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Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)UK HFpEFNCT05441839

UK Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

An observational study of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust at 26 sites in United Kingdom.

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Trial summary

Heart failure occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump blood around the body properly. It can cause breathlessness, swollen feet and ankles, and tiredness. In about half of patients with heart failure, one measure of the heart's pumping function, called the 'ejection fraction', is normal. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
How many people
10,000 participants
Where
26 sitesUnited Kingdom
Study dates
7 Oct 2022to 1 Jun 2037
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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

Study population: All individuals will be considered for inclusion in this study regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation, except where the study inclusion and exclusion criteria explicitly state otherwise.

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent
  • Diagnosis of HFpEF by a cardiologist with HF expertise, or a primary care physician with HF expertise, or a heart failure nurse
  • Natriuretic peptide levels measured

Who cannot join

  • LV EF < 40% (at screening or any previous measurement)
  • Known infiltrative cardiomyopathy (e.g., amyloid, sarcoid, lymphoma, endomyocardial fibrosis)
  • Known active myocarditis, constrictive pericarditis, or cardiac tamponade
  • Known genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Known arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • Known severe primary valvular heart disease
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  • Known idiopathic, heritable or drug-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Heart transplantation or ventricular assist device
  • Complex congenital heart disease

Trial locations and contacts

26 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Fardad Soltani, MBChB MRCP contact

0161 291 3223

fardad.soltani@mft.nhs.uk

26 sites in 1 country

United Kingdom26 sites, 26 recruiting
  • Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

    Abercynon, CF31 1RQ

    Rhys Williams, 0161 291 4075, Lisa.Roche2@wales.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    Aylesbury, HP21 8AL

    Mayooran Shanmuganathan, 0161 291 4075, josephine.chaplin@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

    Birmingham, B15 2GW

    Peysh Patel, 0161 291 4075, Annette.Nilsson@uhb.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Broomfield Hospital

    Chelmsford, CM1 7ET

    Rachael Arnold, 0161 291 4075, rachael.arnold@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • NHS Tayside

    Dundee, DD2 1UB

    Ify Mordi, 0161 291 4075, tay.crc@nhs.scot

    Recruiting
  • Glasgow Royal Infirmary

    Glasgow, G4 0SF

    Prof M Petrie, 0161 291 4075, Andrew.Dougherty@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

    Ipswich, IP33 2QZ

    Justin Zaman, 0161 291 4075, Joanne.Kellett@wsh.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Kettering General Hospital

    Kettering, NN16 8UZ

    Mohsin Farooq, 0161 291 4075, parizade.raymode@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    Leeds, LS1 3EX

    Kate Gatenby, 0161 291 4075, emma.grant26@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust

    Leicester, LE5 4PW

    Prof Squire, 0161 291 4075, RIContract@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Barnet Hospital

    London, EN5 3DJ

    Ameet Bakhai, 0161 291 4075, alice.fisher8@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SE1 7EH

    Rebekah Schiff, 0161 291 4075, AgeingandHealthResearch@gstt.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    London, W2 1NY

    Prof Jamil Mayet, 0161 291 4075, umaymah.sharif@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation trust

    Manchester, M13 9WU

    Fardad Soltani 0161 291 3223, 0161 291 3223, fardad.soltani@mft.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • The James Cook University Hospital

    Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW

    Michael Chapman, 0161 291 4075, rachel.kipling@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Newcastle upon Tyne, NE23 6NZ

    David Ripley, 0161 291 4075, hayley.mckie@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Norwich, NR4 7UY

    Pankaj Garg, 0161 291 4075, laura.staff@nnuh.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • George Eliot Hospital

    Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ

    Asok Venkatamaran, 0161 291 4075, rosemary.musanhu@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

    Peterborough, PE3 9GZ

    Daniele Arcoria, 0161 291 4075, nwangliaft.pchemedresearch@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

    Poole, BH15 2JB

    Raj Chahal, 0161 291 4075, Tanith.Changuion@uhd.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board

    Rhyl, LL18 5UJ

    Mohammad Aldwaik, 0161 291 4075, rachel.manley2@wales.nhs.uk

    Recruiting
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

    Salisbury, SP2 8BJ

    Tom Jackson, 0161 291 4075, fiona.trim@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Sheffield, S5 7AU

    Prof Al-Mohammad, 0161 291 4075, Samantha.walmsley@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • University Hospital of North Tees

    Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE

    Matthew Dewhurst, 0161 291 4075, emma.connell3@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

    Sunderland, SR4 7TP

    Alykhan Bandali, 0161 291 4075, karen.davidson17@nhs.net

    Recruiting
  • Southend University Hospital

    Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RY

    Swapna Kunhunny, 0161 291 4075, s.kunhunny@nhs.net

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: UK Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry

Heart failure occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump blood around the body properly. It can cause breathlessness, swollen feet and ankles, and tiredness. In about half of patients with heart failure, one measure of the heart's pumping function, called the 'ejection fraction', is normal. This type of heart failure is called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF.

HFpEF remains poorly understood. It is not clear why some people develop HFpEF, or what determines the severity of the condition. Treatment options may be limited.

UK HFpEF is a study that aims to gain a better understanding of why people develop HFpEF, develop better tests to diagnosis it, identify and test new treatments, and follow the health of the people taking part over many years.

