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A Study to Evaluate the Effects of EECP in Patients With Heart Failure

NCT03857022 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-02-27

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Summary

The aims of this proposal are to investigate whether external enhanced counterpulsation (EECP) can facilitate heart failure (HF) patient weaning from intravenous infusion of positive inotropic agent, and thus decrease the length of hospital stay. The major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) rate, including death and hospitalization for heart failure, will be monitored for 6 months if patients can be released from hospital. Exercise tolerance (6-minute walking distance) and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level will be checked at the end of 6th month.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Enhanced External Counterpulsa

The EECP therapy was given as a 1-hour session, once daily, for a total of 35 sessions. The daily urine amount, blood pressure, time for taper off positive inotropic agents, length of hospital stay, and will be monitored daily in the hospital stay. Patients will be followed-up if he or she can be released from hospital and the mortality, readmission for heart failure, and 6-minute walking distance will be checked at the end of 6th month. Plasma natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) levels will be checked at enrollment, day 35, and 6th month.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chii-Ming Lee, PhD · National Taiwan Unerversity Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-22
Primary Completion
2020-11-30
Completion
2020-11-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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