Clinical trials: Heart-Assist Devices
Gather Feasibility Data and User Feedback on Use of a Device in Vivo on Pregnant Volunteers in Their 2nd and 3rd Trimester
Vscan Access R2 Feasibility Evaluation
This study is being done to evaluate if the Vscan Access R2 Ultrasound System can measure Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) in humans when compared against a reference device (GE Corometrics 170 Series Fetal Monitor), and to gather feedback…
- Trial name
- NCT03617419
- Testing
- GE VScan Access R2 Ultrasound System, GE Corometrics 170 Series Fetal Monitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Heart Failure
3D Assessment of RV Function in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation
This goal of this study is to analyze images of the right ventricle taken via 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
- Trial name
- NCT05376254
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Coronary Artery Disease
CSI Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (pVAD) Second in Human Study
The purpose of this study is to collect data on safety and device performance on the CSI pVAD System used to support hemodynamic stability during HR-PCIs to inform device design and finalization.
- Trial name
- NCT05695716
- Testing
- CSI pVAD System
- Where
- Georgia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Heart Murmurs, Wheezing
Validate the Efficacy and the Safety of the Keikku Electronic Stethoscope for Its Indication and Intended Purpose, Under the Intended Conditions of Use.
This study is testing a digital stethoscope called the Keikku electronic stethoscope. Doctors use stethoscopes to listen to the heart, and this new device records heart sounds using a smartphone app.
- Trial name
- KCI-1 (NCT07044128)
- Testing
- Digital stethoscope using MEMS sensor and mobile application for cardiac auscultation
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lapsi Health Holding B.V.
End Stage Heart Failure
Impact of LVAD Implantation on Micro- and Macrovascular Function
End stage heart failure is characterized by a critical inability of the heart to meet the organism's blood demand even under resting conditions.
- Trial name
- LVAD (NCT02174133)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie
Advanced Heart Failure
Prospective Observation of Exercise Parameters in Advanced Heart Failure
To observe and document ventilation parameters in the advanced heart failure population, through the course of illness, which often includes cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and…
- Trial name
- NCT01210573
- Testing
- adjustment of LVAD or pacemaker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) pVAD First in Human Study
This study will collect initial clinical data on the CSI pVAD system to inform device design and finalization.
- Trial name
- NCT05315544
- Testing
- CSI pVAD system
- Where
- Georgia
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Left Ventricular Failure, Unspecified
Daily Life Activities in Patients Treated With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Investigation of oxygen uptake during daily life activities in HF patients with and without LVADs.
- Trial name
- Act-VAD (NCT04732039)
- Testing
- Measurement of peak oxygen uptake
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Heart Failure
Use of Simulation to Improve VAD Self-management
This study will evaluate the performance of a curriculum using medical simulators to train patients with advanced heart failure and their caregivers to master the self-management of ventricular assist devices (a device implanted…
- Trial name
- SimVAD (NCT03073005)
- Testing
- Simulation-based Mastery Learning (SBML)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Heart Failure, Healthcare Associated Infection
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Infection Prevention Survey
Annually, more than 250,000 patients in the U.S. with end-stage heart failure stand to benefit from ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Healthcare Associated Infection, Ventricular Assist Device
- Trial name
- NCT03843021
- Testing
- VAD Infection Prevention Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan