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Heart Failure (HF) Assessment With B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) In The Home

NCT00946231 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 187

Last updated 2012-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The HABIT clinical study is being performed to determine the benefit and optimal frequency for at home testing of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for heart failure patients following hospitalization from decompensation. Subjects will be enrolled following hospitalization for decompensated heart failure. Enrolled subjects will be trained on the use of the Triage Touch meter for fingerstick BNP assessment; these subjects will then test their BNP levels daily using the Triage Touch product for approximately 60 days.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inverness Medical Innovations

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Abbott RDx Cardiometabolic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alan S Maisel, MD · Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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