Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

The Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (SPIRRIT-HFpEF): Rationale and Design

Eur J Heart FailPublished Randomised controlled trial

Study context

Population
Patients with HFpEF/HFmrEF (LVEF ≥40%, elevated NT-proBNP, chronic loop diuretic use), Sweden (SwedeHF) and United States (US)planned ≈2400
Planned comparison
Spironolactone plus usual care vs usual care alone
Primary endpoint
Total number of cardiovascular deaths and hospitalizations for heart failure
Methodological detailsrationale and design, pragmatic, registry-based, multicentre, prospective, open-label, blinded endpoint, event-driven, Randomised 1:1, Outcomes from Swedish administrative registries and a US call centre, adjudicated, Enrolment over ≈6 years; power based on HRs from TOPCAT Americas subset
  • Rationale and design
  • Pragmatic
  • Registry-based
  • Multicentre
  • Prospective
  • Open-label
  • Blinded endpoint
  • Event-driven
  • Randomised 1:1
  • Outcomes from Swedish administrative registries and a US call centre, adjudicated
  • Enrolment over ≈6 years; power based on HRs from TOPCAT Americas subset

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

The Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (SPIRRIT-HFpEF): Rationale and Design. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 16 September 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3453

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