New device aims to safely drain fluid in heart failure patients
NCT ID NCT06898515
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests the Reprieve System, a bedside device that automatically adjusts diuretic and saline infusion based on a patient's urine output, to treat acute decompensated heart failure. Researchers will compare it to standard diuretic therapy in 400 hospitalized adults. The goal is to see if the device removes fluid more efficiently, reduces hospital readmissions, and lowers the risk of death within 30 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Reprieve System (device delivering furosemide and saline based on urine output)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer, more effective way to remove excess fluid in heart failure patients, potentially reducing hospital readmissions and improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but results may not apply to all heart failure patients. The device is complex and could cause side effects like kidney injury or infections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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22 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. Diagnosis of HF with expected hospitalization \>24 hours, with \>1 new or worsening symptom and \>2 physical examination, laboratory, or invasive findings of HF, and receiving or with plans to receive a HF-specific treatment 2. ≥10 lb. (4.5 kg) above dry weight as estimated by health care provider. 3. Current outpatient prescription for daily loop diuretic. 4. Participants ≥ 22 years of age able to provide informed consent and comply with study procedures. 5. Elevated risk of diuretic resistance, as indicated by at least one of the following: Baseline hypochloremia OR Urine output \<1L in the 6 hours following IV loop diuretic \>=40 mg furosemide equivalent OR Spot urine sodium \<100 mmol/L 1-2 hours after IV loop diuretic \>= 40 mg furosemide equivalent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Urologic issues that would predispose the participant to a high rate of urogenital trauma or infection with catheter placement or known inability to place a Foley catheter. 2. Hemodynamic instability as defined by any of the following: sustained systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg for \>15 minutes within the past 48 hours, use of IV vasopressors or inotropes within past 48 hours, and/or current or previous mechanical circulatory support within the last week. 3. Uncontrolled arrhythmias defined as sustained HR \>130 beats/min for \>10 minutes within the past 48 hours. 4. Severe lung disease with chronic home oxygen requirement \>2L/min. 5. Acute infection with evidence of systemic involvement (e.g., clinically suspected infection with fever or elevated serum white blood cell count). 6. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<25 ml/min/1.73m2 (calculated with either MDRD or CKD-EPI) or current use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). 7. Significant left ventricular outflow obstruction, severe uncorrected complex congenital heart disease, known severe stenotic valvular disease, severe infiltrative or constrictive cardiomyopathy or other diagnosis that would make aggressive decongestion unsafe. 8. Current or recent (\< 30 days) type I myocardial infarction (e.g., acute coronary syndrome such as NSTEMI or STEMI from plaque rupture), coronary artery bypass surgery, or stroke. An isolated troponin elevation (e.g., from volume overload or demand ischemia) is not a reason for exclusion. 9. Severe electrolyte abnormalities (e.g., serum potassium \<3.0 mEq/L, magnesium \<1.3 mEq/L or sodium \<125 mEq/L). Note: These are based on baseline/screening labs. Participants whose electrolyte levels are repleted cannot be reassessed for inclusion in the trial. 10. Other concomitant disease or condition the investigator believes will make it difficult to follow instructions or comply with study procedures and/or follow-up visits, including expected prolonged hospitalization for reasons other than decongestive therapy 11. Currently enrolled in an interventional trial (observational studies are permitted). 12. Life expectancy less than 6 months. 13. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
53 sites in 5 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBergamo, 24127, Italy
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ASST Niguarda Great Metropolitan Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, 20162, Italy
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Advocate Christ Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOak Lawn, Illinois, 60453, United States
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Baylor College of Medicine Ben Taub Hospital
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Baylor Scott and White
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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Clínico Universitario de Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, 46000, Spain
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Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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Corewell William Beaumont University Hospital
RECRUITINGRoyal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States
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Duke University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Hannover University Hospital
RECRUITINGHanover, 30625, Germany
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Harry S. Truman Veteran's Memorial Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGColumbia, Missouri, 65201, United States
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Hospital General Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, 46000, Spain
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Hospital Ramon y Cajal
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28000, Spain
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Hospital de Bellvitge
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08907, Spain
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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
RECRUITINGFalls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Jena University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGJena, 07747, Germany
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Lindner Center at Christ Hospital
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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Medical University of Białystok
RECRUITINGBialystok, 15-089, Poland
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Medical University of Lodz
RECRUITINGLodz, 70445, Poland
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Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Minneapolis Heart Institute
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
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Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGreensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center
RECRUITINGGainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
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Ohio State University Hospital
RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Oklahoma Heart Hospital
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73120, United States
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Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States
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Piedmont Augusta Hospital
RECRUITINGAugusta, Georgia, 30901, United States
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Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGGreenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States
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Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28222, Spain
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Scripps Memorial Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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St. Louis VA
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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Stony Brook University Hospital
RECRUITINGStony Brook, New York, 11794, United States
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Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48197, United States
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UC Davis Medical Center
RECRUITINGSacramento, California, 95817, United States
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UH Cleveland Medical Center
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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UW Harborview
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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Universitaria delle Marche
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAncona, 60121, Italy
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University Hospital Heidelberg
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, Germany
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University Hospital Wroclaw
RECRUITINGWroclaw, 45573, Poland
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University of California Irvine
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92697, United States
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University of Cincinnati
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States
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University of Florida
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center
RECRUITINGKansas City, Kansas, 66103, United States
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University of Louisville Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLouisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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University of Mississippi
RECRUITINGJackson, Mississippi, 38677, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 191904, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Gießen (UKGM)
RECRUITINGGiessen, 35392, Germany
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VCU Medical Center
RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08035, Spain
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Washington University
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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