American Registry of Ambulatory or Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure
AMERICCAASS
1 other identifier
observational
6,732
19 countries
101
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to better characterize and understand the population of patients with ambulatory or acutely decompensated heart failure in the American continent, getting to know their sociodemographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Apr 2022
Typical duration for all trials
101 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 15, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 25, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 31, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 31, 2025
CompletedApril 13, 2025
April 1, 2025
2.8 years
March 15, 2022
April 9, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Characteristics of population with diagnosis of heart failure in America
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with heart failure
Baseline
Characteristics of population with diagnosis of heart failure in America
Clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients with heart failure
Baseline, at Month 1, Month 6 and Month 12
Secondary Outcomes (16)
Outpatient management of heart failure
Baseline and at Month 12
Relation between outpatient treatment of heart failure with proportion of hospitalization and mortality
Baseline and at Month 12
Clinical and hemodynamic presentation of acutely decompensated heart failure
Baseline
In-hospital management of acutely decompensated heart failure
Baseline
Proportion of in-hospital mortality related with acute decompensation of heart failure
Baseline
- +11 more secondary outcomes
Eligibility Criteria
Heart failure patients with either ambulatory diagnosis or an acute decompensation
You may qualify if:
- Patient aged 18 years or older and one of the following:
- Hospitalized patient with admission diagnosis of acutely decompensated heart failure or
- Outpatient with confirmed diagnosis (main or complementary) of heart failure
You may not qualify if:
- Hospitalized patient with principal diagnosis of another cardiovascular / non-cardiovascular pathology and who develops an acute decompensation of heart failure during hospitalization.
- Patient on heart transplant waiting list
- Patient who has implanted or is in process of implanting a long-term ventricular assist device (eg, Heart Mate II, Heart Mate III) as a target therapy or bridge therapy to other therapies
- Patient in whom palliative management has been previously defined for his/her cardiac condition (i.e. Heart failure) or for another associated medical condition (cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.)
- Patient who is discharged or referred to another institution within 48 hours of hospital stay
- Inability to comply with programmed follow-ups (telephone or in person) due to social, personal or other conditions considered by the principal investigator
- Life expectancy less than 6 months given a condition other than heart failure (Cancer, COPD, etc.)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (119)
North Shore University Hospital, Nothwell Health
Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
Sanatorio Modelo Quilmes
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, 1878, Argentina
Sanatorio de la Trinidad Quilmes y Centro Gallego
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hospital Italiano de Córdoba
Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Clinica Vrsalovic / Clinica del Angelo
Formosa, Formosa Province, 3600, Argentina
Establecimiento Asistencial Gobernador Centeno
Santa Rosa, La Pampa Province, 6300, Argentina
Hospital San Bernardo
Salta, Salta Province, 4400, Argentina
Clínica El Castaño - CIMAC
San Juan, San Juan Province, 5400, Argentina
Clínica CERHU / Hospital Central Ramón Carrillo
San Luis, San Luis Province, Argentina
Instituto Cardiovascular del Rosario
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, 2000, Argentina
Sanatorio Santa Clara Talar
Buenos Aires, 1617, Argentina
Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Cardiología Juana Francisca Cabral Bolívar
Corrientes, 3400, Argentina
Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba
Córdoba, 5000, Argentina
Instituto Modelo de Cardiología Privado SRL
Córdoba, Argentina
Hospital Descentralizado Dr. Guillermo Rawson
San Juan, Argentina
Hospital Público Dr. Marcial V. Quiroga
San Juan, Argentina
Hospital Universitario Japonés
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Caja Petrolera de Salud
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Instituto Nacional del Tórax
Santiago, Chile
Clinica Cardio VID
Medellín, Antioquia, 050001, Colombia
Sociedad Clínica Iberoamericana
Barranquilla, Atlántico, 08000, Colombia
Instituto Todo Por El Corazón
Manizales, Caldas Department, 170002, Colombia
Clínica del Occidente
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, 110851, Colombia
Fundación Cardioinfantil
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, 110911, Colombia
Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, 110911, Colombia
Hospicardio
Montería, Departamento de Córdoba, Colombia
Unimedic Ips
Pasto, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia
Clínica Medilaser Florencia
Florencia, Departamento del Caquetá, 180001-180009, Colombia
Instituto Grupsalud
Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, 470001, Colombia
Clínica los Rosales S.A. - Centro Médico para el Corazón
Pereira, Risaralda Department, 660003, Colombia
Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia
Floridablanca, Santander Department, Colombia
Clinica Avidanti S.A.S
Ibagué, Tolima Department, 730001, Colombia
Fundación Valle del Lili
Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, 760032, Colombia
Clínica General del Norte
Barranquilla, Colombia
Hospital Santa Clara
Bogotá, Colombia
Sociedad Cardiológica Colombiana S.A.S.
