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636 active trials for Heart Failure

Mapping and Pacing of the His Bundle for Heart Failure Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block

This is a prospective, single-arm, non-randomized, non-blinded study designed to characterize the locations of His Bundle (HB) pacing that results in correction of electrical dyssynchrony and to characterize morphology and activation time of local intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) with an electro-anatomical mapping system during a device implant procedure and secondarily to assess the efficacy of HB pacing or HB plus LV pacing (when indicated) in correction of electrical dyssynchrony in heart failure patients with left bundle branch block.

Start: March 2019

HF Tissue Registry

This is a registry study. This is an observational, non-randomized, open, long-term project to collect biological samples (e.g. tissue and blood samples) in addition to clinical information and laboratory test results, from end-stage patients who undergo LVAD implantation and/or heart transplantation. There are no investigational treatments, drug or procedures associated with participation in registry activities. Data collection will not immediately influence the course of treatment for any patient.

Start: June 2008

Patient-Reported Outcomes as an Indicator of Disease Transitions in Heart Failure

This is a prospective, observational, open study that will utilize the following tools: survey/questionnaire research, interviews, and focus groups, and secondary/archival data analysis. In addition, a subset of selected subjects will be asked to provide blood samples to examine the biologic determinants of patient health status in heart failure (HF). This will help us understand better the biomarkers or genetic factors that may cause differences in patient quality of life.

Start: December 2019

Cardiac Resynchronization in the Elderly

This pilot will enroll 50 HF patients (age ? 75 years) undergoing CRT device implantation at the hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Duke University, Ohio State University, and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Patients will be randomized to CRT-P versus CRT-D and followed until study end. Rates of patient screening, enrollment, randomization, and retention as well as cost of care will be examined. The results of this pilot study will inform the design of a large pivotal non-inferiority trial and will be necessary for its success. Patients who refuse participation in the randomized pilot trial will be asked to enroll in a prospective observational cohort. Characteristics of patients who choose CRT-P vs. CRT-D will be compared and patients' level of satisfaction with their device decision will be measured.

Start: March 2017

Conduction System Pacing International Registry (CONSPIRE Registry)

The purpose of this registry study is to collect information about routine clinical practices with device implantation to treat bradycardia and cardiac systolic dysfunction (heart rhythm disorders) across global centers of excellence in cardiac pacing. In particular, this study will examine the use of conduction system pacing (CSP) in clinical practice. Information collected in the registry will help researchers better characterize strengths and limitations of current technology and treatments.

Start: April 2021

Promoting Well-being and Health in Heart Failure

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of a 12-week, phone-delivered Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly PP and health behavior text messages for a total of 24 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 12 weeks), compared to an attention-matched MI-based educational condition, in a randomized trial (NIH Stage II) of 280 patients with New York Heart Association class I-III Heart Failure (HF).

Start: July 2021

Rhythm Control - Catheter Ablation With or Without Anti-arrhythmic Drug Control of Maintaining Sinus Rhythm Versus Rate Control With Medical Therapy and/or Atrio-ventricular Junction Ablation and Pacemaker Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation and heart failure are two common heart conditions that are associated with an increase in death and suffering. When both of these two conditions occur in a patient the patient's prognosis is poor. These patients have poor life quality and are frequently admitted to the hospital. The treatment of atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients is extremely challenging. Two options for managing the atrial fibrillation are permitting the atrial fibrillation to continue but controlling the heart rate, or to convert the atrial fibrillation rhythm back to normal and try to maintain the heart in sinus rhythm. Until now, the method to keep the patient in normal sinus rhythm is with antiarrhythmic drugs. Studies using antiarrhythmic drugs to control the rhythm failed to show any survival benefit when compared with permitting the patient to be in atrial fibrillation. In the last few years, new development in techniques and technologies now enable catheter ablation (cauterization of tissue in the heart with a catheter) to be a successful treatment in abolishing atrial fibrillation and that this approach is better than antiarrhythmic drug to control the rhythm. However, there has not been any long-term study to determine whether catheter ablation to abolish atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients would reduce mortality or admissions for heart failure. This study is to compare the effect of catheter ablation-based atrial fibrillation rhythm control to rate control in patients with heart failure and high burden atrial fibrillation on the composite endpoint of all-cause mortality and heart failure events defined as an admission to a healthcare facility for > 24 hours or clinically significant worsening heart failure leading to an intervention (defined as treatment in an emergency department, a same-day access clinic, or an infusion centre) or unscheduled visits to a healthcare provider for administration of an intravenous diuretic and an increase in chronic heart failure therapy. This study may have a dramatic impact on the way the investigators manage these patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure and may improve the outlook and well being of these patients.

Start: September 2011

Empagliflozin and Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

The primary purpose of this trial is to evaluate the impact of empagliflozin, as compared with placebo, in patients with diabetes mellitus or overweight, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.

Start: September 2021

Complications and the Influence of COVID-19 on Myocardial Function and Exercise Capacity

The subject of the study is the impact of COVID-19 on the indicators of myocardial efficiency and exercise capacity. As a result of the observed dependencies, it will be possible to start an appropriate diagnostic procedure early, select personalized treatment and develop a model of cardiological care for people with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection and improve the quality and extend their life.

