Clinical trialNCT00858845CompletedPhase 4Interventional

Using Clonidine to Improve Leg Weakness in People With Heart Failure

SponsorUniversity of California, Los AngelesEnrollment11Heart Failure

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Summary

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People with heart failure often have weakness in their leg muscles. This study will determine whether the leg weakness is due to very high adrenaline levels and whether the medication clonidine can improve leg weakness.

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Investigators

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Holly R. Middlekauff, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
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Sites

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

United States

University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States

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Drugs studied

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Clonidine Patch

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Registration & key dates

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

Start: 31 May 2008
Primary completion: 31 Mar 2011
Completion: 31 Dec 2012
Last update posted: 24 May 2018
Registered enrollment: 11
Registry id: NCT00858845

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