Single Blind Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of High Dose Pulse Intravenous Corticosteroid Therapy to Treat Patients With Complicated/Fulminant Acute Myocarditis
This is a phase III, multi-center international, single blind randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of pulsed intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone versus standard therapy on top of maximal support in patients with Acute myocarditis (AM).
• Patients admitted to hospital for suspected AM
• Age 18 years or older and below 70 years (18-69 years)
• Acute HF with clinically suspected acute myocarditis based on an N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration of 1600 pg/mL or more or a B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration of 400 pg/mL or more;
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)\<41% and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LV-EDD)\<56 mm (parasternal long-axis view) on echocardiogram;
• Increased troponin (3x upper reference limit \[URL\]) at the time of randomization;
• Clinical onset of cardiac symptoms within 3 weeks from randomization;
• Excluded coronary artery disease by coronary angiogram in subjects ≥46 years of age, in case myocarditis is not histologically proven;
• Randomization within 120 hours from hospital admission.