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Tests omecamtiv mecarbil in adults with severe heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Tests omecamtiv mecarbil against placebo in adults with symptomatic heart failure with reduced pumping.

Key facts

Who runs it
Cytokinetics
Where
Bad Nauheim, Bonn, Erfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Goettingen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Homburg, Jena, Langen (Hesse), Mainz, Markkleeberg, Munich, and Wuerzburg, GermanySee the 14 sitesAlso in 9 other countries, 200 sites
Registry title
Study With Omecamtiv Mecarbil (CK-1827452) to Treat Chronic Heart Failure With Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 3
People taking part
1,800 people, planned
Started
19 Dec 2024
Expected to end
Dec 2027
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Omecamtiv Mecarbil (OM)
  • Placebo
Record updated
4 November 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. 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 long-standing heart failure and a very weak heart pump (severely reduced ejection fraction), who recently had a heart failure event.

Age
18 to 85 years
Sex
Women and men can join.
Disease stage
Chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, treated for at least 3 months. LVEF below 30% (below 25% if atrial fibrillation or flutter on ECG). Recent hospitalization for heart failure, a heart failure event in the last 12 months, or a recent increase in water tablets.
Earlier treatment
Must take loop diuretics regularly and be on standard heart failure treatment for at least 30 days. Must not have taken omecamtiv mecarbil in an earlier trial.
Biomarker or test result
NT-proBNP 1000 pg/mL or higher (BNP 300 pg/mL or higher). If atrial fibrillation or flutter on ECG: NT-proBNP 3000 pg/mL or higher (BNP 900 pg/mL or higher). Systolic blood pressure 140 mmHg or lower.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Atrial fibrillation or flutter on ECG while taking digoxin
  • Heart attack, heart surgery or similar heart procedure within 3 months of screening
  • Kidney function eGFR below 20 mL/min/1.73m2, or on dialysis
  • Previous solid organ transplant
  • Pregnant, planning pregnancy, or planning to breastfeed

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Adult patients who meet all the following criteria at screening may be included in the study:
  • Are between ≥ 18 years and ≤ 85 years at the signing of informed consent
  • Have a history of chronic HFrEF, defined as requiring treatment for HF for a minimum of 3 months prior to screening
  • Are receiving oral loop diuretics on a regular schedule
  • Patients without AFF on screening ECG:; LVEF < 30% within 6 months of screening; Elevated N-terminal prohormone of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ≥ 1000 pg/mL (BNP ≥ 300 pg/mL)
  • Patients with AFF on screening ECG:; LVEF < 25% within 6 months of screening; Elevated N-terminal prohormone of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ≥ 3000 pg/mL (BNP ≥ 900 pg/mL); Not currently taking digoxin
  • Meet one of the following criteria for a recent HF event:; Are currently hospitalized with the primary reason of HF; Had an HF event (as defined in the primary endpoint) within 12 months prior to screening. For the purposes of a qualifying HF event, subcutaneous furosemide will be treated as equivalent to intravenous furosemide Or; Had outpatient escalation of oral diuretics due to worsening signs and symptoms of heart failure plus one of two additional criteria sustained for at least 1 week: (1) at least 50% or 1.5-fold increase in daily loop-diuretic-equivalent dose; (2) the addition of a new diuretic class to a loop diuretic
  • Are established on regional standard-of-care HF therapies for at least 30 days prior to screening
  • Systolic blood pressure ≤ 140 mmHg

Who cannot take part

  • Have AFF on the screening ECG and are currently taking digoxin
  • Are receiving intravenous inotropes or intravenous vasopressors ≤ 3 days prior to screening
  • Are receiving mechanical hemodynamic support or mechanical ventilation ≤ 7 days prior to screening
  • Are receiving intravenous diuretics, intravenous vasodilators, or supplemental oxygen therapy ≤ 12 hours prior to screening (except for nocturnal supplemental oxygen for sleep apnea or heart failure)
  • Have previously had a solid organ transplant
  • Are receiving treatment in another investigational device or drug study or are within 30 days of ending such investigational treatment at screening
  • Have received omecamtiv mecarbil in a previous clinical trial
  • Are pregnant or planning pregnancy during the study period, or planning to breastfeed during treatment with IP or within 5 days after the end of treatment with IP
  • Have primary infiltrative cardiomyopathy (e.g. cardiac amyloidosis) or severe stenotic valvular disease
  • Have had any event or procedure that may have resulted in a change in ejection fraction, including, but not limited to, acute coronary syndrome and/or any coronary revascularization, cardiac surgery, valve surgery, any coronary revascularization, and/or cardiac resynchronization, or cardiac contractility modulation therapy within 3 months of screening
  • Have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 20 mL/min/1.73m2 or receiving dialysis at screening
  • Any of the following criteria will exclude potential patients from the study:
  • Are admitted to a long-term care facility or hospice
  • Have a projected survival of < 12 months due to non-cardiovascular causes based on clinical judgment

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 18 and 85 years old?

Where in Germany

Also in 9 other countries, 200 sites

  • Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbHBad Nauheim, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaetsklinikum Bonn AöRBonn, GermanyTaking people
  • HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt GmbHErfurt, GermanyTaking people
  • Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt Am Main, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaetsmedizin GoettingenGoettingen, GermanyTaking people
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöRHeidelberg, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaet Des SaarlandesHomburg, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöRJena, GermanyTaking people
  • Asklepios Kliniken Langen-Seligenstadt GmbHLangen (Hesse), GermanyTaking people
  • Marienhaus Klinikum Mainz GmbHMainz, GermanyTaking people
  • Praxis für KardiologieMarkkleeberg, GermanyTaking people
  • LMU Klinikum Muenchen AöRMunich, GermanyTaking people
  • Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg AöRWuerzburg, GermanyTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The purpose of this study is to find out if the investigational drug called omecamtiv mecarbil can reduce the risk of the effects of heart failure, like hospitalization, transplantation, or death in patients with heart failure and severely reduced ejection fraction.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Omecamtiv MecarbilTreatment being tested

    Participants randomized to omecamtiv mecarbil will be dosed based on their omecamtiv mecarbil plasma concentration at 25, 37.5 or 50 mg twice daily until at least 850 participants experience a HF event or CV death, whichever comes first.

    Treatment: Omecamtiv Mecarbil (OM)

  • PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison

    Participants randomized to placebo will receive placebo twice daily until at least 850 participants experience a HF event or CV death, whichever comes first.

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
Official title
A Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Patients With Symptomatic Heart Failure With Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction (COMET-HF)
Plain-language title
Tests omecamtiv mecarbil in adults with severe heart failure with reduced ejection fractionGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Fit questions
Built from NCT06736574, who can take part
Record updated
4 November 2026