Autopsy report · NCT00226109

Clinical Trial Studying the Effects of Spironolactone on Heart and Skeletal Muscle Function in Chronic Alcoholics

“Problems recruting patients”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 year 5 months after it had already started.
• Suspended: paused, and may or may not restart.
• 40 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).

Vital statistics

Status

Suspended

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic; Alcoholism

Interventions

spironolactone

Participants

40 (planned, not actual)

Sites

1

Countries

Denmark

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.