Active clinical trials for "Heart Failure"

This is a study to investigate the safety, tolerability and early effects on cardiac function of the partial A1 agonist BAY1067197 in patients with chronic heart failure. BAY1067197 will be applied once daily over 7 days in addition to standard therapy including a beta-blocker. The aim of the study is to assess if a 7 day treatment with BAY1067197 is well tolerated when given on top of standard therapy for heart failure. Furthermore, the study aims to assess if cardiac function improves in the early course of therapy.

The study will examine midazolam pharmacokinetics following single dose administration of 3 planned dose levels of GGF2 .

The objective of this trial to see whether: -Cardiac performance (cardiac index and secondary outcomes)can be improved in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) and symptoms and consequences of fluid overload (pulmonary and interstitial edema) and poor peripheral perfusion can be reduced by: Providing lactate as a substrate(Improve cardiac index) Simultaneously restoring optimal preload Optimal standard treatment will be achieved in both arms with the use of current best treatment protocol for AHF as per independent treating physician. 4. To assess effects of 0.5M Na lactate (Totilac) on plasma and urine biological parameters (sodium, potassium, chloride, pH, bicarb, base excess, albumin) 5. To assess effects of 0.5M Na lactate on morbidity and mortality.

One of the challenges in treating patients with heart failure (HF) is achieving clinical stability and reducing the hospital readmission rate. A diuretic dose adjustment algorithm developed in the United States (Diuretic Treatment Algorithm, DTA) and later validated for use in Brazil (as the Algoritmo de Ajuste de Diurético, AAD) has proved feasible and readily applicable, but its effect on clinical outcomes has yet to be assessed. This report aims to describe a randomized clinical trial protocol designed to assess the effectiveness of the AAD and of nonpharmacologic management in improving clinical stability and reducing the readmission rate at 90 days in patients with HF.

Acute dyspnea is a common chief complaint of patients presenting to the emergency department. Patients with acute dyspnea display a high mortality rate. In-hospital mortality is as high as 10% during hospitalization and up to 30% within 6 months of follow-up. The Triple A Initiative Study is designed to improve the coordination of care for patients with acute dyspnea alerting the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). We hypothesize that the coordination of care starting at the EMS level including point-of-care testing of the cardiac biomarker NTproBNP will support preclinical and clinical diagnostic clarification. Treatment deriving from earlier diagnostic clarification will reduce length of stay in the hospital, treatment costs and improve patient's outcome.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the HW005 System in patients listed for cardiac transplantation with refractory, advanced heart failure at risk of death.

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) is a common form of heart failure Standard treatment for heart failure, show less than ideal results in HFpEF Evidence of systemic inflammation is common in all forms of heart failure, including HFpEF The main hypothesis of this study is that systemic inflammation contributes to heart failure symptoms and exercise limitations in patients with HFpEF The main objective is to treat patients with HFpEF and evidence of systemic inflammation with an anti-inflammatory drug targeting Interleukin-1 (or placebo) to determine effects on cardiovascular function

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a treatment for heart failure in patients who also suffer from ventricular dyssynchrony, a form of uncoordinated contraction of the ventricle (lower pumping chamber of the heart). In the past decade, CRT has become an established treatment for heart failure patients who are in normal rhythm, called sinus rhythm. An important subset of heart failure patients are those with atrial fibrillation (AF), who make up around 1 in 4 HF patients, and are over-represented amongst HF patients with more advanced symptoms. In heart failure patients with AF, CRT has proven not to be as effective as in sinus rhythm, due to competition between beats generated by the CRT device and beats conducted from the heart's own electrical conduction system. In the current study, we aim to test the hypothesis that ablating the AV node, which controls electrical conduction from the heart's atria (top chamber) to its ventricles (lower chambers), will improve survival and heart failure symptoms in CRT patients with co-existent AF. The results are important, because they will provide a way of passing on the benefits of CRT, such as improved survival, less heart failure symptoms, and better quality of life, to heart failure patients who also suffer from AF.

This will be a randomized, double-blind, crossover pilot study to measure the safety and feasibility of Interleukin-1 (IL-1) blockade with Anakinra in patients with stable heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

The purpose of this prospective, single-armed, multi-center clinical trial is to further establish the safety and feasibility of using the BioVentrix PliCath HF System for the treatment of left ventricular dysfunction in appropriate cohorts of humans suffering from heart failure.