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Maridebart Cafraglutide in Heart Failure With Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction and Obesity

Basic Information

Recruitment status	Recruiting
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied	HF With Preserved Ejection Fraction HF With Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction Obesity
Date of first enrollment	25/06/2025
Target sample size	5056
Countries of recruitment	Australia,Japan,Canada,Japan,Hong Kong,Japan,South Korea,Japan,Switzerland,Japan,Taiwan,Japan,United States,Japan,Argentina,Japan,Austria,Japan,Belgium,Japan,Brazil,Japan,Bulgaria,Japan,China,Japan,Czechia,Japan,Denmark,Japan,Finland,Japan,France,Japan,Germany,Japan,Greece,Japan,Hungary,Japan,Italy,Japan,Netherlands,Japan,Poland,Japan,Portugal,Japan,Romania,Japan,Slovakia,Japan,Spain,Japan,Sweden,Japan,Turkey,Japan,United Kingdom,Japan
Study type	Interventional
Intervention(s)	Experimental: Maridebart Cafraglutide Participants will receive maridebart cafraglutide subcutaneously (SC) Interventions: Drug: Maridebart cafraglutide Placebo Comparator: Placebo Participants will receive placebo SC Interventions: Drug: Placebo

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

1. Time to First Occurrence of a Composite Endpoint Consisting of: CV Death or HF Events [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] - Heart Failure events include: hospitalization for HF or urgent HF visits.

Secondary Outcome

1. Change From Baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) Clinical Summary Score (CSS) for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 2. Change from Baseline in the KCCQ Total Symptom Score (TSS) for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-TSS assesses symptom frequency and burden, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 3. Total Number of HF Events Including First and Recurrent HF Events [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 4. Time to First Occurrence of a Composite Endpoint Consisting of: Myocardial Infarction (MI), Ischemic Stroke, CV Death (Major Adverse Cardiac Events [MACE]), or HF Events [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 5. Time to First Event of a Composite Nephropathy Endpoint [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] - The composite nephropathy endpoint consists of: persistent macroalbuminuria, persistent >= 40% reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), onset of persistent eGFR < 15 mL/min/1.73 m^2, initiation of chronic renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation), CV or renal death. 6. Change in eGFR Slope (Total) [Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 35 months] 7. Change in eGFR Slope (Chronic) [Time Frame: From 4 months up to approximately 35 months] 8. Time to Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Participants with Prediabetes [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 9. Time to the First HF Event [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 10. Change from Baseline in the Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 11. Change from Baseline in Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m^2) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week72] 12. Change from Baseline in the Waist Circumference (cm) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 13. Change from Baseline in the Urine Albumin-to-creatinine Ratio (uACR) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 14. Change from Baseline in the Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c [%, mmol/mol]) in Participants with T2DM [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 15. Percent Change from Baseline in the High-sensitivity C Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 16. Percent Change from Baseline in the Body Weight (kg) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 17. Percent Change from Baseline in Total Cholesterol [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 18. Percent Change from Baseline in Non-high-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (non-HDL-C) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 19. Percent Change from Baseline in Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-C, Triglycerides (TG), Very Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (VLDL-C)[Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 20. Total All-cause Hospitalizations (First and Recurrent Time to Event) [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 21.Number of Participants Achieving >= 5-point Change in KCCQ-CSS from Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 22. Number of Participants Achieving >= 10-point Change in KCCQ-CSS from Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 23. Number of Participants Achieving an Anchor-based Change in KCCQ-CSS From Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. The Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S) and Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C) can be used as anchors to estimate within-patient change in the KCCQ-CSS. 24. Number of Participants Achieving >= 5-point Change in KCCQ-TSS from Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-TSS assesses symptom frequency and burden, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 25. Number of Participants Achieving >= 10-point Change in KCCQ-TSS from Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-TSS assesses symptom frequency and burden, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. 26. Number of Participants Achieving an Anchor-based Change in KCCQ-TSS from Baseline for Participants with Baseline KCCQ-CSS <= 80 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48] - The KCCQ is a 23-item disease-specific measure for participants with HF, measuring the participant's perception of their health status. The KCCQ-TSS assesses symptom frequency and burden, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. The KCCQ-CSS assesses symptoms and physical limitations, ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning and quality of life. The PGI-S and PGI-C can be used as anchors to estimate within-patient change in the KCCQ-CSS. 27. Time to All-cause Death [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 28. Time to CV Death [Time Frame: Up to Approximately 35 Months] 29. Number of Participants with Treatment-emergent Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events [Time Frame: Up to approximately 35 months] 30. Plasma Concentration of Maridebart Cafraglutide [Time Frame: Week 72] 31. Change from Baseline in N-terminal Pro B Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 72] 32. Time to New Onset of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) or Atrial Flutter (AFL) in Participants Without a History of AF or AFL at Baseline [Time Frame: Baseline and up to approximately 35 months]

