AI and Finger-Prick test could spot hidden heart failure in pacemaker patients
NCT ID NCT07372651
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at better ways to find heart failure in people with pacemakers. About 1 in 3 pacemaker patients may have undiagnosed heart failure, but current tests are expensive and time-consuming. Researchers will test if a handheld ultrasound with artificial intelligence or a finger-prick blood test can detect heart failure as accurately as a standard heart ultrasound. 150 adults with pacemakers will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with previously implanted pacemakers for bradycardia.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients aged ≥18 years * Patients with existing pacemakers who have a right ventricular pacing burden ≥20%. * Ability to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are unwilling or unable to provide informed consent. * Patients known to have heart failure * Patients with any previous measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction \<50%. * Patients with conduction system pacemakers. * Patients with cardiac resynchronisation therapy pacemakers/defibrillators. * Patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. * Patients with leadless pacemakers.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiovascular Research Facility, Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
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