The SELEQT-HF (SELEnium and CoQ10 NuTrition for Heart Failure) Study Will Evaluate the Effect of Adding Selenium/and coQ10 on Top of Standard HF Therapy in Patients With HF and Will do so Using a Pragmatic, Registry Based Randomized Controlled Trial in the Netherlands.
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Selenium/CoQ10, Matching Placebo (B).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Heart Failure. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Netherlands
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Registry-Based Randomised Controlled Trial With Heart 4 Data - SELEnium and CoQ10 NuTrition for Heart Failure: H4D-SELEQT-HF
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether taking selenium and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) can reduce HF related events and deaths related to cardiovascular disease. Researchers will compare selenium-CoQ10 supplements with a placebo to see if the supplements improve heart health and patient outcomes. Participants will: Receive either selenium-CoQ10 or placebo in addition to their usual heart failure treatment Attend standard clinical visits according to routine clinical care. The study will include 1,100 adults with chronic heart failure. Selenium and CoQ10 are natural nutrients with no known health risks. If effective, this supplement could provide a safe new way to improve outcomes for people with heart failure.
Detailed description
This randomized controlled trial will be a pragmatic registry based clinical trial (RBRCT), using existing infrastructure on quality reporting of cardiovascular disease management in the Netherlands. This registration platform (Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR) forms the basis of incorporating information of patients with HF in hospitals in the Netherlands. Using the data gathered through this registry, these data will serve as source documentation for the electronic case report form of the current RBRCT and requires only limited additional information. Through the same system, randomization, (Serious) adverse event reporting, endpoint reporting and investigational product allocation will be conducted. Investigational product (selenium/CoQ10 supplementation or placebo) will be distributed from central pharmacy to the home of the patient. Apart from telephone calls at 6 months after randomization and every 12 months thereafter, there will be no study visits and the data gathering will be conducted through routine clinical care and registrations that are already in place. SELEQT-HF is an event driven RBRCT, with an expected median follow up of 2 years.
Interventions
- Dietary supplement Selenium/CoQ10
Oral dosage of twice daily Selenium/CoQ10 (2 x 100 μg selenium tablets (SelenoPrecise 100 μg, Pharma Nord, Denmark) and 2 x 100 mg Q10 capsules (Bio-Quinon 100 mg B.I.D, Pharma Nord, Denmark) - Drug Matching Placebo (B)
Matching Placebo
Primary outcome measures
- Composite of repeated HF hospitalization, repeated urgent HF visits and cardiovascular death [Time frame: ongoing, up to ~30 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Total number of events of (repeated) HF hospitalization and (repeated) urgent HF visits [Time frame: ongoing, up to ~30 months]
- Time to death from any cause [Time frame: ongoing, up to ~30 months]
- Time to cardiovascular death [Time frame: ongoing, up to ~30 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age >18 years
- Outpatients with chronic HF, NYHA II - ambulatory IV
- Serum NT-proBNP concentrations >600 pg/mL (71 pmol/L) if in sinus rhythm; >1000pg/mL (118 pmol/L) if in Atrial fibrillation\*
Exclusion criteria
- History of myocardial infarction, myocarditis, percutaneous intervention, cardiac surgery or stroke <30 days
- The presence of a mechanical assist device
- Scheduled for mechanical assist device or heart transplant
- Other non-cardiac conditions with limited life expectancy (<1 year)
- Amyloid, hypertrophic obstructive or constrictive cardiomyopathy
- End stage kidney disease for which chronic intermittent peritoneal or haemodialysis
- Unable to sign informed consent
- (Unwilling to stop) use of over the counter supplements coQ10/selenium
- Peanut and/or soy allergy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Netherlands · 7 centers
- Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep — Alkmaar
- AUMC — Amsterdam
- Amphia Ziekenhuis — Breda
- Catharina ziekenhuis Eindhoven — Eindhoven
- TREANT — Emmen
- University Medical Center Groningen — Groningen
- St Antonius ziekenhuis — Nieuwegein
Publications
- Alehagen U, Johansson P, Bjornstedt M, Rosen A, Dahlstrom U. Cardiovascular mortality and N-terminal-proBNP reduced after combined selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplementation: a 5-year prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial among elderly Swedish citizens. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 1;167(5):1860-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.156. Epub 2012 May 23. PMID 22626835
- Mortensen SA, Rosenfeldt F, Kumar A, Dolliner P, Filipiak KJ, Pella D, Alehagen U, Steurer G, Littarru GP; Q-SYMBIO Study Investigators. The effect of coenzyme Q10 on morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure: results from Q-SYMBIO: a randomized double-blind trial. JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Dec;2(6):641-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Oct 1. PMID 25282031
- Bomer N, Grote Beverborg N, Hoes MF, Streng KW, Vermeer M, Dokter MM, IJmker J, Anker SD, Cleland JGF, Hillege HL, Lang CC, Ng LL, Samani NJ, Tromp J, van Veldhuisen DJ, Touw DJ, Voors AA, van der Meer P. Selenium and outcome in heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Aug;22(8):1415-1423. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1644. Epub 2019 Dec 6. PMID 31808274
- Folkers K, Vadhanavikit S, Mortensen SA. Biochemical rationale and myocardial tissue data on the effective therapy of cardiomyopathy with coenzyme Q10. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Feb;82(3):901-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.82.3.901. PMID 3856239
- McKeag NA, McKinley MC, Harbinson MT, McGinty A, Neville CE, Woodside JV, McKeown PP. Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Micronutrient Status in Patients With Chronic Stable Heart Failure: An Observational Study. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2017 Mar/Apr;32(2):148-155. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000322. PMID 26829748
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07234422 · NL87982.042.24 · METc 2025/02