Nt-proBNP Versus Clinical Guided Discharge in Acute Heart Failure

NCT01299350 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2014-04-10

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Summary

Our objective is to compare a policy of hospital discharge guided by NT-proBNP levels versus discharge guided by conventional clinical criteria, in patients admitted with acute heart failure. The hypothesis is that the Nt-proBNP guided discharge will shorten hospital stay without worsening the outcome

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nt-proBNP guided discharge

Every patient will receive the drug treatment indicated in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology. Patients will be discharged the third day if NT-proBNP levels drops \>30% compared to admission values. If such a reduction is not achieved, then the pharmacological treatment will be increased and NT-proBNP will be measured the following days until reaching the 30% reduction. The cutoff point of 30% reduction in NTproBNP was chosen based on previous studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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