NCT04331769

Brief Summary

Prospective, randomized, open-label, international, multi-center clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Trial Health

60
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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial recruitment is currently suspended
Enrollment
400

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
54mo left

Started Dec 2020

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
9 countries

121 active sites

Status
suspended

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress56%
Dec 2020Dec 2030

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 30, 2020

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 2, 2020

Completed
9 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

December 21, 2020

Completed
6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 31, 2026

Expected
4 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 21, 2030

Last Updated

June 3, 2026

Status Verified

December 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

6 years

First QC Date

March 30, 2020

Last Update Submit

June 1, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

Heart FailureReduced Ejection FractionCardiomyopathy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

  • Freedom from device- or femoral artery access-related major adverse events (MAE)

    MAE defined as: 1. All-cause death, 2. Myocardial infarction, 3. Stroke, 4. Need for non-elective cardiovascular surgery, 5. Worsening of heart-failure requiring mechanical circulatory support for more than 24 hours 6. Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy

    180 days

  • Change from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Quality of Life Questionnaire (KCCQ) Score

    Higher scores in the KCCQ reflect better health status

    180 days

  • 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) distance (m)

    Change in 6MWT distance (m) from baseline

    180 days

  • Freedom from device- or femoral artery access-related major adverse events (MAE)

    MAE defined as: 1. All-cause death, 2. Myocardial infarction, 3. Stroke, 4. Need for non-elective cardiovascular surgery, 5. Worsening of heart-failure requiring mechanical circulatory support for more than 24 hours 6. Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy

    365 days

  • A hierarchical composite endpoint of all-cause deaths, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implants or heart transplants, heart failure hospitalizations, and changes from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Score (KCCQ-OS)

    A hierarchical composite endpoint of number of all-cause deaths, number of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implants or heart transplants, number of heart failure hospitalizations, and change from baseline in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Overall Score (KCCQ-OS), evaluated using the Win Ratio method

    365 days

Secondary Outcomes (16)

  • Number of all-cause deaths or all-cause hospitalizations

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

  • Number of all-cause deaths

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

  • Number of all-cause hospitalizations

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

  • Incidence of all serious adverse events, including device- and procedure- related complications

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

  • Changes from baseline in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 545 days, 730 days

  • +11 more secondary outcomes

Other Outcomes (9)

  • Changes from baseline in mitral effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA)

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 730 days

  • Changes from baseline in left atrial strain measured by Echo

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 730 days

  • Changes from baseline in left ventricular global longitudinal strain measured by Echo

    30 days, 90 days, 180 days, 365 days, 730 days

  • +6 more other outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Device group: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects in this arm will receive the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System

Device: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System

Control group: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects in this arm will receive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)

Drug: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

Interventions

AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System

Device group: AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System

Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

Control group: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Age 18-years or older
  • Ejection Fraction: ≥20% and ≤40% measured by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and assessed by an echocardiography (echo) core lab
  • LV end-diastolic diameter ≥55 mm measured by TTE and assessed by an echo core lab
  • Symptom Status:
  • NYHA III,
  • NYHA ambulatory IV, or
  • NYHA II with a heart failure hospitalization within the prior 12 months (of signing the consent)
  • Able to complete six-minute walk test with distance between 100 m and 450 m.
  • Diagnosis and treatment for heart failure should be established at least 90 days before the date of consent. Subjects should be on stable, optimally titrated medical therapy for at least 30 days, as recommended according to current guidelines as standard-of-care for Heart Failure therapy, with any intolerance documented.
  • "Stable" is defined as no more than a 100% increase or a 50% decrease of total daily doses. Medication changes within this range do not require any additional waiting before the screening assessments
  • When a total daily dose increase or decrease exceeds that which is considered stable, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed 30 days after the medication change
  • When additional titration is required to optimize a subject's medication that exceeds what is considered stable, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed at least 30 days after achieving the optimal dose (provided the optimal dose remains outside of the stable parameters)
  • When a dose-for-dose equivalent change in the class of medication change is made, no additional waiting is required before the screening assessments
  • When a change in class medication change exceeds what is considered stable, OR a new class of medication is added, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed 30 days after the medication change
  • If an SGLT2 inhibitor is added to a subject's medications, the screening TTE and CT will be postponed at least 30 days after the addition
  • +4 more criteria

