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Heart FailureNCT00643279

Chronicle Offers Management to Patients With Advanced Signs and Symptoms of Heart Failure (COMPASS-HF)

A study testing Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor in people with Heart Failure, run by Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure at 28 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

COMPASS-HF was a prospective, two-arm, randomized (1:1), multi-center, parallel controlled study. The purpose of the randomized study was to test the safety of an implantable hemodynamic monitor (IHM) and pressure sensor lead. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure
What is being tested?
Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
277 participants
Where
28 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2003to Apr 2013
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subjects with heart failure classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III and IV
  • Subject has been managed with standard medical therapy for heart failure (such as diuretic, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), and beta-blocker for at least 3 months prior to the baseline evaluation
  • Subject must have at least one heart failure-related hospitalization or emergency department visit requiring intravenous treatment within 6 months prior to baseline evaluation

Who cannot join

  • Subjects who are likely to be transplanted within 6 months from randomization or will remain hospitalized until transplantation
  • Subjects with severe COPD or restrictive airway disease (recommended FEV1 less than or equal to 1 liter or 50% predicted)
  • Subjects who are on continuous positive inotropic therapy
  • Subjects with known atrial or ventricular septal defects
  • Subjects with mechanical right heart valves
  • Subjects with stenotic tricuspid or pulmonary valves
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  • Subjects with a presently implanted non-compatible pacemaker or ICD
  • Subjects with cardiac resynchronization therapy which has not achieved optimal programming for more than 3 months
  • Subjects with a major cardiovascular event within 3 months prior to baseline evaluation
  • Subjects with a severe non-cardiac condition limiting 6 month survival
  • Subjects with a primary diagnosis of pulmonary artery hypertension
  • Subjects with serum creatinine greater than or equal to 3.5 mg/dL or on chronic renal dialysis
  • Subjects enrolled in concurrent studies that may confound the results of this study
  • Women who are pregnant or with child bearing potential and who are not on a reliable form of birth control

Trial locations and contacts

28 sites in 1 country.

28 sites in 1 country

United States28 sites
  • Crawford LongHospital

    Atlanta, Georgia

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama

  • New England Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts

  • Duke University

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio

  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio

  • Parkview Memorial Hospital

    Fort Wayne, Indiana

  • University of Florida - Shands

    Gainesville, Florida

  • Baptist Memorial Hospital

    Germantown, Tennessee

  • St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart

    Houston, Texas

  • Mid America Heart Institute

    Kansas City, Missouri

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Loma Linda, California

  • UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California

  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California

  • St. Thomas Hospital

    Nashville, Tennessee

  • Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center

    New Brunswick, New Jersey

  • New York Presbyterian - Columbia

    New York, New York

  • Newark Beth Israel

    Newark, New Jersey

  • Oklahoma Cardiovascular Associates

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • University of Oklahoma

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Temple University Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • St. Paul Heart

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • LDS Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington

  • Prairie Heart Institute

    Springfield, Illinois

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About this study

COMPASS-HF was a prospective, two-arm, randomized (1:1), multi-center, parallel controlled study. The purpose of the randomized study was to test the safety of an implantable hemodynamic monitor (IHM) and pressure sensor lead. The premise of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a novel heart failure management strategy based on information obtained from the IHM system in reducing heart failure morbidity compared to a strategy based on standard medical care alone.

Read the detailed description

COMPASS-HF was a prospective, two-arm, randomized (1:1), multi-center, parallel controlled study. The purpose of the randomized study was to test the safety of an implantable hemodynamic monitor (IHM) and pressure sensor lead. The premise of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a novel heart failure management strategy based on information obtained from the IHM system in reducing heart failure morbidity compared to a strategy based on standard medical care alone.

After baseline evaluation and verification that entrance criteria were met, all subjects were implanted with a Chronicle IHM and pressure sensor lead. Following successful implantation, subjects were randomized to either the CHRONICLE group or CONTROL group. Subjects randomized to the CHRONICLE group were managed using Chronicle, specifically trended RV and estimated PA pressure, heart rate and activity data, whereas subjects randomized to the CONTROL group were treated conventionally without the use of the Chronicle data. In the case that implantation was not successful, subjects were exited from the study if no procedure related adverse events were identified; procedure related adverse events were followed through to resolution before the subject were withdrawn from the study.

Subjects remained randomized until their six month clinic visit had been completed. Following the subject's six month visit, clinicians were granted access to the CONTROL subject's trended Chronicle data on the Chronicle website, and subjects were seen in the clinic for a protocol-required visit every six months until exit from the study.

Conditions
Heart Failure
Being tested
Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor, Standard of Care
Keywords
implantable hemodynamic monitor, Intracardiac pressures
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic MonitorDevice

    Surgical implantation of chronic ambulatory implantable hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) device and intracardiac pressure sensing lead. The implantable hemodynamic monitoring device captures intracardiac hemodynamic information about the patient including trended right ventricular (RV) and estimated pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, heart rate and activity data. The IHM device does not provide therapy, but rather provides intracardiac diagnostic information about the patient which the physician can utilize to manage the patient and the patients heart failure.