Read the detailed description

Approximately half of patients with heart failure have a normal, or preserved, left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) (Owen et al, 2006). Rather than being a single diagnosis, it has become clear that HFpEF represents a heterogeneous syndrome involving a range of pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical factors and outcomes (Lewis et al, 2017). However, to-date, HFpEF has generally been considered as a single disease entity. Several high profile phase III trials in HFpEF have shown potentially impressive efficacy in some subgroups of patients, but failed to prove significance over entire cohorts (Pitt et al, 2014) (Solomon et al, 2019). This is likely due to the 'one-size-fits-all' approach taken, with insufficient stratification of the various underlying disease mechanisms.

The large and rapidly growing burden that HFpEF places on our healthcare systems mean there is a pressing need to better understand HFpEF and improve the management of patients with it. The recurrent lack of benefit of the one-size-fits-all approach mandates a new, personalised approach.

The UK HFpEF registry will be a key platform for collaborative UK clinical and translational HFpEF research. The aim is that multiple centres will collaborate and contribute patients such that the registry will provide deep phenotyping, linked to outcomes, in, ultimately, many thousands of patients. This will enable, for example, machine learning techniques to be applied at scale in order to reclassify HFpEF more powerfully. It will provide a platform for the development of diagnostics specific to the different HFpEF subgroups, and for more effective trials that will target groups of patients in whom new, repurposed or previously discarded treatments are expected to be effective. Moreover, it will provide cohorts of patients readily available for recruitment, with linkage in place for outcomes. It could be used to leverage commercial funding and participation, facilitated by simplified, single-point access for industry. It will enable scaled investigation aimed at understanding causes of HFpEF, improving risk stratification and providing better care.

What is being measured

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

  1. Identification of distinct subgroups of HFpEF

    Identify distinct subgroups of HFpEF based on disease mechanisms, clinical factors and outcomes

    Measured: 10 years

  2. Improve understanding of the causes of HFpEF

    Improve the understanding of the cause of HFpEF to provide the basis for developing and evaluating new therapies and diagnostics

    Measured: 10 years

  3. Improve risk stratification of HFpEF

    Identify and improve risk stratification models for HFpEF patients

    Measured: 10 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 Jul 2022
  2. Study start7 Oct 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2037 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2037 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
10,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05441839
Sponsor's protocol ID
B01434
Acronym
UK HFpEF
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
26 May 2022
Last updated
6 May 2025
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Participants will be asked to provide consent for pseudonymised study data, including, for example, individual patient-level data, scans and any other study data, to be shared for research purposes with investigators or organisations, including independent commercial organisations ('industry'), in the United Kingdom or overseas, including outside of the European Economic Area and in the United States of America. Participant personal details such as name, address, date of birth, will not be shared. Requests for access to the data will be managed by the Executive Steering Committee. Release of data to investigators or organisations requesting access, whether they reside within or outside the UK, will be covered by a Data Transfer Agreement. The Data Transfer Agreement is a legally binding document that will regulate the use of data to ensure that standards are maintained.

Publications

  • Owan TE, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL, Redfield MM. Trends in prevalence and outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jul 20;355(3):251-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa052256.

    PubMed 16855265
  • Lewis GA, Schelbert EB, Williams SG, Cunnington C, Ahmed F, McDonagh TA, Miller CA. Biological Phenotypes of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Oct 24;70(17):2186-2200. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.006.

    PubMed 29050567
  • Pitt B, Pfeffer MA, Assmann SF, Boineau R, Anand IS, Claggett B, Clausell N, Desai AS, Diaz R, Fleg JL, Gordeev I, Harty B, Heitner JF, Kenwood CT, Lewis EF, O'Meara E, Probstfield JL, Shaburishvili T, Shah SJ, Solomon SD, Sweitzer NK, Yang S, McKinlay SM; TOPCAT Investigators. Spironolactone for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 10;370(15):1383-92. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1313731.

    PubMed 24716680
  • Solomon SD, McMurray JJV, Anand IS, Ge J, Lam CSP, Maggioni AP, Martinez F, Packer M, Pfeffer MA, Pieske B, Redfield MM, Rouleau JL, van Veldhuisen DJ, Zannad F, Zile MR, Desai AS, Claggett B, Jhund PS, Boytsov SA, Comin-Colet J, Cleland J, Dungen HD, Goncalvesova E, Katova T, Kerr Saraiva JF, Lelonek M, Merkely B, Senni M, Shah SJ, Zhou J, Rizkala AR, Gong J, Shi VC, Lefkowitz MP; PARAGON-HF Investigators and Committees. Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 24;381(17):1609-1620. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908655. Epub 2019 Sep 1.

    PubMed 31475794
  • UK HFpEF Collaborative Group. Rationale and design of the United Kingdom Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry. Heart. 2024 Feb 12;110(5):359-365. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323049.

    PubMed 37827557

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust at 26 sites in United Kingdom.

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 9 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 26 sites in United Kingdom. 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. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Fardad Soltani, MBChB MRCP (0161 291 3223, fardad.soltani@mft.nhs.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Identification of distinct subgroups of HFpEF (time frame: 10 years). 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 NCT05441839, which also lists 5 linked publications.

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 6 May 2025.

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