Clinical trials: Cardiac Death
Heart Transplant
Donors After Circulatory Death Heart Trial
To evaluate the effectiveness of the OCS Heart System to resuscitate, preserve and assess hearts donated after circulatory death for transplantation to increase the pool of donor hearts available for transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT03831048
- Testing
- OCS Heart System, Cold Storage
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- TransMedics
Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Death
Prevention of Cardiovascular Events (eg, Death From Heart or Vascular Disease, Heart Attack, or Stroke) in Patients With Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background of Aspirin
This study is being carried out to see if a new drug called ticagrelor given twice daily in addition to the ASA therapy decreases the frequency of cardiovascular events (e.g., death from heart disease, heart attack, or stroke).
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Death, Atherothrombosis, Stroke
- Trial name
- PEGASUS (NCT01225562)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor 90 mg, Ticagrelor 60 mg
- Where
- 826 sites in United States, Argentina and 29 more
- Volunteers
- 21,379 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Sudden Cardiac Death
Assessment of Primary Prevention Patients Receiving An ICD - Systematic Evaluation of ATP
The primary objective is to understand the role of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) in primary prevention patients indicated for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy and programmed according to current guidance of…
- Trial name
- APPRAISE ATP (NCT02923726)
- Testing
- Arm 1 (ATP+Shock), Arm 2 (shock only)
- Where
- 134 sites in United States, Austria and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 2,692 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Sudden Cardiac Death, Left Ventricular Dysfunction
LifeVest Safety and Efficacy in Real Life Settings in France
This post-market study is a prospective observational study evaluating the efficacy and safety of the LifeVest in real-life settings.
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Death, Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Cardiac Event, Cardiac Arrythmias
- Trial name
- WEARIT-FR (NCT03319160)
- Testing
- Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,164 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter
A Trial With Dronedarone to Prevent Hospitalization or Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
To assess the efficacy of dronedarone in preventing cardiovascular hospitalization or death from any cause in a population of high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL).
- Trial name
- ATHENA (NCT00174785)
- Testing
- dronedarone (SR33589)
- Where
- 37 sites in United States, Argentina and 35 more
- Volunteers
- 4,628 people
- Sponsor
- Sanofi
Moderate Risk of CVD
A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Enteric-Coated Acetylsalicylic Acid in Patients at Moderate Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
The use of acetylsalicylic acid in the primary prevention of cardiovascular events has been extensively studied but to a lesser extent in patients with moderate levels of cardiovascular risk.
- Trial name
- ARRIVE (NCT00501059)
- Testing
- Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid, BAYE4465)
- Where
- 466 sites in United States, Germany and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 12,546 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HF-rEF)
Study of Efficacy and Safety of LCZ696 in Japanese Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of LCZ696 at a target dose of 200 mg b.i.d. compared to enalapril 10 mg b.i.d., in addition to the background heart failure (HF) treatment, on delaying time to first occurrence…
- Trial name
- PARALLEL-HF (NCT02468232)
- Testing
- LCZ696, Enalapril
- Where
- 49 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Chronic Heart Failure
Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren and Aliskiren/Enalapril Combination on Morbidity-mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of both aliskiren monotherapy and aliskiren/enalapril combination therapy as compared to enalapril monotherapy, on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure…
- Trial name
- ATMOSPHERE (NCT00853658)
- Testing
- Enalapril, Aliskiren
- Where
- 806 sites in United States, Argentina and 42 more
- Volunteers
- 7,064 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Heart Failure, Anemia
RED-HF™ Trial - Reduction of Events With Darbepoetin Alfa in Heart Failure Trial
The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy of treatment of anemia with darbepoetin alfa compared to placebo on the composite of time to death from any cause or first hospital admission for worsening heart failure in…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Anemia, Cardiovascular Disease, Ventricular Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT00358215
- Testing
- Darbepoetin alfa
- Where
- 754 sites in United States, Argentina and 34 more
- Volunteers
- 2,278 people
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Jewel Electrophysiology (EP) Lab Study
Single arm open label evaluation of the Jewel Patch Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (P-WCD) defibrillation waveform in adult cardiac patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05490459
- Testing
- Jewel Patch Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (P-WCD)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Element Science, Inc.
