NCT05677100

Brief Summary

Aortix is a circulatory support device for chronic heart failure patients on medical management who have been hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and have persistent congestion despite usual medical therapy. Eligible ADHF patients with diuretic resistance (irrespective of ejection fraction) will be enrolled and randomized 1:1 to either the Aortix system or standard of care medical management.

Trial Health

80
On Track

Trial Health Score

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

Enrollment
320

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable heart-failure

Timeline
14mo left

Started Aug 2023

Typical duration for not_applicable heart-failure

Geographic Reach
2 countries

48 active sites

Status
recruiting

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress71%
Aug 2023Aug 2027

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 7, 2022

Completed
3 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 10, 2023

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 23, 2023

Completed
3.4 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 1, 2027

Expected
7 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 1, 2027

Last Updated

June 9, 2026

Status Verified

June 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

3.4 years

First QC Date

October 7, 2022

Last Update Submit

June 5, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

mechanical circulatory supportpercutaneous

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Primary Safety Endpoint: Incidence of Aortix Device / Procedural-Related Major Adverse Events (MAE) through 30 days of Follow-up.

    Incidence of Major Adverse Events

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

  • Primary Effectiveness Endpoint: Combined composite of clinically significant reduction in net fluid loss over 7 days and freedom from mortality or heart failure re-hospitalization/therapy escalation from the baseline visit to the 30-day follow-up visit.

    Composite of net fluid loss, mortality and HF hospitalization/escalation of therapy

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

Secondary Outcomes (8)

  • Net Fluid Loss

    Baseline to Day 7

  • All-cause Mortality

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

  • HF Re-Hospitalization or escalation of HF therapy

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

  • eGFR

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

  • NT-proBNP

    Baseline to 30 day Follow-Up

  • +3 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (3)

Treatment Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Eligible ADHF patients with diuretic resistance (irrespective of ejection fraction) will be enrolled and randomized 1:1 to either the Aortix system or standard of care medical management. Randomization will be stratified by ejection fraction.

Device: Aortix System

Control Arm

NO INTERVENTION

The Control arm should receive standard of care therapy as per the study directed Diuretic Care Treatment Algorithm.

Advanced HF Registry

EXPERIMENTAL

For the Advanced HF registry, all eligible enrolled subjects will receive Aortix system support.

Device: Aortix System

Interventions

Aortix is a circulatory support device for chronic heart failure patients on medical management who have been hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and are resistant to diuretic therapy.

Also known as: Aortix Pump
Advanced HF RegistryTreatment Arm

Eligibility Criteria

Age21 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Currently admitted to the hospital with a primary diagnosis of decompensated heart failure, irrespective of ejection fraction (EF);
  • Patients should be on maximally tolerated diuretic therapy and not diuresing sufficiently before being enrolled in DRAIN-HF. After being up-titrated on diuretics, patients should be followed for at least 24 hours on the higher of: i) furosemide 80 mg IV bid or equivalent or ii) IV furosemide or equivalent IV loop diuretic at a dose 2.5 x total daily home dose of furosemide equivalents in 2 divided doses, as tolerated, patient must have: Urine Output \<1,500mL in a 12-hour period OR a Net Fluid Loss ≤375mL in a 12-hour period.
  • Age \>21 years and able to provide written informed consent;
  • Negative pregnancy test if patient is of child-bearing potential.

You may not qualify if:

