Massive 20-Year heart study aims to unlock secrets of cardiovascular disease
NCT ID NCT04388943
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is collecting medical information and blood/urine samples from 9,500 people with various heart and blood vessel conditions, plus healthy volunteers, over 20 years. The goal is to find better ways to diagnose heart disease and predict how patients will do in the future. Researchers will analyze proteins, chemicals, and genes to understand disease mechanisms and improve treatment decisions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 9,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2010
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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
Participants recruited from secondary care, inpatient and outpatient departments.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * All outpatients and inpatients with cardiovascular disease, of either gender * Aged 18-90 years old * Examples of conditions include: coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart attacks (myocardial infarction), valve disease, cardiac surgery, dysrhythmias (including atrial fibrillation), aneurysms, embolism, strokes, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension (and its complications, such as left ventricular hypertrophy) or those presenting with chest pain * Healthy volunteers * Aged 18-90 years old * From the community without cardiovascular or other diseases Exclusion Criteria: * Any patient who is unable to give consent * Any patient with non-cardiovascular comorbidity likely to cause death within 6 months * Patients know to be infected with HIV, Hepatitis B or any other agent posing an infection risk from unfixed material
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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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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospitals Leicester
RECRUITINGLeicester, United Kingdom
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