Clinical trials: Dysfunction, Left Ventricular
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
High-dose Selenium Supplementation in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist
This planned pilot study is a monocentric, prospective, double-blind randomized and placebo controlled clinical study. The SOS-LVAD Trial can be assigned to the clinical Phase III.
- Trial name
- SOS-LVAD (NCT02530788)
- Testing
- Selenium Supplement (sodium selenite)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Hip Fracture
Preoperative levosimendán and Hip Fracture
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether preoperative optimization with levosimendan in heart failure patients undergoing hip fracture surgery improves haemodynamic and tissue perfusion parameters.
- Trial name
- OPL (NCT02972918)
- Testing
- Levosimendan
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario de Canarias
Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Dysfunction
Feasibility of Non-invasive Hemodynamic Assessment by 5D Flow in Congenital Heart Disease
This study evaluates whether new flow parameters of the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow evaluation of parameters for which usually invasive rigth-left heart catheterization are necessary.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Dysfunction, Fontan Circulation
- Trial name
- NCT07742046
- Testing
- Right-left heart catheterization in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Tobias Rutz
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Mitral Valve Surgery
Levosimendan in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery On Cardiopulmonary Bypass
A study to evaluate levosimendan compared with placebo in reducing the composite event rate of all-cause death, perioperative MI, need for new dialysis, or use of mechanical assist (IABP, LVAD or ECMO) in subjects with reduced…
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Mitral Valve Surgery, Low Cardiac Output Syndrome
- Trial name
- LEVO-CTS (NCT02025621)
- Testing
- Levosimendan
- Where
- 60 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 882 people
- Sponsor
- Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac X Syndrome
Brain-heart Interactions in Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Syndrome X:
The Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) and the Cardiac Syndrome X (CSX) are respectively acute and chronic heart diseases, which mimic myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris without alterations of large coronary vessels.
- Conditions
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac X Syndrome, Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- BRAINHEART (NCT02759341)
- Testing
- Manual for the Assessment and Documentation of Psychopathology (AMDP 8), Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory 3 (MCMI-III), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y (STAI-Y)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona
Aortic Valve Stenosis, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
Ventriculo-arterial Coupling Modification Evaluated by PRAM During TAVI Procedure
Calcified aortic stenosis is the most frequent valvulopathy in Europe and North America. Aortic stenosis is an obstacle to the ejection of blood from the left ventricle to the aorta and leads to morphological changes in the left…
- Trial name
- PRAM-TAVI (NCT03385785)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Cardiomyopathy
Characterization of Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Stress Cardiomyopathy
Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (SC) is a peculiar form of acute, reversible myocardial dysfunction predominantly affecting the apical and mid left ventricular segments.
- Trial name
- NCT01048125
- Testing
- Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Mental Stress Test (Color Word Test), The Modified Oxford Technique for Baroreflex Sensitivity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
HFpEF, LVDD
Triple Combination Therapy (ARNI, SGLT2i, MRA) in Advanced HFpEF
Patients with advanced heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) will be randomly assigned in open-label multicenter study to receive triple combination therapy with [angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitor [ARNI]…
- Conditions
- HFpEF, LVDD, Myocardial Fibrosis
- Trial name
- NCT06655480
- Testing
- [ARNI + SGLTi + AMR], [SGLTi + previously taken RAAS blocker]
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Medical Research Center for Cardiology, Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
Takotsubo Syndrome
Stress-induced Vascular Dysfunction: Evaluation of Endothelial Function in a Cohort of Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome
The aim of this prospective single-center study is to evaluate endothelial function, arterial compliance, sympathetic nervous activity at rest and after mental and physical stress, carotid atherosclerosis, oxidative stress…
- Trial name
- NCT01249599
- Testing
- blood sample analysis
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Heart Failure
Erythropoietin Treatment in Patients With Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Mild Anemia and Normal Renal Function
Erythropoietin Treatment in Patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction, mild anemia and normal renal function
- Trial name
- NCT00418119
- Testing
- erythropoietin
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Pediatric Heart Failure
Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of LCZ696 Followed by a 52-week, Double-blind Study of LCZ696 Compared With Enalapril in Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure
This study consists of two parts (Part 1 and Part 2). The purpose of Part 1 is to evaluate the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes and removes the drug LCZ696.
- Trial name
- NCT02678312
- Testing
- LCZ696, Enalapril
- Where
- 98 sites in United States, Argentina and 27 more
- Volunteers
- 393 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Chronic Heart Failure
The IMPULSE Study: Pilot
Continuous-flow (CF) left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an important tool in the treatment of end-stage heart failure, affording patients significantly improved quantity and quality of life.
- Trial name
- IMPULSE (NCT02044471)
- Testing
- Remote Ischemic Conditioning (using Sphygmomanometer)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance GUIDEd Insertion of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator in Dilated CardioMyopathy
CMR GUIDE DCM is a randomized controlled trial with a registry for non-randomized patients. Patients enrolled will have non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) with mild to severe Left Ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction with…
- Conditions
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, Fibrosis Myocardial
- Trial name
- CMR GUIDE DCM (NCT03993730)
- Testing
- ICD, ILR
- Volunteers
- 1,880 people
- Sponsor
- Flinders University
Critical Illness, Elevated Left Atrial Pressure
The Use of Single-Beat TE-e' in Evaluation of Left Atrial Pressure in Critically Ill Patients: The TELAP-ICU Trial
This study evaluates a new single-beat echocardiographic technique (TE-e', the time difference between the onset of the mitral inflow E wave and the septal e' wave on tissue Doppler imaging) for estimating left atrial pressure…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Elevated Left Atrial Pressure, Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction, Echocardiography
- Trial name
- TELAP-ICU (NCT07820319)
- Testing
- Echocardiography
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Aortic Stenosis, Hypertension
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Western NORway
A prospective study of 600 patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and symptoms who underwent TAVI at the Haukeland university hospital, Bergen, Norway.
- Trial name
- TAVI-NOR (NCT04417829)
- Testing
- Biological prosthesis in the aortic valve
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, Congestive Heart Failure Due to Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Compared to Rate Control Strategy in Patients With Impaired Left Ventricular Function
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are two epidemics that share several physiopathological links. CHF patients present a significantly increased risk of developing AF and the related detrimental…
- Trial name
- AFARC-LVF (NCT02509754)
- Testing
- Atrial fibrillation catheter ablation, Rate control
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Turin, Italy
Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Heart
Heart needs constant supply of energy to continue working. Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy allows us to measure energy produced in the heart.
- Trial name
- NCT01110395
- Testing
- MR Spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Left Ventricular Assist Device
Influence of Right Ventricular Function on Changes in Exercise Capacity After LVAD
This is an exploratory project with the purpose to describe the responses of the right ventricle (RV) and gas exchange during exercise in patients scheduled to undergo left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant.
- Trial name
- NCT05916612
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System
Heart Failure, Cognitive Impairment
Reducing Cognitive Impairment by Management of Heart Failure as a Modifiable Risk Factor
This study will test the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative model of care for cognitively impaired patients with heart failure.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Left Ventricular Dysfunction
- Trial name
- Cog-HF (NCT06088212)
- Testing
- Disease management program
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Use of Adult Autologous Stem Cells in Treating People 2 to 3 Weeks After Having a Heart Attack (The Late TIME Study)
More than 1 million Americans suffer heart attacks each year. Although current treatments are able to stabilize the condition of the heart, none is able to restore heart function as it was prior to the heart attack.
- Trial name
- NCT00684060
- Testing
- Adult stem cells
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston