A Dose Ranging Phase IIa Study of 6 Hour Intravenous Dosages of CXL-1427 in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

This is a dose finding, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of continuous 6-hour IV infusions of CXL-1427 in hospitalized patients with systolic heart failure which will first evaluate up to four ascending dose levels of CXL-1427 in up to four cohorts of 8 patients each (the "Dose Escalation" cohorts). Subsequently, up to three of the initial dose levels of CXL-1427 may be assessed in the additional "Expansion" cohorts of up to approximately 16 patients to gain further confidence in the results at these dose levels. The CXL-1427 dose that will be evaluated in the first cohort will be 3µg/kg/min. The dose levels for the next three sequential Dose Escalation cohorts will be dependent on clinical safety and tolerability, as well as the results of the invasive hemodynamic measurements.