A Phase 3 interventional study of Dapagliflozin propanediol (FORXIGA™/FARXIGA™1) and Placebo comparator in AMI, STEMI and NSTEMI, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-19.
Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
Recent clinical trials have proven the cardiovascular benefits of new medications for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), especially sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. There are no existing randomized clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin (nor any other SGLT2-inhibitor) to limit cardiac remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.
Preventing cardiac remodeling, an established predictor of subsequent heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular death, is likely to translate into benefit in reducing clinical events in post-MI patients.
DAPA-PROTECTOR is a prospective multicenter, randomized, double blind, phase III trial.
Patients with confirmed AMI (e.g., STEMI or very high-risk NSTEMI) with LV dysfunction (LVEF≤45%) after completion of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be assessed for eligibility. Patients will be randomized (in a 1:1 ratio) to receive dapagliflozin (10mg once day) or placebo for 6 months, on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines. Treatment will be prescribed as soon as possible after admission The first TTE (TTE-1) will be performed to confirm inclusion criteria (LVEF≤45%). Four visits are scheduled: at baseline and randomization (Visit D0), at discharge from the CICU (Visit 2) at Month 3 ±2 weeks (Visit 3), and at Month 6 (+ 4 weeks) (Visit 4). After randomization, Visit 2 and Visit 3 will be scheduled to check the tolerance of the drug. In addition, a phone call will be done to the patient to make sure he's not taking any Dapagliflozin (or equivalent as Empagliflozin) in addition to experimental treatment. Finally, the last visit (Visit 4) will be scheduled to collect clinical follow-up and to perform a TTE (TTE-2). Efficacy criteria will be assessed from randomization to Month 6 by TTE. All TTE results will be anonymized and centralized at a Corelab with assessment by independent cardiologists unaware of the patient treatment group.
850 studies on the registry are indexed under ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; 197 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 450 is above the median of 194 across 527 interventional studies indexed under ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
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A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Life expectancy
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Dapagliflozin 10mg per day will be administered orally, as in clinical practice
Drug: Dapagliflozin propanediol (FORXIGA™/FARXIGA™1)
Placebo will be administered orally
Drug: Placebo comparator
Drug page: Dapagliflozin
Dapagliflozin (10 mg per day; per os) on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines\* for 6 months (experimental group) \*All patients will receive optimal medical therapy (including antithrombotic, beta-blockers, statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker or sacubitril/valsartan, diuretics, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor) according to their clinical condition as recommended.
Placebo daily on top of standard of care as recommended in current guidelines\* for 6 months (control group) \*All patients will receive optimal medical therapy (including antithrombotic, beta-blockers, statins, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blocker or sacubitril/valsartan, diuretics, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor) according to their clinical condition as recommended.
Change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) by TTE
Two primary endpoints will allow to evaluate two independent and potent predictors of mortality after AMI: 1) Cardiac systolic function, assessed by change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) ) by TTE; 2) Remodeling, assessed by change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) by TTE.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) by TTE
Two primary endpoints will allow to evaluate two independent and potent predictors of mortality after AMI: 1) Cardiac systolic function, assessed by change in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) ) by TTE; 2) Remodeling, assessed by change in left atrium volume (LAV) from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) by TTE.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (±1 month) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in LV global longitudinal strain (LS)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in left atrial strain (LAS)
Comparison in each group from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) using TTE. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Duration of hospital stay (index hospitalization)
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
All-cause mortality at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Cardiovascular death or worsening HF at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Number of re-admission due to HF at 6-months
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (±1 month) from randomization
Change from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) in LVESV, LVEDV, LAV, LVEF, LV global LS, LAS and pulmonary congestion (normal lung, mild, moderate or severe ultrasound lung comets [ULCs]) using TTE at month 6
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks) in plasma levels of NT-pro BNP and HBA1C
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Change in body weight from baseline to Month 6 (+4 weeks)
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Adverse events
Comparison between both groups (experimental vs. placebo) of Adverse events with particular focus to those potentially related to dapagliflozin complications (e.g., all symptoms of volume depletion, major hypoglycemia, genital infections, diabetes ketoacidosis, changes in liver function parameters \[ASAT, ALAT ≥3 USN\]. To assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin compared to placebo in addition to optimal secondary prevention in the prevention of cardiac dysfunction after AMI with LV dysfunction.
Time frame: 6 months (+4 weeks) from randomization
Plan to share: Undecided
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Started Jun 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2026, 40 months after the start.
Of 38 phase 3 interventional studies under ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 23 and three quarters within 58. This study's planned 40 months is close to that.
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