Villavicencio, Colombia
Hospital San Vicente de Paúl
Heredia, 40103, Costa Rica
Hospital Clínica Bíblica
San José, 10102, Costa Rica
Hospital México, CCSS
San José, 10102, Costa Rica
Hospital Clinico Quirurgico Docente Ivan Portuondo
San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, 32700, Cuba
Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular
La Habana, Departamento Occidental, 10000-19999, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Clinico Quirurgico Docente Leon Cuervo Rubio
Pinar del Río, Provincia de Pinar del Río, 20100, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Carlos Manuel De Céspedes
Bayamo, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Manuel Ascunce Domenech
Camagüey, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola
Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Hospital General Orlando Pantoja Tamayo
Contramaestre, Cuba
Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Calixto García Íñiguez
La Habana, Cuba
Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. Enrique Cabrera
La Habana, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Camilo Cienfuegos
La Habana, Cuba
Hospital General Docente Dr. Ernesto Guevara De La Serna
Las Tunas, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Cmte. Faustino Pérez
Matanzas, Cuba
Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Héroes Del Baire
Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Docente Marting Chang Puga
Nuevitas, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Abel Santamaría
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Cardiocentro Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Hospital Provincial Saturnino Lora
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Clínica Universitaria Unión Médica del Norte
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, 51000, Dominican Republic
Hospital Regional Presidente Estrella Ureña
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, 51000, Dominican Republic
Centro Médico Siglo 21
San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago Homs
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Hospital Luis Vernaza
Guayaquil, Guayas, 090101 - 090158, Ecuador
Hospital Clínica Kennedy
Guayaquil, Guayas, 090512, Ecuador
Centro Médico de Especialidades Ameds
Manta, Manabí, EC130850, Ecuador
HOSPICOR
Manta, Manabí, EC130850, Ecuador
Centro Cardiológico A.C.I
Portoviejo, Manabí, EC130150, Ecuador
Hospital Metropolitano
Quito, Pichincha, 170521, Ecuador
Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga / Instituto ecuatoriano de seguridad social
Cuenca, Ecuador
Clinica Jesús De Nazareth / Hospital San Marcos
Machala, Ecuador
Hospital General EISS Portoviejo
Portoviejo, Ecuador
Centro De Diagnóstico Y Tratamiento De Enfermedades (Cdt) Cardiovasculares Cardioheredia
Samborondón, Ecuador
Clínica de Cardiología y Ortopedia CCO
San Salvador, San Salvador Department, El Salvador
Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social
San Salvador, San Salvador Department, El Salvador
Clínica del Corazón Sinusal
San Salvador, El Salvador
Hospital General San Juan de Dios
Guatemala City, Departamento de Guatemala, 1001 - 1073, Guatemala
Hospital Roosevelt
Guatemala City, Departamento de Guatemala, 1001 - 1073, Guatemala
Clínicas HART y Hospital Regional de Occidente
Quetzaltenango, Departamento de Quetzaltenango, 09001, Guatemala
Cardiocentro Chimaltenango
Chimaltenango, 04001, Guatemala
Hospital Regional de Zacapa
Zacapa, 19001, Guatemala
Cardio Medical Center
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, 11101, Honduras
Instituto Nacional Cardiopulmonar
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, 11101, Honduras
Heart institute of the caribbean
Kingston, Jamaica
Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20000 - 20999, Mexico
Christus Muguerza Hospital Alta Especialidad
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64000, Mexico
Hospital Español. Sociedad de Beneficencia Española I.A.P
Mexico City, 01000-16999, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez
Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran
Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
Servicios Profesionales Del Sagrado Corazón De Jesús S.C.
