Recruiting
Phase 2

Dapagliflozin

Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Code:

NCT06762964

Conditions

Fontan Circulation

Single Ventricle Heart Disease

HFpEF - Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Dapagliflozin tablet

Placebo Tablet

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research is to determine whether treatment with the study drug dapagliflozin for 3 months affects peripheral venous pressure at rest and during exercise in adults with failing Fontan circulation.

Conditions

Fontan Circulation

Single Ventricle Heart Disease

HFpEF - Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Study ID

NCT06762964

Start date

May 16, 2025

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria

1. Signed informed consent prior to any study specific procedures
2. History of Fontan procedure
3. Male or female subject
4. Age ≥ 18
5. Symptoms of dyspnea (NYHA II-IV) with no non-cardiac or ischemia explanation
6. Elevated peripheral venous pressure (PVP) at rest or during exercise (≥20 mmHg) ascertained at Visit 1. Patients that have consented to study procedures but do not meet this invasive criterion will be considered as screen failures and will not be randomized.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Type I diabetes
2. Any of the following medications: Insulin or Pramlintide, Sandostatin, Akeega (abiraterone acetate), Growth Hormone (Somatogrogon-GHLA), Lithium, Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine, Thioctic acid (alpha lipoic acid), Empagliflozin or Canagliflozin
3. Recent hospitalization (<30 days) or revascularization (<90 days)
4. Significant valvular heart disease (≥moderate stenosis, >moderate regurgitation)
5. Significant Fontan obstruction with resting SVC-IVC gradient >4 mmHg
6. Primary cardiomyopathy (such as amyloid)
7. Dyspnea due to primary lung disease or myocardial ischemia in the opinion of the investigator
8. Severe anemia (hemoglobin <9 gm/dl)
9. Severe kidney disease (estimated GFR<30) or liver disease
10. Women of childbearing potential not willing to use a medically accepted method of contraception OR who are currently pregnant (confirmed with positive pregnancy test) or breast feeding.
11. History of serious hypersensitivity reaction to dapagliflozin
12. Subjects on dialysis
13. Subjects with severe liver disease with history of decompensation including ascites or encephalopathy or variceal bleeding
14. Single ventricle heart disease without Fontan palliation
15. Those with a history of Fontan takedown

Study Design

Enrollment

27 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Dapagliflozin

placebo comparator: Placebo

Interventions

Dapagliflozin tablet

Patient will take a 10mg tablet of Dapagliflozin once daily for 12 weeks

Placebo Tablet

Patient will take 10mg placebo tablet once daily for 12 weeks

Primary outcome measure

  • Peripheral venous pressure (PVP) at rest [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 Weeks ]
  • Peripheral venous pressure (PVP) with feet elevated [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 Weeks ]
  • Peripheral venous pressure (PVP) at 20W exercise [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 Weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Mayo Clinic

Recruiting

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Principal Investigator:

Luke Burchill, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Last update posted

May 6, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • Fontan
  • HFpEF
  • SGLT2 inhibitors

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mayo Clinic on 2026-05-06.