Drug trial aims to ease patients off Life-Support machines

NCT ID NCT04158674

Summary

This study tested whether a drug called levosimendan could help patients with severe heart failure safely stop using a temporary heart-lung machine (ECLS). The drug is meant to strengthen the heart's pumping ability. Researchers compared the drug to a placebo in 82 patients to see if it reduced the chance of failing to come off the machine support.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU Dijon Bourgogne

    Dijon, 21079, France

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