Active clinical trials for "Heart Failure"

This study will be a prospective randomized implementation trial for patients hospitalized with heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus within Duke University Medical Center. The primary hypothesis is that a virtual quality improvement-based consult intervention will improve the rate of in-hospital evidence-based cardio-renal-metabolic medication use, particularly SGLT2 inhibitor therapy. Approximately 200 patients meeting eligibility criteria will be included in the study. Patients will be assigned into study groups, as defined by randomization of their treating clinician team to receiving the virtual consult versus not.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of delegating remote biological monitoring in post-hospitalization for cardiac decompensation by a heart failure nurse.

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of death, hospitalization, and healthcare system expenditure in Canada. While care in HF clinics - multidisciplinary clinics that focus on optimal management of HF - improves health outcomes in HF, there are disparities in access to such care across our province. To respond to the needs of patients and the health care system, the investigators propose to develop and implement a virtual model of care that will enable Canadians with HF to receive outpatient HF care and medical optimization remotely. The investigators will assess the feasibility of this model of care in a pilot randomized controlled trial, and collect feedback from patients and providers. The investigators hypothesize that virtual clinics will be feasible. The investigators will also measure healthcare processes, and use these to guide a larger clinical trial that will measure clinical outcomes in patients receiving virtual versus usual care.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a a cohort study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the efficacy and safety of roxadustat for the treatment of anemia, quality of life and cardiac function in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease.

The aim of this study is to determine whether and how serum concentrations of the used medicinal products, including their metabolites, correlate with selected clinical indicators of heart failure (NT-proBNP concentration, 6-minute walk test, quality of life questionnaire, echocardiographic parameters, hospitalization for HFrEF, length of survival).

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of ultrahigh dose diuretics compared to standard dose diuretics over 24 hours in patients with decompensated heart failure.

Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor of heart failure and cognitive decline. Heart failure at its early stage is often silent. At present, primary prevention for heart failure is not available. Our aim is to identify diabetic patients at risk of heart failure in order to develop personalized preventive strategies. Type 2 diabetes is vascular and metabolic risk factor for cognitive decline though a direct lesional effect but also through an interaction with underlying neurodegenerative lesions. Our aim is to identify diabetic patients at risk of cognitive decline in order to develop personalized preventive strategies

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease with weakened heart muscles or abnormal pressure within the heart chambers result in breathlessness, leg edema, or fatigue. A subclass of HF shows reduced heart muscle contractility, which is represented by the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Valsartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a major drug class for heart failure. Sacubitril/valsartan is a combination of 2 drugs, classified as a new class of drug called angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI). Although these medications are both first-line treatment in HF with reduced LVEF, recent guidelines encourage the use of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with ongoing symptoms. After successful treatment, some patients experience recovery of LVEF. In these patients, otherwise called heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFiEF), it is not clear whether continued treatment with sacubitril/valsartan or valsartan is beneficial in terms of relapse of heart failure or worsening of LVEF. Therefore, the investigators aim to determine whether the treatment with sacubitril/valsartan versus valsartan differs in clinical outcomes after 1 year in HFiEF patients by observing the change in blood test markers of heart failure (N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide; NT-proBNP) and aggravation of HF defined as reduced LVEF, congestive symptoms, hospitalization or death from HF.

The study focuses on the development of a new personalized approach to diagnostics and surgical treatment of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The algorithm for selection of patients for certain type of cardiac surgery will be developed. The models for prediction of the risks and outcomes of cardiac surgery will be elaborated to reduce the rate of complications in the early and long-term postoperative period in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Imaging modalities, methods for assessement of structural and functional state of the myocardium, biochemistry testing, immunohistochemical examination, and myocardial biopsy studies will be used to achieve these goals.

This study aims to monitor the safety and effectiveness of the Occlutech AFR device in patients with heart failure for 3 years following AFR device implantation.