Heart valve repair may cut hospital stays for severe heart failure patients

NCT ID NCT04634266

First seen Jan 27, 2026 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 16 times

Summary

This study looks at whether a minimally invasive procedure to fix a leaky tricuspid heart valve can help people with advanced heart failure. About 360 participants with severe valve leakage and a recent heart failure hospitalization or related organ problems will be randomly assigned to either the valve repair plus standard medications or medications alone. The goal is to see if the procedure reduces deaths, hospitalizations, and improves quality of life over one to three years.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Asklepios Klinikum St. Georg

    Hamburg, Germany

  • Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

  • Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

  • Helios Klinikum Erfurt

    Erfurt, Germany

  • Helios Klinikum Wuppertal

    Wuppertal, Germany

  • Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

  • Herzentrum Leipzig

    Leipzig, Germany

  • Herzzentrum Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

  • Herzzentrum Siegburg

    Siegburg, Germany

  • Herzzentrum UKE

    Hamburg, Germany

  • Herzzentrum Uniklinik Köln

    Cologne, Germany

  • Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg

    Bernau, Germany

  • Katholisches Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

  • LMU Klinikum

    München, Germany

  • Robert Bosch Klinikum Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

  • St.-Johannes-Hospital Dortmund

    Dortmund, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt

    Frankfurt, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

    Heidelberg, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Jena

    Jena, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

    Kiel, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Schlewsig-Holstein Campus Lübeck

    Lübeck, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm, Germany

  • Universitätsmedizin Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

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