Mexico City, Mexico
TecSalud, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud del ITESM
Monterrey, Mexico
Hospital Carlos R Huembes/Clinica Plaza España/Clinica Centro Medico Juigalpa
Managua, Nicaragua
Hospital Santo Tomás
Panama City, Panama
Hospital Nacional de Itaugua
Itauguá, Central Department, 2740, Paraguay
Hospital Central - Instituto de Previsión Social
Asunción, 1001-1925, Paraguay
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Prof. Dr. Juan A. Catonni"
Asunción, 1001-1925, Paraguay
Instituto Cardiovascular del Sanatorio Migone
Asunción, Paraguay
Sanatorio Adventista de Asunción
Asunción, Paraguay
Sanatorio Italiano
Asunción, Paraguay
Clinicor Estudios Cardiológicos
Concepción, Paraguay
Hospital de Clínicas - Facultad de ciencias médicas
San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Hospital III EsSalud Chimbote
Chimbote, Ancash, Peru
Luis Heysen Inchaustegui - ESSALUD
Chiclayo, Peru
Hospital María Auxiliadora
Lima, 15056, Peru
Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
Lima, Peru
Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión
Lima, Peru
Instituto Cardiovascular Clinicor Norte
Lima, Peru
Thorax Centrum Paramaribo /Academic Hospital Paramaribo
Paramaribo, Suriname
Hospital de Clínicas Doctor Manuel Quintela
Montevideo, 11000, Uruguay
Médica Uruguaya
Montevideo, Uruguay
Clínica Chilemex
Puerto Ordaz and San Felix, Bolívar, 8050, Venezuela
Unidad Cardiovascular Ferrer
Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
Centro Policlínico Valencia
Valencia, Carabobo, 2001, Venezuela
ASCARDIO
Barquisimeto, Lara, 3001, Venezuela
Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes
Mérida, Mérida, 5101, Venezuela
Centro Clinico Santa Rosa
Cumaná, Sucre, 6101, Venezuela
Cardiología Tropical Azoátegui
Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Atimed C.A
Cumaná, Venezuela
IVSS Hospital Dr. Rafael Calles Sierra
Punto Fijo, Venezuela
Unicor/Funvic
Valencia, Venezuela
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Conditions
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Juan E Gomez-Mesa, MD
Fundacion Clinica Valle del Lili
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Mario Speranza, MD
Hospital Clínica Bíblica
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Eduardo R. Perna, MD
Instituto De Cardiología J. F. Cabral
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Víctor A. Rossel, MD
Instituto Nacional del Tórax
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Daniel Quesada, MD
Hospital San Vicente de Paul
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Mark H. Drazner, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Alexander Romero, MD
Hospital Santo Tomas
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Walter Alarco, MD
Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular INCOR
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sebastian Seni-Molina, MD
Fundación Valle del Lili - Registry Coordinator
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Target Duration
- 12 Months
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Chief of the Cardiology Department
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 15, 2022
First Posted
March 25, 2022
Study Start
April 1, 2022
Primary Completion
January 31, 2025
Study Completion
January 31, 2025
Last Updated
April 13, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
We do not plan to share IPD, since we are not allowed to share information concerning medical history of our patients