  • Treatment with high dose IV inotropes within the last 48 hours prior to enrollment. High dose is defined as \>5 µg/kg/min dopamine OR \>5 µg/kg/min dobutamine OR \>0.375 µg/kg/min milrinone;
  • Active and ongoing hypotension with a systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg lasting more than 30 minutes or a mean arterial pressure (MAP) \<60 mmHg lasting more than 30 minutes at enrollment;
  • Treatment with vasopressors (defined as phenylephrine, norepinephrine, epinephrine or, vasopressin) within 48 hours prior to enrollment;
  • An estimated PASP of \>80 mmHg as measured on echocardiogram or echocardiographic evidence of primarily right heart failure;
  • Acute kidney failure defined as an increase in serum creatinine to ≥4.0mg/dL (≥353.6 µmol/L) at enrollment;
  • Evidence of contrast induced nephropathy, nephritis or nephrotic syndrome;
  • Prior kidney transplant, single kidney, partial nephrectomy OR use of dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) or ultrafiltration in the last 90 days prior to enrollment;
  • Confirmed decompensated cirrhosis (defined as Child Pugh class B or C) or concern for shock liver (AST \> 1000U/L or total Bilirubin \> 5.0mg/dl) at enrollment;
  • Presence of an active, uncontrolled infection that would preclude safe placement or removal of the device;
  • Prior heart transplant or likely heart transplantation before the 30- day follow-up visit;
  • Current or previous support with a durable LVAD at any time or planned LVAD insertion before the 30-day follow-up visit;
  • Use of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or percutaneous ventricular assist devices (e.g. Impella or TandemHeart) within the last 30 days;
  • Confirmed diagnosis of AL amyloidosis;
  • Acute myocardial infarction Type 1 within 30 days of enrollment, or planned coronary revascularization in the next 30 days;
  • Stroke within 30 days of enrollment;
  • +61 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (48)

Banner--University Medical Center Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

RECRUITING

Mayo Clinic - Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States

RECRUITING

HonorHealth Medical Center

Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258, United States

TERMINATED

John Muir Health

Concord, California, 94520, United States

RECRUITING

Zuckerberg San Francisco General

San Francisco, California, 94110, United States

RECRUITING

San Francisco Veterans Administration

San Francisco, California, 94121, United States

TERMINATED

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

RECRUITING

Ascension Sacred Heart

Pensacola, Florida, 32504, United States

WITHDRAWN

Tallahassee Research Institute

Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States

TERMINATED

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States

RECRUITING

BayCare Medical/St. Joseph's Hospital

Tampa, Florida, 33607, United States

RECRUITING

AdventHealth Tampa

Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States

RECRUITING

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, Florida, 33331, United States

RECRUITING

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

RECRUITING

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.

Augusta, Georgia, 30309, United States

RECRUITING

Wellstar Research Institue

Marietta, Georgia, 30060, United States

TERMINATED

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

RECRUITING

Advocate IMMC

Chicago, Illinois, 60657, United States

RECRUITING

Advocate Aurora - Good Samaritan

Downers Grove, Illinois, 60515, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Ascension via Christi Kansas

Wichita, Kansas, 67226, United States

TERMINATED

University of Michigan, Cardiovascular Medicine

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

WITHDRAWN

Henry Ford

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

RECRUITING

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

RECRUITING

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

RECRUITING

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753, United States

RECRUITING

New York Presbyterian - Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Brooklyn, New York, 11215, United States

RECRUITING

Mount Sinai Morningside

New York, New York, 10025, United States

RECRUITING

Nyph/Cumc

New York, New York, 10032, United States

RECRUITING

Northwell Health (Lenox Hill)

New York, New York, 10075, United States

TERMINATED

Nuvance Health

Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601, United States

RECRUITING

Northwell Health (Staten Island)

Staten Island, New York, 10305, United States

RECRUITING

Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

RECRUITING

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

RECRUITING

Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States

WITHDRAWN

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

RECRUITING

Oklahoma Cardiovascular Research Group

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73120, United States

RECRUITING

Oregon Health & Sciences University

Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Jefferson Abington Hospital

Abington, Pennsylvania, 19001, United States

RECRUITING

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

RECRUITING

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

RECRUITING

AnMed Health

Anderson, South Carolina, 29621, United States

RECRUITING

Baylor Scott & White

Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

WITHDRAWN

Texas Heart Institute

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

RECRUITING

Baylor Scott & White

Plano, Texas, 75093, United States

WITHDRAWN

Intermountain Health

Murray, Utah, 84107, United States

WITHDRAWN

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

TERMINATED

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States

RECRUITING

Semmelweis University

Budapest, Hungary

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart FailureCardio-Renal SyndromeHeart Failure, SystolicHeart Failure, Diastolic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesRenal InsufficiencyKidney DiseasesUrologic DiseasesFemale Urogenital DiseasesFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsUrogenital DiseasesMale Urogenital Diseases

Central Study Contacts

Rubi Reyes-Fuentez

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: The patients will be randomized 1:1 and will be receiving their treatment in parallel to each other. An additional non-randomized registry is also included
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 7, 2022

First Posted

January 10, 2023

Study Start

August 23, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2027

Last Updated

June 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

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