Heart MRI may unlock secrets of stiff heart failure
NCT ID NCT07326605
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether special heart MRI scans can help predict serious events like death or hospital stays in people with a type of heart failure called HFpEF (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction). Researchers will scan 3000 patients with HFpEF and 500 healthy volunteers, then follow them for 3 years. No drugs or treatments are tested—this is purely an observation study to improve how doctors assess risk.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 5,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2010
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction experienced cardiac MRI scanning
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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. Symptoms and/or signs of HF ≥ New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II; 2. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or higher; 3. N-terminal fragment of the prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level \> 125 pg/mL or brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level \> 35 pg/mL in sinus rhythm, or NT-proBNP level \> 365 pg/mL or BNP level \> 105 pg/mL in atrial fibrillation; 4. At least one of objective indicators of (i) cardiac structural abnormalities including LA maximum volume index (LAVi max) \> 29 mL/m2 or echocardiography-measured LV end-diastolic mass index (LVMi) ≥ 115 g/m2 for men and ≥ 95 g/m2 for women, and (ii) LV diastolic dysfunction including early and/or late diastolic mitral inflow velocity (E/A) \< 1 or early diastolic mitral inflow velocity and/or mitral annular peak early diastolic velocity (E/e') \> 13. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Primary cardiomyopathy; 2. Acute coronary syndrome; 3. Primary severe valvular heart disease; 4. Acute pulmonary embolism; 5. Severe renal dysfunction; 6. Poor image quality that was insufficient to identify myocardial endocardium and epicardium.
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