Heart device tweak aims to help Non-Responders
NCT ID NCT04763460
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study planned to test a new way to program cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices for heart failure patients who didn't get enough benefit from standard settings. Researchers would use ECG and cardiac MRI to find the best device settings and measure changes in heart function. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CRT device programming optimization
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better ways to program CRT devices for heart failure patients who don't respond to standard settings.
- What could go wrong
- The study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available. It's unclear if the approach would work in practice.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2023
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- 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: 1. Currently on standard medical therapy 2. CRT device in place for \> 4 months 3. Non-responder (ejection fraction improvement with CRT \< 5%) or incomplete responder (ejection fraction \< 40%) 4. Suboptimal electrical wavefront fusion at current CRT programming as observed on 12-lead ECG 5. Left bundle branch block, interventricular conduction delay or right ventricular paced underlying QRS complex 6. Age \> 18 years Exclusion Criteria: 1. Decompensated heart failure 2. Right bundle branch block 3. Pregnancy or lactation 4. History of severe allergic reactions to ECG gels, electrode adhesives, and/or cardiac magnetic resonance contrast (e.g. gadolinium) 5. Implantation of pacing lead in the his bundle or left bundle branch 6. Frequent ventricular ectopy as defined as \>10% premature ventricular contraction burden by either device interrogation or Holter monitor, or sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation 7. Uncontrolled atrial fibrillation (HR \> 100 bpm) 8. Patient is enrolled in concurrent research study that would potentially confound the results of this study (noting: co-enrollment acceptable if patient is enrolled in registry study)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Minneapolis Heart Institute - Abbott Northwestern Hospital (MHI West)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
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United Heart & Vascular Clinic - Nasseff Specialty Center (MHI East)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102, United States
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