Start: December 2020

Occurrence, Trends, Management and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Myocarditis

The epidemiology of myocarditis is largely unknown and based mainly on small single-center studies. The study aim to evaluate the current incidence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized due to myocarditis in a general population.

Start: January 2009

Dapagliflozin Heart Failure Readmission

This study will be the first trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dapagliflozin treatment in preventing readmissions/ER visits/urgent clinic visits, and death in patients with and without T2D after admission for heart failure. Treatment with SGLT2-i has been shown to reduce both heart failure hospitalizations and mortality in patients with established heart disease. However, the time of initiation of SGLT2-i therapy has not been evaluated in patients with HF. In addition, the impact of treatment on HF symptoms quality of life, resource utilization, and cost-effectiveness of dapagliflozin versus placebo will be evaluated. The results of this study have great potential to impact and facilitate care and to change current clinical guidelines in the management of patients with heart failure.

Start: July 2020

Development of Specific Diagnostic Tools for Cardiac Insufficiency With Preserved Ejection Fraction

The MeDIAGSTOLE project aims to develop diagnostic tools for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (IC / FEp), a pathology that is difficult to diagnose and to manage clinically in the absence of targeted treatment . The IC / FEp concerns the elderly population with comorbidities such as hypertension, obesity, anemia and atrial fibrillation. In the absence of specific biomarkers, clinical diagnosis is based on serum markers of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (IC / FEr). The identification of new biomarkers, genetic and / or cellular, specific for IC / FEp would be an important innovation.

Start: May 2021

Effect of Adaptive Servo Ventilation (ASV) on Survival and Hospital Admissions in Heart Failure

Sleep Apnea (SA) is a disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep that expose the heart to oxygen deprivation. It is common in patients with heart failure (HF) where it is associated with increased risk of hospitalizations and death. It is not known however whether treating SA reduces these risks. This study is looking at whether a respiratory device known as Adaptive Servo Ventilation (ASV) can reduce the rate of cardiovascular hospitalizations and death in subjects with HF and SA. Study subjects will randomly receive either their regular medications OR their regular medications plus ASV. They will be followed for approximately 5 years and information relevant to their health will be collected and compared.

Start: May 2010

The Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan on Cardiac Oxygen Consumption and Efficiency of Cardiac Work in Heart Failure Patients

The study will assess the effects of 6 weeks of stable sacubitril/valsartan therapy, as compared with valsartan therapy, on cardiac oxygen consumption and the efficiency of cardiac work in patients with NYHA II-III heart failure (HF) and reduced systolic function using 11C-acetate positron emission tomography (PET) and echocardiography.

Start: July 2018

Efficacy and Safety of Sacubitril/Valsartan Compared With Enalapril on Morbidity, Mortality, and NT-proBNP Change in Patients With CCC

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of sacubitril/valsartan 200 mg BID compared with enalapril 10 mg BID, in addition to conventional heart failure (HF) treatment, in improving a hierarchical composite of cardiovascular (CV) events (i.e. CV death or the occurrence of first HF hospitalization) and causing a greater reduction in n terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, at Week 12 from Baseline) in participants with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) caused by CCC.

Start: December 2019

Effect of Ertugliflozin on Cardiac Function in Diabetes

The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial role of ertugliflozin, a new SGLT2 inhibitor, in cardiac function via measuring GLS as well as other hemodynamic factors using echocardiogram in patients with T2D and HF, who are not controlled with oral antidiabetic medications including DPP4 inhibitors.

Start: June 2019

Effective Study of ARNI on Ventricular Arrhythmia in HFrEF Patients With ICD or CRT-D

The purpose of this study is to generate effectiveness data of ARNI, in the Chinese HFrEF patients with implanted ICD or CRT-D. This will be a multicenter, interventional, open-label, and prospective single-arm study to evaluate the effect of ARNI on VAs in approximately 275 HFrEF patients receiving ICD or CRT-D in China.

Start: November 2020

Dexamethasone Versus Prednisone in Heart Failure Patients, Hospitalized With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

This is the first study assessing the impact of dexamethasone (a glucocorticosteroid with negligible mineralocorticoid activity) as compared to prednisone on short-term outcomes of HF patients hospitalized with exacerbation of COPD. The study may provide important data regarding a simple but potentially robust intervention among large patient population with high rates of hospital admissions.

Start: November 2014

Insertable Cardiac Monitor for Atrial Fibrillation Detection in Heart Failure Patients

Patients with heart failure (HF) represent a large population of patients who are at high risk for complications related to undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF). However, currently there are limited modalities for early AF detection and subsequent stroke prevention in this high-risk population. An implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) is inserted subcutaneously and can provide long term arrhythmia information via remote monitoring. The Confirm-AF trial seeks to accurately define the burden of AF and other arrhythmias in high-risk HF patients using a Confirm Rx ICM.

Start: October 2021

Master Study of the Acticor/Rivacor ICDs/CRT-Ds and the Plexa ProMRI S DX Lead

Post-Market Clinical Follow-up of the new Cor Family ICDs/CRT-Ds (Acticor, Rivacor) and the new Plexa ProMRI S DX right ventricular lead to provide post-market data and supporting evidence for the clinical safety and performance of the devices.

Start: April 2019