BREATHE-PH study aims to unlock secrets of lung blood pressure in heart failure
NCT ID NCT07537517
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how a specific biological pathway (BMPR2-activin) affects pulmonary hypertension in people with left heart disease. Researchers will follow 150 heart failure patients for one year, using blood tests, imaging, and heart tissue analysis. The goal is to better understand the disease and find new ways to treat it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could redefine how pulmonary hypertension is classified and point toward new targeted therapies like activin inhibitors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly test any therapy, and results may not lead to immediate clinical changes.
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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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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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
The study cohort will consist of 150 patients with heart failure (HF) of diverse etiologies (estimated: 70 with PH-LHD and 80 without PH-LHD) who require invasive hemodynamic evaluation by right heart catheterization (RHC). This cohort includes patients with a clinical indication for RHC: advanced HF patients being evaluated for heart transplantation or ventricular assist devices; patients hospitalized for severe acute HF decompensation; or patients undergoing evaluation prior to surgical or percutaneous valvular intervention. The BREATHE-CT substudy will include 40 patients with advanced HF selected from the main cohort who are listed for heart transplantation.
- 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: * Older that 18 years * Heart failled patients with clinical indication for invasive hemodynamic assessment * Written consent Exclusion Criteria: * Refulsl to sign the infomred consent * Presence of iodinated contrast allergy * Ineligibility for HT (for BREATHE-CT substudy)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital GU Gregorio Marañón
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28007, Spain
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