Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesRandomised controlled trial

Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Digoxin in Patients with Heart Failure. Rationale and Design of the DECISION Trial

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Randomised controlled trial (rationale and design)
  • double-blind
  • parallel-group
  • placebo-controlled
  • event-driven
  • Randomised 1:1
  • Endpoints adjudicated blindly by a Clinical Event Committee
  • Enrolment completed December 2023

Study context

Population
Chronic heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%, sinus rhythm or AF, on contemporary HF treatmentenrolment completed
Participants
1,002 participants
Comparison
Low-dose digoxin vs placebo
Primary endpoint
Composite of cardiovascular (CV) mortality and total HF hospitalizations or total urgent hospital visits for worsening HF
Follow-up
Median 3 years

Original publication

Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Digoxin in Patients with Heart Failure. Rationale and Design of the DECISION Trial. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 30 August 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3428

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