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum	>= 18age old
Age maximum	Not applicable
Gender	Both
Include criteria	1. Age >= 18 years at the time of informed consent. 2. BMI >= 30.0 kg/m^2 at the time of randomization. 3. HF diagnosed for at least 30 days with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV at the time of informed consent. 4. Managed with HF standard of care therapies. 5. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of > 40% within 12 months from the beginning of screening. 6. Elevated NT-proBNP. 7. Participants must have at least one of the following: 1). Structural heart disease within 12 months prior to screening OR 2). Documented hospitalization with a primary diagnosis of decompensated HF which required IV loop diuretic treatment > 30 days and < 12 months prior to randomization OR 3). Evidence of elevated filling pressures within 12 months before randomization.
Exclude criteria	1. History of any of the following within 60 days prior to or during screening: Type I (spontaneous) MI, valvular replacement or repair, coronary revascularization, coronary artery bypass graft surgery or other major cardiovascular surgery, stroke. 2. HF due to: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, infiltrative cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, constrictive pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, arrhythmogenic right ventricular or left ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia, uncorrected primary valvular heart disease, clinically significant congenital heart disease. 3. Any lifetime history of LVEF <= 40%. 4. Hospitalized with acute decompensated HF at the time of or during the screening period. 5. Type 1 diabetes mellitus, or any type of diabetes with the exception of T2DM or history of gestational diabetes. 6. For participants with a prior diagnosis of T2DM (including those diagnosed during screening): 1). HbA1c > 10.0% (86 mmol/mol) at screening 2). Uncontrolled diabetes requiring immediate therapy 3). History of diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar state/coma within 12 months before randomization 4). One or more episodes of severe hypoglycemia within 6 months before randomization and/or history of hypoglycemia unawareness 5). History or presence of either proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or diabetic maculopathy, or severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy; or currently receiving or planning to receive treatment for diabetic retinopathy and/or macular edema. 7. SBP >= 180 mmHg during the screening period, or on three or more blood pressure-lowering drugs with a SBP > 160 mmHg. 8. History of chronic pancreatitis or acute pancreatitis in the 180 days before screening or during the screening period. 9. Any personal lifetime history of, or family history (first-degree relative[s]) of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN-2. 10. eGFR < 20 mL/min/1.73 m^2 (CKD-EPI creatinine (Cr)-cystatin C equation) or receiving dialysis at screening. 11. Calcitonin >= 50 ng/L (pg/mL) at screening. 12. Acute or chronic hepatitis. 13. Any of the following psychiatric history: 1). History of unstable major depressive disorder or other severe psychiatric disorder within 2 years prior to screening or during the screening period. 2). Lifetime history of suicide attempt 3). History of non-suicidal self-injury within 5 years prior to screening or during the screening period. 14. History of any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may preclude the participant from following the protocol and completing the trial. 15. Use of any glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) agonists or antagonists, or amylin analogs within 90 days prior to or during the screening period or planned use during the conduct of the trial.