RT Journal Article SR 00 ID 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.07.007 A1 Morrow, Andrew J. A1 Ford, Thomas J. A1 Mangion, Kenneth A1 Kotecha, Tushar A1 Rakhit, Roby A1 Galasko, Gavin A1 Hoole, Stephen A1 Davenport, Anthony A1 Kharbanda, Rajesh A1 Ferreira, Vanessa M. A1 Shanmuganathan, Mayooran A1 Chiribiri, Amedeo A1 Perera, Divaka A1 Rahman, Haseeb A1 Arnold, Jayanth R. A1 Greenwood, John P. A1 Fisher, Michael A1 Husmeier, Dirk A1 Hill, Nicholas A. A1 Luo, Xiaoyu A1 Williams, Nicola A1 Miller, Laura A1 Dempster, Jill A1 Macfarlane, Peter W. A1 Welsh, Paul A1 Sattar, Naveed A1 Whittaker, Andrew A1 McConnachie, Alex A1 Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 Berry, Colin T1 Rationale and design of the Medical Research Council precision medicine with Zibotentan in microvascular angina (PRIZE) trial JF American Heart Journal YR 2020 FD 2020-11 VO 229 SP 70 OP 80 AB Background: Microvascular angina is caused by cardiac small vessel disease and dysregulation of the endothelin system is implicated. The minor G allele of the non-coding single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs9349379 enhances expression of the endothelin 1 gene in human vascular cells, increasing circulating concentrations of ET-1. The prevalence of this allele is higher in patients with ischemic heart disease. Zibotentan is a potent, selective inhibitor of the ETA receptor. We have identified zibotentan as a potential disease-modifying therapy for patients with microvascular angina. Methods: We will assess the efficacy and safety of adjunctive treatment with oral zibotentan (10 mg daily) in patients with microvascular angina and assess whether rs9349379 (minor G allele; population prevalence ~36%) acts as a theragnostic biomarker of the response to treatment with zibotentan. The Precision medicine with Zibotentan in microvascular angina (PRIZE) trial is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential cross-over trial. The study population will be enriched to ensure a G-allele frequency of 50% for the rs9349379 SNP. The participants will receive a single-blind placebo run-in followed by treatment with either 10 mg of zibotentan daily for 12 weeks then placebo for 12 weeks, or vice versa, in random order. The primary outcome is treadmill exercise duration using the Bruce protocol. The primary analysis will assess the within-subject difference in exercise duration following treatment with zibotentan versus placebo. Conclusion: PRIZE invokes precision medicine in microvascular angina. Should our hypotheses be confirmed, this developmental trial will inform the rationale and design for undertaking a larger multicenter trial. PB Elsevier SN 0002-8703 LK https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/220997/