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STARBRITE: A Randomized Pilot Trial of BNP-Guided Therapy in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

NCT00484770 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 135

Last updated 2023-11-15

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Summary

The primary hypothesis is that, in patients with advanced heart failure, an outpatient fluid management strategy guided by BNP levels and clinical targets will lead to fewer days hospitalized or dead over a 3-month period compared to an outpatient fluid management strategy using clinical targets alone.

Conditions

  • Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

DEVICE

Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels -- Diagnostic testing

OTHER

clinical assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Monica R Shah, MD · Duke University Medical Center/Washington Hospital Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-02-28
Completion
2005-08-31

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