New pacing technique could boost heart function in mild failure
NCT ID NCT06126081
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares a special pacemaker procedure called left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) plus standard heart failure drugs against drugs alone in 36 people with mild heart failure. The goal is to see if early pacing improves the heart's pumping ability more than medication. Participants will be followed for 6 months to measure changes in heart function.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Left bundle branch pacing (a pacemaker procedure) plus guideline-directed medical therapy (standard heart failure drugs)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective way to improve heart pumping function and reduce symptoms in certain heart failure patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 36 participants, so results may not apply widely. The procedure carries risks like infection or lead displacement.
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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.
- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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.
- 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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years; 2. symptomatic heart failure despite guideline-directed medical therapy for at least 3 months, NYHA class II-IV, with an EF between 35% and 50%; 3. complete LBBB meeting Strauss's standard definition 4. Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Expected survival less than 24 months; 2. Indicated for ICD or pacing therapy; 3. History of VT, VF, or hemodynamic instability; 4. History of mechanical tricuspid valve replacement; 5. Ischemic cardiomyopathy scheduled for CABG and PCI within 3 months; 6. Severe structural heart disease may necessitate cardiac surgery or heart transplantation within 1 year; 7. Pregnancy or planning for pregnancy; 8. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or those underwent ventricular septal defect repair, in whom the success of LBBP is anticipated to be challenging; 9. Severe renal dysfunction (eGFR \< 15ml/min\*1.73m\^2).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
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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The first affiliated hospital of Nanjing medical university
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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