Heart Transplant
Donor After Circulatory Death Heart CAP Trial
The Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Heart for Resuscitating, Preserving and Assessing Hearts Donated after Circulatory Death Continued Access Protocol (OCS DCD Heart CAP)
- Trial name
- NCT04615182
- Testing
- Transplant
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- TransMedics
Prevention & Control
Rivaroxaban for the Prevention of Major Cardiovascular Events in Coronary or Peripheral Artery Disease
The primary objectives of this study are: To determine whether rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily (bid) + aspirin 100 mg once daily (od) compared with aspirin 100 mg od reduces the risk of a composite of myocardial infarction…
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT01776424)
- Testing
- Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, BAY59-7939), Aspirin, Pantoprazole
- Where
- 565 sites in United States, Argentina and 31 more
- Volunteers
- 27,395 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Acute Myocardial Infarction
Improve SCA Bridge Study
The purpose of the Improve SCA Bridge study is to characterize the care pathway flow of post-acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients as a result of standard assessments of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in the acute…
- Trial name
- NCT03715790
- Testing
- EP referred group, Non-Referred group
- Where
- 52 sites in Bangladesh, Brunei and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 1,491 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Heart Failure (HF)
Phase 4 Study to Demonstrate Prognostic Usefulness of AdreView™ Scintigraphy for Identifying Subjects With Heart Failure Who Will Experience Death During 60 Months Follow-up.
This aim of the study is to investigate the prognostic usefulness of AdreView™ imaging to identify those subjects with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or III HF who will die during 60 months of follow-up from the date…
- Trial name
- NCT02127307
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 964 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Heart Failure Optimization Study
This study is designed as a multi-center prospective observational study of newly diagnosed Heart Failure (HF) patients to test the hypothesis that additional Ejection Fraction (EF) recovery occurs between 90 and 180 days as…
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Failure, Heart Failure Low Output
- Trial name
- HF-Opt (NCT03016754)
- Testing
- Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Where
- 67 sites in United States, Austria and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 602 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A Study Comparing Cardiovascular Effects of Ticagrelor Versus Placebo in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of ticagrelor versus placebo in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- Trial name
- THEMIS (NCT01991795)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor 60 mg
- Where
- 1,237 sites in United States, Argentina and 41 more
- Volunteers
- 19,271 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
LQT2 Syndrome
Study to Evaluate the Effect of Eleclazine on QT, Safety, and Tolerability in Participants With Long QT2 Syndrome
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of oral eleclazine (formerly GS-6615) on corrected QT (QTc) interval in participants with long QT2 syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT02365506
- Testing
- Eleclazine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Gilead Sciences
Cardiac Arrest, Sudden
ASSURE WCD Clinical Evaluation - Detection and Safety Study
A prospective multicenter single arm open label study to evaluate ambulatory detection performance, arrhythmia detection and safety of the ASSURE™ Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD).
- Trial name
- ACE-DETECT (NCT03887052)
- Testing
- ASSURE™ Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD)
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc.
Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
Next Generation INCEPTA Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT-D) Field Following Study
This study has 2 purposes: The first purpose of the study is to test a new family of Boston Scientific Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators ("ICDs") and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICDs ("CRT-Ds") and show how well these…
- Trial name
- NOTICE-HF (NCT01227785)
- Testing
- INCEPTA ICD or CRT-D
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Guidant Corporation
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
This Study Will Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LCZ696 Compared to Enalapril on Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of LCZ696 compared to enalapril on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II - IV and EF =< 35%).
- Trial name
- PARADIGM-HF (NCT01035255)
- Testing
- LCZ696 200 mg BID, Enalapril 10 mg BID
- Where
- 1,031 sites in United States, Argentina and 45 more
- Volunteers
- 8,442 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals