Status:

TERMINATED

Cardiac Output in Heart Failure Patients With Mechanical Pumps

Lead Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Conditions:

Heart Failure, Systolic

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

This study will be looking at how cardiovascular hemodynamics, including cardiac output and flow through a left ventricular assist device (LVADs), change in response to alterations in preload, afterlo...

Detailed Description

Heart failure is a devastating disease, which affects approximately 6 million individuals in the USA alone. Five-year survival among all-comers with HFrEF is \~50%, and there are associated reductions...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults age 18 years of age or greater;
  • Clinically stable, ambulatory outpatients with HVAD who are fully recovered from surgical implantation.

Exclusion

  • Confirmed or suspected device malfunction (e.g. pump thrombus, LVAD-related infection);
  • Clinical instability, defined as hypotension (mean arterial pressure \< 60mmHg and symptomatic, as measured in the advanced heart failure LVAD clinic), or hypertension (mean arterial pressure \> 90mmHg); patients with refractory heart failure symptoms with New York Heart Association functional classification IIIB or IV symptoms;
  • any chronic illness which would render the patient unable to complete the protocol as described, including but not limited to: moderate-severe osteoarthritis, severe pulmonary disease requiring supplemental oxygen, uncontrolled hypertension, a high baseline HVAD pump speed above 2860RPM (exercise protocol requires increasing pump speed by up to 240 RPM);
  • chronic kidney disease with a glomerular filtration rate \< 30ml/min/1.73m2;
  • absence of a pacemaker-defibrillator (necessary for pacing assessment as described below);
  • individuals with clinical evidence of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction/failure, defined as moderate-severe hypervolemia on physical examination with elevated jugular venous pressure greater than 10cmH20, imaging evidence of severe RV dysfunction by imaging assessment or tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion \< 17mmHg, or use of outpatient inotropes for known history of RV dysfunction.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 8 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 25 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

7 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05195931

Start Date

June 8 2021

End Date

August 25 2022

Last Update

May 19 2023

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University of Colorado Snschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045