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Non-interventional Study on Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure (HF) in Germany

NCT06675552 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 438

Last updated 2026-05-12

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Summary

Heart failure (HF) is a global public health issue that affects more than 63 million people worldwide. The clinical and economic burden of HF on health care systems is substantial. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) represents approximately 50% of the HF patient population.The burden of HF is expected to increase substantially as the population ages, and despite improvements in treatment, hospitalisation and mortality rates remain especially high in HFrEF patients. The current guideline recommendation of directed medical therapy for HFrEF combines four drug classes with proven prognostic benefit: Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI)/angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE I)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), betablockers (BB), mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA), and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). The 2023 ESC (European Society of Cardiology) HF guideline update additionally recommends a rapid in-hospital sequencing approach of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) with frequent physician visits during the first 6 weeks post discharge. Studies investigating the implementation of GDMT in a real-world setting have shown that a significant proportion of patients did not receive the recommended drug combination therapy. Delayed initiation of GDMT contributes to the low number of patients receiving guideline concordant HFrEF therapy, which ultimately may affect patient outcomes. One approach to implement the 2023 ESC guideline updates for heart failure treatment regarding early in-hospital initiation and rapid up-titration of GDMT could be to provide specific training on GDMT recommendations. Such a standardised training is offered to the physicians treating HF patients within selected hospitals of the German Helios hospital network (Helios-GDMT-program). Evidence is needed in order to assess whether in-hospital initiation and up-titration of all phenotype concordant classes of GDMT at hospital discharge can be observed after standardised physician training and whether the GDMT-program implementation also translates into real-world routine outpatient care with respect to use of GDMT and clinical outcomes.

Conditions

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Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
130 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-15
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

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