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Mechanisms of Diuretic Resistance in Heart Failure, Aim 2
Led by Yale University · Updated on 2025-06-18
50
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
198 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
Y
Yale University
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Randomized placebo-controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover design testing combinations placebo/placebo, bendroflumethiazide/placebo, amiloride/placebo, and bendroflumethiazide/amiloride added to bumetanide.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Mechanisms of Diuretic Resistance in Heart Failure, Aim 2
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Clinical diagnosis of heart failure
- No planned changes to heart failure medications or device therapies during the study
- No unplanned hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks
- Stable volume status based on symptoms, exam, and dry weight
- Serum potassium level 5.0 mmol/L or below
- Serum sodium level 130 mEq/L or above
- Age over 18 years
- Hemoglobin level of 8 g/dL or higher
- Evidence of diuretic resistance to a 10 mg bumetanide challenge with FENa below 10% and total sodium output below 150 mmol plus at least one of the following: chronic home furosemide dose 80 mg or more daily, eGFR below 60 ml/min, serum chloride below 100 mmol/L, or FENa below 5% and total sodium output below 75 mmol on the 2-hour screening
You will not qualify if you...
- Glomerular filtration rate below 20 ml/min/1.73m2 or use of renal replacement therapy
- Use of non-loop diuretics in the last 7 days or 5 half-lives except low dose aldosterone antagonists (spironolactone or eplerenone 50 mg or less)
- History of flash pulmonary edema needing hospitalization and advanced breathing support or having brittle volume-sensitive heart failure types like infiltrative or restrictive cardiomyopathies
- Hemoglobin below 8 g/dL or symptomatic anemia
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Inability to give informed consent or follow study procedures
- Chronic urinary retention preventing timed urine collection
- Current lithium therapy
- Use of pimozide or thioridazine
- Diagnosis of liver failure
- Allergy or contraindication to sulfonamides
- Allergy or contraindication to thiazide diuretics or bendroflumethiazide
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
V
Veena Rao
CONTACT
K
Kara Otis
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
4
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