Recruiting |
| ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Istituto Auxologico Italiano | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli | Naples | Italy | Recruiting |
| Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio | Pisa | Italy | Recruiting |
| Policlinico San Donato S.p.A. | San Donato Milanese | Italy | Recruiting |
| Amsterdam UMC Research B.V. | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) | Leiden | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Radboud universitair medisch centrum Stichting | Nijmegen | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Kardio Brynów Sp. z o.o. | Katowice | Poland | Recruiting |
| Panstwowy Instytut Medyczny Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji | Warsaw | Poland | Recruiting |
| 4 Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny Z Poliklinika Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej We Wroclaw | Wrocław | Poland | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude Do Alto Ave E.P.E. | Guimaraes | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Hospital da Luz, S.A | Lisbon | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Hospital Cuf Descobertas S.A. | Lisbon | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude De Sao Jose E.P.E. | Lisbon | Portugal | Recruiting |
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