Active clinical trials for "Heart Failure"

The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of LCZ696 compared to enalapril on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II - IV and EF =< 35%).

The Levacor™ Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) has been designed for mechanical circulatory support in heart failure patients. The purpose of this clinical study is to determine its safety and efficacy as a bridge to transplant (BTT) in cardiac transplant candidates with presumed non-reversible left ventricular failure.

Many heart failure patients are unable to reach target beta blocker doses. This study will address whether cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) will enable uptitration of beta-blockers to target doses and whether it will favorably affect remodeling by reducing left ventricular end systolic volume (LVESV), with measurable clinical benefit, beyond CRT alone (without changes in beta-blocker dose).

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 failure patients that have received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for an accepted clinical indication.

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study aim to evaluate the effect of 1-month therapy with folic acid (5 mg/day) on endothelial function and baroreceptor function in patients with heart failure. Endothelial function will be studied non-invasively with flow-mediated dilation while for eveluating baroreceptor function sympathetic nervous system activity will be measured directly with microneurography in baseline condition and during infusion of sodium-nitroprusside.

The purpose of this study is to assess a dose titration scheme, of a new drug (BAY58-2667) given intravenously, to evaluate if this is safe and can help to improve the well-being, symptoms (e.g. breathing) and outcome of decompensated heart failure. Patients living with chronic heart failure have a risk of increased number of hospitalisations because of worsening of their condition (decompensated heart failure). The current treatment of acute heart failure consists of oxygen and medical treatment with vasodilators and positive inotropic agents (drugs, which should strengthen the pump function of the heart) which have their limitations. Therefore there is a need for new drugs in treatment of acute heat failure.

This study will look at how pacing your heart may assist your daily activities and how you are feeling.

Several lines of evidence have suggested that Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) play a role in the development and progression of heart failure. The AGE-crosslink breaker Alagebrium improved cardiac function and symptoms in experimental preclinical and small human heart failure studies. These results have not yet been confirmed in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Objective: to evaluate the safety and efficacy of alagebrium in subjects diagnosed with heart failure. This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the effects of 400 mg (2 x 100 mg bid) of alagebrium versus placebo over 9 months. 100 subjects will be studied (50 per treatment group) in approximately 6 centers. Procedures: exercise testing (VO2 max; the primary variable), ECGs and blood sampling.

This study will compare olmesartan medoxomil to candesartan cilexetil in reducing BNP, a prognostic biomarker of heart failure, at week 24

The purpose of this study was to compare two strategies in the treatment of outpatients with heart failure. We hypothesized that an individualized treatment strategy based on the availability of hemodynamic data from non-invasive testing would be feasible and significantly reduce morbidity compared to the conventional clinically oriented treatment of heart failure outpatients.