Clinical trials: Left Ventricular Assist Device
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
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
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
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