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. 2016 Nov 30;174(10):977–989. doi: 10.1111/bph.13656

Table 1.

Relaxin clinical trials (source: ClinicalTrials.gov)

Status and phase Study title and dates Sponsor and identifier
1 Completed, Phase II and III, n = 1161 Efficacy and safety of relaxin for the treatment of acute heart failure/2007–2012 Corthera/Novartis NCT00520806
Condition Heart failure, congestive
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
2 Terminated, Phase II, n = 11 Recombinant human relaxin for the treatment of decompensated CHF/2006–2007 Corthera/Novartis NCT00406575
Condition Heart failure, congestive
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
3 Completed, Phase II, n = 18 A pilot study of recombinant human relaxin (rhRlx) in compensated CHF/2005– Corthera/Novartis NCT00259116
Condition Heart failure, congestive
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
4 Suspended, Phase I, n = 18 (estimated) Evaluation of the safety of relaxin in preeclampsia/2005– Corthera/Novartis CT00333307
Condition Pre‐eclampsia
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
5 Terminated, Phase II, n = 3 Safety and efficacy of RLX030 in pregnant women with pre‐eclampsia/2013–2014 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01566630
Condition Pre‐eclampsia
Intervention RLX030
6 Completed, Phase III, n = 231 Recombinant human relaxin in the treatment of diffuse scleroderma/1998–2001 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey NCT00704665
Condition: Systemic sclerosis
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
7 Recruiting, Observational n = 30 (estimated) Relaxin in multiple sclerosis (MS)/2013– Providence Health & Services NCT01909492
Condition Multiple sclerosis, relapsing‐remitting
Interventions Procedure: blood draw;
Procedure: lumbar puncture
8 Completed, Phase II, n = 1 Phase II study of recombinant relaxin for progressive systemic sclerosis/1991–1997 National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) NCT00004380
Condition Systemic Sclerosis
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
9 Completed, Phase II, n = 72 Recombinant human relaxin (rhRlx) in pregnant women scheduled for induction of labour/2005–2006 Corthera/Novartis NCT00259103
Condition Labour, induced
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
10 Recruiting, Phase II n = 60 (estimated) Study of the vascular effects of serelaxin/2014– Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01979614
Condition Coronary artery disease
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
11 Not yet recruiting Phase II, n = 20 (estimated) Serelaxin to lower portal pressure/2016– University of Edinburgh, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and NHS Lothian NCT02669875
Conditions Liver cirrhosis; hypertension, portal
Intervention Drug: rhRLN
12 Completed, Phase II, n = 47 An exploratory haemodynamic study in patients with compensated cirrhosis and portal hypertension/2012–2014 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01640964
Condition Compensated cirrhosis and portal hypertension
Intervention Drug: terlipressin acetate; serelaxin
13 Completed, Phase II, n = 321 Safety of repeat doses of IV serelaxin in subjects with chronic heart failure/2014–2015 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01982292
Condition Chronic heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
14 Recruiting, Phase II, n = 125 (estimated) Study of the effect of serelaxin on high‐sensitivity cardiac tropin I release in patients with chronic heart Failure/2016‐ Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT02625922
Condition Chronic heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
15 Completed, Phase II, n = 46 Study of safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of serelaxin in Japanese acute heart failure (AHF) patients/2014 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT02002702
Condition Acute heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
16 Recruiting, Phase III, n = 2685 (estimated) Effect of serelaxin versus standard of care in acute heart failure (AHF) patients/2014– Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT02064868
Condition Acute heart failure; systolic blood pressure ≥125 mmHg,; mild‐to‐moderate renal impairment
Intervention Drug: serelaxin; standard of care
17 Completed, Phase I, n = 36 PK of Serelaxin in severe renal impairment and end stage renal disease/2013 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01875523
Condition Renal failure, chronic; end‐stage renal disease
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
18 Recruiting, Phase III, n = 1520 (estimated) Efficacy, safety and tolerability of sexelaxin when added to standard therapy in AHF/2014– Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT02007720
Condition Acute heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
19 Recruiting, Phase II, n = 36 (estimated) Pharmacokinetics and safety of serelaxin on top of standard of care therapy in pediatric patients with acute heart failure/2014– Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT02151383
Condition Acute Heart Failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
20 Recruiting, Phase III, n = 6800 (estimated) Efficacy, safety and tolerability of serelaxin when added to standard therapy in AHF/2013‐ Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01870778
Condition Acute Heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin
21 Completed, Phase II, n = 71 Haemodynamic responses to RLX030 infusion in subjects with acute heart failure/2012–2014 Novartis Pharmaceuticals NCT01543854
Condition Acute heart failure
Intervention Drug: serelaxin

rhRLN, Serelaxin or RLX30 is recombinant human relaxin 2. n, enrolment.