You may not qualify if:

  • Cardiovascular
  • Myocardial infarction or any percutaneous cardiovascular intervention, cardiovascular surgery, or carotid surgery within 90 days prior to consent
  • Untreated clinically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring revascularization
  • Fluoroscopic or echocardiographic evidence of severe aortic arch calcification, mobile aortic atheroma, intracardiac mass, thrombus or vegetation
  • Suboptimal ventricular anatomy or wall thickness as determined from screening echocardiography and/or CT scan
  • Heart failure on the basis other than ischemic or non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, amyloid cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, uncorrected congenital heart disease, constrictive pericarditis)
  • Hemodynamic instability within 30 days prior to the implant defined as subject requiring inotropic support or mechanical hemodynamic support
  • Any planned cardiac surgery or interventions within the next 180 days post-randomization (including therapeutic right heart procedures)
  • Active bacterial endocarditis
  • Severe RV dysfunction assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC) and/or TTE
  • Fixed pulmonary hypertension with PA systolic pressure \>70 mmHg not responsive to vasodilator therapy
  • History of any stroke within the prior 90 days of consent or documented Modified Rankin Scale ≥ 2 disability from any prior stroke
  • Valvular
  • Mitral regurgitation grade 3+ (moderate-severe) or 4+ (severe)
  • Untreated degenerative (primary) mitral valve disease (mild prolapse with no need for intervention is allowable)
  • +16 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (122)

Grandview Medical Group Research, LLC

Birmingham, Alabama, 35243, United States

Location

Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States

Location

Phoenix Cardiovascular Research Group

Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

Location

Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85712, United States

Location

University of California San Diego

La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

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Scripps Health

La Jolla, California, 92121, United States

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

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University of California Irvine Medical Center

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94115, United States

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University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

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Hartford Health

Hartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States

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Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

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Medstar Health Research Institute

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

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JFK Medical Center

Atlantis, Florida, 33462, United States

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HCA Florida Largo Hospital

Largo, Florida, 33770, United States

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University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

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Ascension Sacred Heart

Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

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University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States

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Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

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Northside Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

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University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Downers Grove, Illinois, 60515, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

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Cardiovascular Research Institute of Kansas

Wichita, Kansas, 67226, United States

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

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Norton Heart Specialists

Louisville, Kentucky, 40216, United States

Location

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

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Cardiovascular Institute of the South

Houma, Louisiana, 70360, United States

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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center

Bangor, Maine, 04401, United States

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University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

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University of Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

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Spectrum Health

Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

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William Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

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Ascension Providence Hospital

Southfield, Michigan, 48075, United States

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Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute & Mercy Hosp

Coon Rapids, Minnesota, 55433, United States

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Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States

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University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55414, United States

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Jackson Heart Clinic

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

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Washington University in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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Deborah Heart & Lung

Browns Mills, New Jersey, 08015, United States

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Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

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New Mexico Heart Institute

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States

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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States

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Northwell Health

Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States

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NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016, United States

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Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, 10029, United States

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CUMC/New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, 10032, United States

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Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, 10065, United States

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Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601, United States

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St. Francis Hospital

Roslyn, New York, 11576, United States

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Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

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NC Heart and Vascular Research, LLC

Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States

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The Christ Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

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Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States

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Oklahoma Heart Hospital

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73120, United States

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Oklahoma Heart Institute

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104, United States

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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Portland, Oregon, 97225, United States

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Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

