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Clinical trialNCT00687856CompletedObservational

Identifying and Facilitating Ventricular Recovery on Mechanical Support

SponsorUniversity of PittsburghEnrollment211Heart Failure
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Summary

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Heart failure is a progressive disorder in which the weakened heart is not able to efficiently pump blood throughout the body. When the body's cells do not receive enough blood, this can result in fatigue, shortness of breath, and difficulty carrying out daily activities. The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a device that is used to provide mechanical circulatory support to patients with end-stage heart failure who are awaiting heart transplants. Although LVAD support helps maintain the pumping ability of the heart and dramatically improves heart failure symptoms, the quality of life with LVAD support is far from ideal. It has been shown that LVAD support in selected patients may restore the failing heart enough to eliminate the need for heart transplant, but more information is needed to assess heart recovery and to guide weaning of LVAD support. Using data collected from patients who have undergone LVAD implantation, this study will attempt to better assess heart recovery and to generate criteria for identifying patients eligible for the removal of LVAD support.
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Investigators

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Sites

5 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • Integris Baptist Medical Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Apr 2008
Primary completion
31 Jul 2014
Completion
31 Jul 2014
Last update posted
16 Oct 2023
Registered enrollment
211
Registry id
NCT00687856
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.