New device automates fluid removal in heart failure – could it be a game changer?
NCT ID NCT05174312
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a bedside device called the Reprieve Decongestion Management System in 100 hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure. The device automatically adjusts the dose of a diuretic (furosemide) and saline based on the patient's real-time urine output, aiming to remove excess fluid more safely and effectively than standard care. The main goals were to see if the device increases urine sodium output and reduces complications like kidney injury or electrolyte problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Reprieve Decongestion Management System (a bedside device that automatically adjusts diuretic and saline infusion based on urine output)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help doctors remove excess fluid more safely and efficiently in heart failure patients, potentially reducing hospital stays and complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (100 participants) comparing a device to standard care. The device may not show clear benefits, and there are risks like kidney injury or electrolyte imbalances.
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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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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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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. Hospitalized with a diagnosis of heart failure as defined by the presence of at least 1 symptom AND 1 sign. 2. ≥10 pounds (4.5 kg) above dry weight either by historical weights or as estimated by health care provider. 3. Prior use of loop diuretics within 30 says prior to admission. 4. ≥ 18 years of age able to provide informed consent and comply with study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to place Foley catheter or IV catheter. 2. Hemodynamic instability. 3. Dyspnea due primarily to non-cardiac causes. 4. Acute infection with evidence of systemic involvement. 5. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 20 ml/min/1.73m2 calculated using the MDRD equation or current use of renal replacement therapy. 6. Significant left ventricular outflow obstruction, uncorrected complex congenital heart disease, severe stenotic valvular disease, infiltrative or constrictive cardiomyopathy, acute myocarditis, type 1 acute myocardial infarction requiring treatment, or any other pathology that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make aggressive diuresis poorly tolerated. 7. Inability to follow instructions or comply with follow-up procedures. 8. Other concomitant disease or condition that investigator deems unsuitable for the study, including drug or alcohol abuse or psychiatric, behavioral or cognitive disorders, sufficient to interfere with the patient's ability to understand and comply with the study instructions or follow-up procedures. 9. Severe electrolyte abnormalities. 10. Presence of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. 11. Enrollment in another interventional trial during the index hospitalization. 12. Inability to return for follow-up study visits. 13. Life expectancy less than 3 months. 14. Women who are pregnant or intend to become pregnant.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ascension Texas Cardiovascular
Austin, Texas, 78705, United States
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Baylor Scott & White
Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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Cone Health
Greensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States
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Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Eastern Shore Research Institute
Fairhope, Alabama, 36532, United States
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Prisma Health
Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States
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St. Louis VA
St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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The Lindner Research Center at Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
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University of California Irvine
Irvine, California, 92697, United States
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University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
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Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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