Clinical trials: Left Ventricular Assist 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) Thrombosis
DOT HeartMate 3 Study
A prospective, single-center, randomized controlled trial of the feasibility and safety of apixaban in HeartMate 3 patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04974684
- Testing
- HeartMate 3, Apixaban
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Chronic Heart Failure, Patients That Have Received a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Investigation of the Safety and Feasibility of AAV1/SERCA2a Gene Transfer in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
The aim of the study is to determine the safety and feasibility of giving an adeno-associated viral vector expressing the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA2a), driven by the CMV promoter (AAV1-CMV-SERCA2a), to heart…
- Trial name
- SERCA-LVAD (NCT00534703)
- Testing
- AAV1/SERCA2a
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Left Sided Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Assist Device
Ventricular Assist Device Anti-Factor Xa (VAD ANTIX) Monitoring Study: a Prospective Randomized Feasibility Trial
This study evaluates two different methods for monitoring a patient's anti-clotting [heparin] therapy after they receive a heart pump implant [left ventricular assist device -LVAD].
- Conditions
- Left Sided Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Anticoagulant Therapy, Gastro Intestinal Bleeding
- Trial name
- VAD-ANTIX (NCT03143569)
- Testing
- aPTT guided heparin management, Anti-factor Xa guided heparin management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine