Could a liver scan spot hidden heart failure in minutes?
NCT ID NCT07449377
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a device called FibroScan, which measures liver stiffness, can quickly diagnose acute heart failure in people who come to the emergency room with shortness of breath. Researchers will enroll 100 adults and compare the FibroScan results with standard tests. If it works, it could provide a faster, simpler way to diagnose heart failure in busy emergency settings.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- FibroScan device (liver stiffness measurement)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give emergency doctors a fast, non-invasive bedside tool to diagnose acute heart failure more accurately.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (100 people) testing a device not originally designed for heart failure. Results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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. Patients ≥18 years 2. ED patients presenting with acute dyspnea and absence of any other obvious cause of dyspnea (for example pneumothorax, acute pneumonia, acute coronary syndrome, Covid) … 3. Social security affiliation (except AME) 4. Informed consent signed Exclusion Criteria: 1. Known chronic liver disease, defined by a Prothrombic time of \< 50%, or any former diagnosis of liver fibrosis. 2. No skin wounds in the abdominal area on which the Fibroscan® will be used 3. History of liver transplantation 4. eGFR \<30 mL/min 5. Patient under legal protection measure (tutorship or curatorship) and patient deprived of freedom 6. Pregnancy and breastfeeding 7. Participation in another interventional trial
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Name: Emergency Department Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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