China maps a decade of heart valve care for its elderly
NCT ID NCT07816146
First seen Sep 11, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026
Summary
Researchers are running a national registry of hospitalized patients aged 60 and older who have moderate or severe heart valve disease. The study records the type of valve problem, symptoms, other conditions, treatments received, and complications. By comparing this group with patients enrolled in the China-DVD study in 2016, the team aims to show how valve disease and its management are changing and which factors shape outcomes.
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 the registry maps how valve disease and its treatment change over time, hospitals could tailor care for older patients more precisely and spot gaps in who gets surgery or catheter-based procedures.
- What could go wrong
- A registry observes routine care rather than testing a treatment, so it cannot prove what works. Findings may reflect only the hospitals that take part and may not apply to other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 6,612 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This project is scheduled to be implemented from September to December 2026. It will consecutively enroll hospitalized patients with moderate and severe valvular heart disease across the original 69 national research centers of China-DVD, with the research protocol and definitions fully consistent with those in 2016.
- Ages
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60 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: Hospitalized patients over 60 years old meet one of the following conditions. 1、 moderate or above valvular heart disease as defined by echocardiography: One of the following criteria * (1)Mitral stenosis : Valve area ≤1.5 cm², or mean pressure gradient ≥10 mmHg. * (2)Mitral regurgitation : Moderate and above regurgitation, or regurgitant jet width ≥ 3 mm, or regurgitant volume per beat ≥ 30 ml, or regurgitant jet area/left atrial area \> 20%; or effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) ≥ 20 mm² * (3)Aortic stenosis : Moderate and above, mean pressure gradient ≥ 20 mmHg, or peak jet velocity ≥ 3 m/s, or valve area ≤ 1.5 cm² * (4)Aortic regurgitation : Moderate and above regurgitation, or regurgitant jet width ≥ 3 mm, or regurgitant volume per beat ≥ 30 ml, or regurgitant fraction ≥ 30%, or jet width occupying ≥ 25% of the left ventricular outflow tract, or effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) ≥ 10 mm² * (5)Tricuspid stenosis : Moderate and above * (6)Tricuspid regurgitation : Moderate and above regurgitation, or jet area ≥ 5 cm² * (7)Pulmonary stenosis : Moderate and above * (8)Pulmonary regurgitation : Moderate and above regurgitation 2 、Previous history of cardiac valve surgery or interventional therapy (dilation, valvuloplasty, valve replacement) 3、Diagnosed with infective endocarditis Exclusion Criteria: Patients unwilling to accept registration and follow-up; * Patients with mental illness who cannot cooperate with information collection and follow-up Patients have been enrolled in this study.
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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 study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
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Locations
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Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100037, China
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