New home scanner could keep heart failure patients out of hospital
NCT ID NCT07067658
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a device called Heartfelt that sits in your home and uses 3D images to detect early signs of fluid buildup in the legs and feet, a common problem in heart failure. About 300 people with heart failure and leg swelling will either get the device plus standard care, or standard care alone. The goal is to see if the device helps improve quality of life and reduces hospital visits or deaths over 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Heartfelt Device (a passive monitoring system that measures foot and leg volume changes via 3D imaging)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help heart failure patients avoid hospital stays by catching fluid buildup early, improving daily life and reducing emergency visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial with 300 participants, so results may not apply to all heart failure patients. The device requires a suitable home setup, and its benefit over standard care is not yet proven.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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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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: Participants are eligible if they meet all General Criteria and at least one of Pathways A, B, or C. 1\. General Criteria (all participants must meet) * Aged ≥18 years, AND * Diagnosis of heart failure (any aetiology or LVEF classification), AND * Documented or patient-reported moderate to severe leg oedema, AND * Lives in the UK with a home environment suitable for installation of the Heartfelt device Pathway A: High risk patient with daily diuretics * Currently prescribed ≥40 mg/day of furosemide (or equivalent loop diuretic, eg. bumetanide or torsemide) for at least one month, AND * Any cardiorespiratory admission\*\* in the last 12 months (Includes outpatient IV diuretics, subcutaneous loop diuretics, or escalation to combination therapy with a loop diuretic and a thiazide or thiazide-like diuretic (eg: metolazone, bendroflumethiazide, indapamide etc). Pathway B: High risk patient without daily diuretics * Patients prescribed SGLT2 inhibitor (eg; dapagliflozin or empagliflozin) , AND * Patients prescribed oral furosemide ≥40mg/day but advised to take it only as needed AND either: a) at least two admissions\* caused or complicated by worsening heart failure in the previous 12 months, OR b) a measurement of plasma NT-proBNP exceeding 1,000 ng/L (pg/mL) in the previous 12 months Pathway C: Implanted Haemodynamic Monitoring Devices (minimum n=10 participants) * Uses an implantable device designed to monitor congestion (e.g. CardioMEMS, HeartLogic, or equivalent) * Enrichment criteria: Patients must also meet a minimum total score of 4 from the characteristics below. 1. NYHA class III and IV (score: 2) 2. ≥80 mg/day Furosemide or equivalent loop diuretic (score: 2) 3. \<3 Number of times the patient has weighed themselves in the last 2 weeks (score: 2) 4. Help for essential daily activities required (score: 2) 5. GRMT score \<5 (score: 2) 6. Use of a walking stick, walker or mobility scooter (score: 2) 7. \>2 Number of HF events in last 12 months (score: 2) 8. Aged over 75 (score: 1) 9. Health issues limiting daily activities (score: 1) 10. Help getting to medical appointment required (score: 1) 11. Problematic / not tolerated uptitration of medications: MRA (score: 1) SGLT2i (score: 1) Other (score: 1) 12. English as a second language (score: 1) 13. eGFR 20-45 (score: 1) 14. Patient unable to regularly attend appointments for any reason (score: 1) 15. \>3 Number of co-morbidities (score: 1) Exclusion Criteria: * Amputation of both feet * Bed-bound for more than 20h per 24h period * Bandages to lower limbs every day * Regular wheelchair user inside their home * No fixed abode * Participation in another interventional trial that may interfere with endpoints * Life expectancy \<6 months, in the opinion of the investigator * Inability to provide informed consent due to cognitive impairment * Language barriers that preclude understanding of trial procedures (unless translation resources are available in relevant language) * Inability to install the device (even with assistance) allowing at least 6 months of data capture by the end of the study. * Patients with severe aortic stenosis or awaiting a heart procedure or surgery * Patient with end stage renal disease (eGFR \<20) * Pregnancy or lack of contraceptive measures if of child-bearing potential
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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
18 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
RECRUITINGAylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
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Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice
RECRUITINGNottingham, NG9 6DX, United Kingdom
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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
RECRUITINGCroydon, Greater London, CR7 7YE, United Kingdom
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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
RECRUITINGWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1BW, United Kingdom
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Holderness Health
RECRUITINGPatrington, Hull, HU120PH, United Kingdom
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHull, HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom
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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGAshford, Kent, TN25 4AZ, United Kingdom
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Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7JH, United Kingdom
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Livewell Southwest
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPlymouth, PL6 5DH, United Kingdom
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGManchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGMilton Keynes, MK6 5LD, United Kingdom
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North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGHardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE, United Kingdom
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Princess of Wales Hospital
RECRUITINGBridgend, CF31 1RQ, United Kingdom
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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (NHS Greater Glasglow & Clyde)
RECRUITINGGlasgow, G51 4TF, United Kingdom
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Royal Glamorgan Hospital
RECRUITINGPont-y-clun, CF72 8XR, United Kingdom
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St George's Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
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Ulster Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBelfast, BT16 1RH, United Kingdom
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Walsall Manor Hospital
RECRUITINGWalsall, WS2 9PS, United Kingdom
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