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Geisinger Clinic

Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822, United States

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Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

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Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

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Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

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UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

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Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, 02904, United States

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

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Prisma Health

Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States

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Tennova Healthcare-Turkey Creek Medical Center

Knoxville, Tennessee, 37934, United States

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Ascension Saint Thomas

Nashville, Tennessee, 37221, United States

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 87232, United States

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Ascension Texas Cardiovascular

Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

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Austin Heart

Austin, Texas, 78756, United States

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Baylor Scott & White Research Institute

Dallas, Texas, 75226, United States

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Houston Heart

Houston, Texas, 77004, United States

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Baylor College of Medicine St. Luke's Medical Center

Houston, Texas, 77020, United States

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UT Health

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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Baylor Scott & White

Plano, Texas, 75093, United States

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Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

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Intermountain Medical Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84109, United States

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University of Virginia Health System

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States

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CJW Chippenham Medical Center

Richmond, Virginia, 23225, United States

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Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital

Richmond, Virginia, 23226, United States

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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Roanoke, Virginia, 24014, United States

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Valley Health Winchester

Winchester, Virginia, 22601, United States

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University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

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Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

Spokane, Washington, 99204, United States

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Charleston Area Medical Center

Charleston, West Virginia, 25304, United States

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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States

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Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

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Republican Scientific and Practical Centre of Cardiology

Minsk, 220036, Belarus

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OLV Heart Centre

Aalst, 9300, Belgium

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AZ Sint-Jan-Oostende AV Campus Brugge

Bruges, Belgium

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St. Anne's University Hospital

Brno, 60200, Czechia

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Na Homolce Hospital

Prague, Czechia

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Hôpital de la Timone

Marseille, 13005, France

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CHU de Rennes - Hôpital Pontchaillou

Rennes, 35033, France

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Clinique-Pasteur

Toulouse, 31300, France

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Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg Universitätsklinikum der Medizinischen Hochschule Brandenburg

Bernau, 16321, Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR)

Cologne, 50937, Germany

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CardioVasculäres Centrum

Frankfurt, 60389, Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale)

Halle, 06120, Germany

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Universitäres Herz- und Gefäßzentrum Hamburg

Hamburg, 20246, Germany

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Hygeia Hospital

Athens, Greece

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Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center

Kallithea, 17674, Greece

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Interbalkan Medical Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece

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A O U Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco

Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy

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IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Milan, Lombardy, 20089, Italy

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AOU Città della salute e della Scienza - Ospedale Molinette

Torino, Torino, 10126, Italy

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Centro Cardiologico Monzino S.p.a

Milan, 20138, Italy

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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

Nieuwegein, Netherlands

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Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Location

Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina

Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

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Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

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University Clinical Centre of Serbia

Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

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University Clinical Center Niš

Niš, 18108, Serbia

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Hamid N, Jorde UP, Reisman M, Latib A, Lim DS, Joseph SM, Kurlianskaya A, Polonetsky O, Neuzil P, Reddy V, Foerst J, Gada H, Grubb KJ, Silva G, Kereiakes D, Shreenivas S, Pinney S, Davidavicius G, Sorajja P, Boehmer JP, Kleber FX, Perier P, VAN Mieghem NM, Dumonteil N, Leon MB, Burkhoff D. Transcatheter Left Ventricular Restoration in Patients With Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2023 Jul;29(7):1046-1055. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.03.003. Epub 2023 Mar 22.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiomyopathy, DilatedHeart FailureCardiomyopathies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

CardiomegalyHeart DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesLaminopathiesGenetic Diseases, InbornCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Officials

  • Martin B Leon, MD

    Columbia University

    STUDY CHAIR
  • Ulrich P Jorde, MD

    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Shmuel Chen, MD

    New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
CROSSOVER
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 30, 2020

First Posted

April 2, 2020

Study Start

December 21, 2020

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 21, 2030

Last Updated

June 3, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-12

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