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Clinical trialNCT01471795CompletedObservational

The Epidemiology of Ventricular Assist Device-Related Infections

SponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiEnrollment150Congestive Heart Failure
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Infections often occur after ventricular assist devices (VADs) are placed. These infections can be very serious. The goal of this study is to understand why these infections occur. Bacteria (germs) normally live on our skin and in our noses. After surgery, they can infect the VAD. The investigators will collect cultures of your skin and nose before and after surgery. The investigators will compare these bacteria to bacteria that cause infections. Their genes will be compared to see which ones help the bacteria cause infection.
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Investigators

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Sites

13 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 Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, California, United States

  • Advocate Christ Medical Center

    Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States

  • Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, Kentucky, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

    New York, New York, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, United States

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Lds Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

  • Sacred Heart Medical Center

    Spokane, Washington, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, United States

  • St. Luke'S Medical Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site investigator names are published by ClinicalTrials.gov only while a study recruits, so completed studies list sites without them.

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
31 Jan 2006
Primary completion
31 Jan 2009
Completion
31 Jan 2009
Last update posted
16 Nov 2011
Registered enrollment
150
Registry id
NCT01471795
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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.