New smart scale could help heart failure patients stay out of hospital
NCT ID NCT07205120
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a smart scale and online system to help manage fluid levels in people with heart failure. Fifty adults recently hospitalized for heart failure will use the scale at home, and their doctors will get alerts if fluid levels rise. The goal is to see if this remote monitoring can help doctors adjust treatment early and prevent another hospital stay.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cardiac Scale and Congestion Index monitoring system
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help doctors remotely manage heart failure patients' fluid levels, potentially reducing hospital readmissions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early pilot study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to all heart failure patients. The intervention is not a treatment for the disease itself.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
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.
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21 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: * Hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure * Age 21 years or older * Able to speak and read English Exclusion Criteria: * New York Heart Association functional class IV symptoms * Received or are scheduled to receive a heart transplant or ventricular assist - device in the next 12 months * Have a glomerular filtration rate of less than 25 mL/min while nonresponsive to diuretic therapy or on chronic renal dialysis * Have a history of regularly scheduled intravenous HF therapy (e.g., inotropes or diuretics) * Have a life expectancy of less than 12 months * Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during the next 12 months * Weigh greater than 375 lbs * Unable to stand on two bare feet without assistance
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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