Are heart failure patients taking their meds? a urine test at the ER aims to find out
NCT ID NCT06459115
First seen Jul 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026
Summary
This study investigates whether people with acute decompensated heart failure are taking their prescribed medications as directed. Researchers will test urine samples from 100 patients at the emergency department to directly measure drug levels, and use questionnaires to explore factors like anxiety and depression that may affect adherence. The goal is to understand how often medication non-adherence contributes to heart failure episodes requiring emergency care.
What this could mean
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- What this could lead to
- If this study finds that many heart failure patients are not taking their medications, it could lead to better support and education to improve adherence and prevent hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study that only measures adherence at one point in time. It cannot prove whether poor adherence directly caused the heart failure episode.
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Conditions
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Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Saarland, Saarland University
Homburg, 66421, Germany
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