  • Standard of CareOther

    Surgical implantation of chronic ambulatory implantable hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) device and intracardiac pressure sensing lead, but physician and patient access to the intracardiac information provided by the device is restricted until the end of the randomized period of the study, at 6 months. Patients and patients heart failure are managed conventionally per standard of care.

Study groups in NCT00643279
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CHRONICLEExperimentalSubjects randomized to the CHRONICLE group were managed using data from an implantable hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) device, including trended right ventricular (RV) and estimated pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, heart rate and activity data. The Chronicle IHM device does not provide therapy, but rather provides intracardiac diagnostic information about the patient which the physician can utilize to manage the patient and the patients heart failure.
Receives: Device: Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor
CONTROLPlacebo comparatorSubjects randomized to the CONTROL group implanted with the Chronicle implantable hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) device, but the intracardiac diagnostic information was blinded to both the patient and the physician during the randomized period of the study. Subjects were managed conventionally with standard of care. Physicians and patients have access to the intracardiac data after the randomized period of the study is over, at 6 months.
Receives: Other: Standard of Care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Safety as Measured by the Percentage of Participants Free From System Related Complications Through 6 Months.

    A Chronicle IHM system-related complication was defined as any system-related adverse event that occurred during the clinical investigation which is (1) treated with invasive means (including intravenous drug therapy), (2) results in death, (3) results in the explant of any Chronicle IHM component, and/or (4) causes permanent loss of significant function of the implanted system.

    Safety is defined as ≥ 80% of participants experiencing freedom from device related complications through 6 months.

    Measured: Within 6 months post-implant

  2. Safety as Measured by the Percentage of Participants Free From Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor Pressure Related Sensor Lead Failures Through 6 Months.

    A pressure sensor failure was defined as a recognizable, abrupt, non-physiologic shift in pressure parameters.

    Safety is defined as ≥ 90% of participants free from pressure sensor lead failure through 6 months.

    Measured: Within 6 months post-implant

  3. Rate of Heart Failure-related Hospital Equivalents.

    Hospital equivalents (HE) were defined to include the following events:

    1. Heart failure-related hospital admissions for 24 hours or longer
    2. Heart failure-related emergency department visits and necessitates invasive treatment (e.g. IV diuretic administration).
    3. Heart failure-related urgent visits and necessitates invasive treatment (e.g. IV diuretic administration).

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Health Care Utilization

    Characterize total health care utilization, the total number of all-cause hospitalization, emergency department, and urgent care visits.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

  2. Days Hospitalization Free

    The number of days alive outside the hospital was calculated as the number of days of randomized follow-up minus the number of days hospitalized during the randomized follow-up period.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

  3. Clinical Composite Response of Either "Worsened", "Improved", or "Unchanged"

    Worsened, Improved and Unchanged were defined as follows:

    Worsened: Patient died, hospitalized for worsening heart failure, worsened NYHA Class Improved: Patient improved in NYHA Class Unchanged: Patient was neither improved nor worsened.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

  4. Quality of Life Measured by the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire

    Quality of life was measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF), a questionnaire with 21 questions and scored on a scale from 0 (good quality of life) to 105 (low quality of life).

    Change in quality of life is defined as change from baseline to month 6. A participant must have completed a quality of life survey at the baseline visit and month 6 visit to be included in the analysis.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

  5. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class

    New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classifications were defined as follows:

    Class I - Patients with cardiac disease but without resulting limitation of physical activity. Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina.

    Class II - Patients with cardiac disease resulting in slight limitation of physical activity. They are comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina.

    Class III - Patients with cardiac disease resulting in marked limitation of physical activity. They are comfortable at rest. Less than ordinary activity causes fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or angina.

    Class IV - Patients with cardiac disease resulting in inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort. Symptoms of heart failure or the anginal syndrome may be present even at rest. If any physical activity is undertaken, discomfort is increased.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

  6. Distance Walked During a Six Minute Hall Walk

    Patients completed six minute hall walk at baseline and 6 months. Outcome is change in hall walk distance from baseline to 6 months.

    Measured: 6 Months post-implant

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted26 Mar 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2003
  3. Primary completionJun 2005
  4. Study completionApr 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
277 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00643279
Sponsor's protocol ID
COMPASS-HF
Status last verified
Dec 2023
First submitted
29 Feb 2008
Last updated
22 Dec 2023
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Zile MR, Adamson PB, Cho YK, Bennett TD, Bourge RC, Aaron MF, Aranda JM Jr, Abraham WT, Stevenson LW, Kueffer FJ. Hemodynamic factors associated with acute decompensated heart failure: part 1--insights into pathophysiology. J Card Fail. 2011 Apr;17(4):282-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.01.010. Epub 2011 Feb 26.

    PubMed 21440865

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Chronicle Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor in people with Heart Failure, run by Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure at 28 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Dec 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 28 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 Sep 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Safety as Measured by the Percentage of Participants Free From System Related Complications Through 6 Months. (time frame: Within 6 months post-implant). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00643279, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Dec 2023.

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