Monitoring Outpatient Blood VolumE in Heart Failure
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Type
- Observational
- Design
- Observational Model: CohortTime Perspective: Prospective
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Over 6 million Americans suffer from heart failure, one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases. High 30-day readmission and mortality rates have persisted despite advances in care. Clinical guidelines suggest blood volume assessment and clinical management to euvolemia or normal blood volume, but...
Over 6 million Americans suffer from heart failure, one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases. High 30-day readmission and mortality rates have persisted despite advances in care. Clinical guidelines suggest blood volume assessment and clinical management to euvolemia or normal blood volume, but standard methods of blood volume diagnosis have been shown to be unreliable. FDA-cleared Blood volume analysis (BVA) has been used to quantify otherwise undiagnosed blood volume derangements in heart failure and other indications. Also, care guided by BVA has been demonstrated to improve inpatient heart failure readmission and mortality. A similar analysis has not previously been performed immediately following hospital discharge, though this period is understood to be challenging due to high variability of patient status, physiology, and compliance. This is a prospective, single-center, observational open-label study. The primary objective is to quantify changes to plasma volume and red blood cell volume over a 12 week period post-discharge.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04660396
- Collaborators
- Geisinger Clinic
- Investigators
- Not Provided