Clinical trials: LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) Driveline Infection
LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) Driveline Infection
Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) on Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Function
Certain patients with congestive heart failure are treated both by implantation of an LVAD, as well as implantation with a biventricular pacemaker.
- Trial name
- NCT04153786
- Testing
- Temporary changes in an already-implanted medical device (biventricular pacemaker)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Driveline Heart-assisted Device Related Infection
Driveline Silicone Skin Interface Registry
The purpose of this observational registry is to determine the freedom from driveline (DL) infection events in subjects implanted with a HeartMate II LVAD in whom only the silicone portion of the DL is externalized resulting in a…
- Trial name
- SSI (NCT01577433)
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) Driveline Infection
A Silver Lining in the VAD Sky
The investigators propose to conduct a prospective randomized trail (RCT) of a driveline management protocol. The study will be initiated at UCSF from January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022 as a pilot to be extended to other…
- Trial name
- LVAD-SilverD (NCT05163392)
- Testing
- Silverlon, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) Driveline Infection
Non-invasive Detection of Driveline Infections in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
The aim of this single center observational study is to determine the feasibility of using non-invasive imaging methods, including smartphone photography and infrared thermography, for detecting of DLIs in LVAD patients in terms…
- Trial name
- DRIVE-ID (NCT06867887)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center