High Calorie High Protein Nutrition Supplementation in Advanced Heart Failure
Heart FailureIn this study, the investigators will determine the impact of a high calorie and high protein nutrition supplementation strategy on quality of life in participants with advanced heart failure. The investigators hypothesize that participants with advanced heart failure who receive the high calorie high protein nutrition supplementation strategy will experience an improvement in quality of life compared to those patients that receive usual care.
Neuromuscular Fatigue During Exercise in COPD-HF Overlap
Pulmonary DiseaseChronic Obstructive1 moreRationale. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) coexist in approximately one third of patients presenting with one of these conditions. From a clinical standpoint, impaired tissue oxygen (O2) delivery stands as a common pathological mechanism of these cardiorespiratory diseases. Recent evidence suggest that muscle and cerebral blood flow and oxygenation are further impaired during exercise in patients with COPD-HF overlap compared to isolated diseases. However, it remains unknown whether impaired O2 delivery is associated with exaggerated manifestations of peripheral and central fatigue in COPD-HF overlap. In addition, improving cardiopulmonary interactions through non invasive positive pressure ventilation or through the addition of a hyperoxic gas mixture during exercise have been associated with enhanced cerebral and muscle O2 delivery and oxygenation in patients with COPD or HF. It is, therefore, conceivable that improved O2 delivery to these structures have beneficial influence on exercise capacity in patients with COPD-HF overlap due to less peripheral and central fatigue. Aims. To investigate the influence of impaired O2 delivery during exercise, and its alleviation with different interventions (non invasive positive pressure ventilation ± hyperoxia), on neuromuscular fatigue in patients with COPD-HF.
Intravenous Iron in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency to Improve Morbidity...
Systolic Heart FailureIron DeficiencyThe purpose of this study is to determine whether intravenous iron supplementation using ferric carboxymaltosis (FCM) reduces hospitalisation and mortality in patients with iron deficiency and heart failure.
SGLT2i and KNO3 in HFpEF - The SAK HFpEF Trial
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection FractionThis study will test whether pharmacologic agents that may improve mitochondrial function and energy fuel metabolism [Empagliflozin (Empa)], with and without additional supplements that increase perfusion and fatty acid oxidation [Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)], improve submaximal exercise endurance and skeletal muscle oxidative phosphorylation capacity (SkM OxPhos) in participants with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).
Impact of Intravenous Iron Repletion On Mechanisms of Exercise InTolerance in HFpEF (IRONMET-HFpEF)...
Iron-deficiencyHeart Failure With Preserved Ejection FractionThe primary objective of this study is to determine if the correction of functional iron deficiency by administering a single dose of intravenous iron (ferric derimaltose or Monoferric®) in participants with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) will improve exercise capacity as measured by the change in peak oxygen uptake (peak VO2) from baseline to 12 weeks.
PVP-Guided Decongestive Therapy in HF
Heart FailureEdema2 moreThe investigators hypothesize that a simple assessment of peripheral venous pressure (PVP) will better predict the diuretic need and long-term outcomes (all cause mortality, all cause rehospitalization, emergency department visits) compared to standard evaluation.
3/7 Resistance Training Method in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Heart FailureCoronary Artery DiseaseAim of the clinical monocentric study is to assess the resistance training exercise intervention in patients with Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) and coronary artery disease that will best improve peak oxygen uptake (Peak Vo2) and leg strength (assessed Isokinetic). The investigators hypothesize that resistance training exercise with induced a high stress metabolic is more important exercise with induced than a lower stress metabolic.
Empagliflozin and Dapagliflozin in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Acute Decompensated Heart FailureNational, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, stratified by SGLT-2 inhibitor type, placebo-controlled trial, - a Phase III study. Primary objective of the study is to investigate the impact of SGLT-2 inhibitors (Empagliflozin and Dapagliflozin) on clinical endpoints in patients hospitalized with acute/decompensated HF.
Sensation of Dyspnea and Experience of Patients With Heart Failure
Decompensated Heart FailureThis randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate patients with decompensated heart failure undergoing an early mobilization protocol with the use of immersive virtual reality glasses compared with patients undergoing the same protocol but without immersive virtual reality. The primary outcome will be the sensation of difficulty breathing, and the secondary outcome will be whether this technology provided a positive experience for patients in the intervention group that was superior to that of patients in the control group.
A Dose-ranging Trial of OPC-131461 in Cardiac Edema (Congestive Heart Failure [CHF])
Cardiac Edema (CHF)To investigate the dose response in respect of weight decrease following repeated oral administration of OPC-131461 at 1, 2, 5, and 10 mg or placebo in patients with CHF with volume overload despite having received diuretics other than vasopressin antagonists