Heart failure patients get a tiny implant that watches and helps the heart
NCT ID NCT07402239
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a small device implanted in the heart that measures pressure and creates a small opening to help blood flow. It is for people with chronic heart failure whose heart pumps weakly (ejection fraction 40% or less) and who still have symptoms despite standard treatments. The goal is to see if the device is safe and can reduce hospitalizations and improve daily function.
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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 330 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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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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.
Main Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years old * Clinically diagnosed with chronic heart failure * Receiving guideline directed medical and device therapy (GDMT) for heart failure * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 40% assessed by echocardiography * New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or III, with NYHA II criteria met simultaneously; for NYHA III, at least one of the following must be satisfied: 1. At least one hospitalization for heart failure within the past 12 months; 2. Elevated BNP or NT-proBNP within 3 months prior to enrollment (under normal sinus rhythm, NT-proBNP \> 900 pg/mL; under atrial fibrillation, NT-proBNP \> 1500 pg/mL; under normal sinus rhythm, BNP \> 300 pg/mL; under atrial fibrillation, BNP \> 500 pg/mL; BNP not applicable if the patient is using ARNI); * Able to perform 6-minute walk test (6MWT), with a distance between 100 meters and 450 meters Main Exclusion Criteria * Currently in an acute decompensation of chronic heart failure (hospitalization within 2 weeks prior to enrollment), refractory end-stage heart failure, or on the waiting list for heart transplantation (including LVAD indication); * BMI \> 40 kg/m² or \< 18.5 kg/m²; * Systolic blood pressure \<90 or ≥160 mmHg * Moderate or severe aortic or mitral stenosis, or planned during the trial intervention for severe regurgitation of the aortic, mitral, tricuspid, or pulmonary valves; * Coronary artery disease requiring revascularization; * Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, active myocarditis, cardiac tamponade or large pericardial effusion, congenital heart disease, or other causes of heart failure * History of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or pulmonary emboli within the past 3 months * Severe chronic lung disease requiring oxygen therapy or long-term corticosteroids; * Surgery involving atrial septal puncture within 3 months before enrollment (e.g., mitral repair, atrial fibrillation ablation, LAA closure); * Significant RV dysfunction - TAPSE \<12mm or RVFAC ≤25% * eGFR \<25 ml/min/1.73 m\^2
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
15 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, China
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Fuzhou University Affiliated Provincial Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, China
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Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, China
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChengdu, China
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The First AFfiliated Hospital of MWU
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNingbo, Zhejiang, China
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The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLanzhou, Gansu, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medcine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, China
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The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, China
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West China Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, China
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Xijing Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, China
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