Effect of Ranolazine on Activity Level in Patients With Angina After FFR Based Deferred Intervention (REPTAR) (REPTAR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03044964 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2017 by Amit Malhotra, MD, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc..
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : February 7, 2017
Last Update Posted : February 7, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Angina | Drug: Ranolazine Drug: Placebo | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Effect of Ranolazine on Activity Level in Patients With Angina After FFR Based Deferred Intervention |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 10, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 2017 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Ranolazine
At randomization, patients will be started on 500mg of Ranolazine, twice daily for 1 week. After 1 week, the dosage may be increased to 1000mg of Ranolazine, twice daily for 5 weeks.
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Drug: Ranolazine
Patients will be started on 500mg twice daily and may be increased to 1000mg twice daily after 1 week. Patients will or may remain on the 1000mg for 5 weeks.
Other Name: Ranexa |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
At Randomization, patients will be started on 500mg of a placebo, twice daily for 1 week. After 1 week, the dosage of the placebo may be increased to 1000mg, twice daily for 5 weeks.
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Drug: Placebo
Patients will be started on 500mg twice daily and may be increased to 1000mg twice daily after 1 week. Patients will or may remain on the 1000mg for 5 weeks. |
- Within-patient comparison of accelerometer-assessed physical activity utilizing the Actigraph accelerpmeter from baseline to end of study between Ranolazine and placebo. [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be willing and able to comply with schedules visits, treatment plan, and other study procedures.
- There must be evidence of personally signed and dated informed consent documents.
- Subjects must have a documented history of anginal chest pain equal to or greater than one (1) episode per week prior to cardiac catheterization.
- Subjects must have greater than or equal to one (1) episode of angina chest pain between screening visit and randomization visit.
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Subject must have documented cardiac catheterization with deferred percutaneous intervention and fractional flow reserve (FFR) greater than or equal to 0.81 within thirty (30) days, or an (FFR) less than 0.81if not a candidate for revascularization based upon operator discretion.
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Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with a congenital or acquired QT interval prolongation (greater than or equal to 440ms in men/greater than or equal to 460ms in women).
- Subjects prescibed strong CYP3A inhibitors (including ketaconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, nefazodone, nelfinavir, ritonavir, indinavir and saquinavir.) and/or strong CYP3A inducers (rifampin, rifabutin, rifapentin, Phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamezepine and St. John's wort).
- Subjects prescribed to Simvastatin (Zocor) that cannot have dose reduced to appropriate levels (20mg QD) per physician or have medication discontinued during the clinical trial.
- Subjects prescribed Metformin that cannot have dose reduced to appropriate levels (less than or equal to 850mg BID) per physician or have medication discontinued during the clinical trial.
- Subjects prescribed Digoxin that cannot have dose reduced to appropriate levels (0.125mg QD) per physician or have medication discontinued during the clinical trial.
- Subjects with life expectancy less than the duration of the trial.
- Subjects with a history of liver cirrhosis.
- Subject with chronic renal disease with creatinine clearance of less than 30mL/min.
- Subjects participating in any other clinical trial for the duration of the trial.
- Females who are of childbearing potential, who are unwilling or unable to use highly effective method of contraception -

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03044964
Contact: Amit Malhotra, MD | 901-271-5468 | amit.malhotra@sterncardio.com | |
Contact: Diana Barker, LPN | 901-271-5468 | diana.barker@sterncardio.com |
United States, Mississippi | |
Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc | Recruiting |
Southaven, Mississippi, United States, 38671 | |
Contact: Amit Malhotra, MD 901-271-1000 amit.malhotra@sterncardio.com | |
Contact: Diana Barker, LPN 901-271-1000 diana.barker@sterncardio.com | |
Sub-Investigator: Yasar Cheema, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Dharmesh Patel, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Darrell Sneed, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Arie Szatkowski, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Justin May, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Gilbert Zoghbi, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Amit Malhotra, MD | Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Amit Malhotra, MD, Sponsor-Investigator, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03044964 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
REPTAR |
First Posted: | February 7, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 7, 2017 |
Last Verified: | February 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Angina, Chest Pain |
Angina Pectoris Myocardial Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Chest Pain |
Pain Neurologic Manifestations Ranolazine Sodium Channel Blockers Membrane Transport Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |