Clinical trials: Cardiac Failure
Heart Failure
Contribution of Endothelin-1 to Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in every four deaths in 2010 and costing over $300 billion annually in health care, medication, and lost productivity.
- Trial name
- NCT02124824
- Testing
- BQ-123
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure
PUFAs and Left Ventricular Function in Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that n-3 PUFAs improve left ventricular systolic function in patients with stable chronic HF secondary to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM).
- Trial name
- CS-PUFA-02 (NCT01223703)
- Testing
- n-3 PUFAs
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 133 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Brescia
Heart Failure
LifeVest Trends Validation Protocol
This study will evaluate the accuracy of data on body position, daily activity, heart rate, 6-minute walk test, and a health survey collected by the wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD).
- Trial name
- TRENDS (NCT02149290)
- Testing
- Trends-equipped LifeVest 4000
- Where
- 21 sites in United States, Austria and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 198 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction, Heart Failure, Diastolic
Efficacy Study of Pacemakers to Treat Slow Heart Rate in Patients With Heart Failure
Determine the impact of restoring normal heart rate response during exercise and daily activity in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and chronotropic incompetence (CI).
- Conditions
- Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction, Heart Failure, Diastolic, Chronotropic Incompetence
- Trial name
- RAPID-HF (NCT02145351)
- Testing
- Rate adaptive atrial pacing using a dual-chamber pacemaker, Pacemaker system will be implanted but set to Pacing Off.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Heart Failure
Handheld Ultrasound Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava to Guide Heart Failure Treatment
The purpose of this study is to see if using a portable handheld ultrasound to guide diuretic therapy for heart failure patients will prevent hospital readmissions.
- Trial name
- NCT01962688
- Testing
- Handheld ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmias
T-wave Alternans and Intrathoracic Impedance Measurements
T-wave alternans is a test that is currently being used to risk stratify patients with structural heart disease for sudden cardiac death.
- Trial name
- NCT00669682
- Testing
- Congestive heart failure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure
Expanding Access to Home-Based Palliative Care
This study will test the effectiveness of integrating an evidence-based model of home-based palliative (HBPC) within primary care clinics on patient and caregiver outcomes.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03128060
- Testing
- Home-based palliative care, Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Heart Failure, Caregivers
Heart Failure Resilience Intervention for Caregivers
Heart failure (HF) patients with supportive caregivers have better physical health, emotional health, and quality of life. But caregivers have an increased risk of caregivers' own worsening health and often feel a sense of burden…
- Trial name
- HEROIC (NCT03963583)
- Testing
- HEROIC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University