New pacing technique could help heart failure patients live longer
NCT ID NCT05650658
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a newer heart pacing method (His or left bundle branch pacing) against the standard method (biventricular pacing) in over 2,000 adults with heart failure and a weak heart pump. The goal is to see which approach better improves quality of life, reduces hospital stays, and lowers the risk of death. Participants will continue their usual heart failure medications alongside the pacing device.
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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 2,136 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
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: * Men and women 18 years of age or older. * A LVEF ≤ 50% within 6 months prior to enrollment. * Resting QRS duration ≥130 ms as evidenced by a historical 12-lead ECG prior to enrollment OR anticipated right ventricular pacing \>40% OR device in place with right ventricular pacing \> 40%. * Are optimized on HF guideline directed medical therapy according to current HF published guidelines OR patient's physician will make an effort to start all guideline-directed medical therapy and titrate doses up as permitted by the participant clinical status and co-morbidities prior to implantation procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * Women who are pregnant, lactating, or plan to become pregnant during the course of the trial. * Participants with angiographic evidence of coronary disease who are candidates for coronary revascularization and are likely to undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous coronary, intervention in the next three (3) months. * Enzyme-positive myocardial infarction within the past three (3) months prior to enrollment. * Coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (balloon and/or stent angioplasty) within the past three (3) months prior to enrollment. * Reversible non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (e.g., acute viral myocarditis). * Participants with Chagas disease, cardiac sarcoidosis or amyloidosis. * Expected to receive left ventricular assist device or heart transplantation within 6 months. * Participants with primary severe valvular disease (e.g., aortic stenosis). * Have a life expectancy of less than 12 months. * Participants with irreversible brain damage from preexisting cerebral disease. * Participants with a contrast dye allergy unable or unwilling to undergo pretreatment with steroids and/or diphenhydramine. * Participants participating in any other interventional cardiovascular clinical trial. * Participants who would be unable to comply with the study's follow-up visit schedule; or * Participants who had any prior unsuccessful attempt at implantation of biventricular pacing (BiVP), His Bundle Pacing (HBP), or Left Bundle Branch Pacing (LBBP) device.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
71 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States
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Baptist Health Louisville
RECRUITINGLouisville, Kentucky, 40207, United States
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Baylor College of Medicine
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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CIS Clinical Research Corporation
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONNaperville, Illinois, 60540, United States
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CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
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Cleveland Clinic
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Cleveland Clinic Florida
RECRUITINGPalm Beach Gardens, Florida, 33418, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital (CUMC/NYPH)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Florida Heart and Vascular, LLC dba Florida Heart Rhythm Specialist, PLLC
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSouth Pasadena, Florida, 33707, United States
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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
RECRUITINGScranton, Pennsylvania, 18510, United States
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HMH Hospitals Corporation
RECRUITINGHackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)
RECRUITINGHamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Hartford Hospital
RECRUITINGHartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States
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Heart Rhythm Solutions
RECRUITINGDavie, Florida, 33328, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
RECRUITINGFalls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc.
RECRUITINGAllentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States
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Lovelace Medical Center
RECRUITINGAlbuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States
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MH Mission Hospital LLLP- Asheville Cardiology Associates
RECRUITINGAsheville, North Carolina, 28803, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute/University of Alberta
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Mercy Gilbert & Chandler Regional Medical Centers, Gilbert AZ
RECRUITINGGilbert, Arizona, 85297, United States
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Montreal Heart Institute
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMiami Beach, Florida, 33140, United States
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
RECRUITINGNewark, New Jersey, 07112, United States
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Newmarket Electrophysiology Research Group Inc. (NERG)
RECRUITINGNewmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Northwestern University
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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Nova Scotia Health Authority
RECRUITINGHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Novant Health
RECRUITINGCharlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Penn Medicine Lancaster General
RECRUITINGLancaster, Pennsylvania, 17603, United States
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Prisma Health-Upstate
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGreenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States
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Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) - MUHC, Montreal General Hospital
RECRUITINGMontreal, Canada
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Rush University
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Sentara Healthcare
RECRUITINGNewport News, Virginia, 23606, United States
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South Denver Cardiology Associates
RECRUITINGLittleton, Colorado, 80124, United States
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St. Luke's University Health Network
RECRUITINGAllentown, Pennsylvania, 18015, United States
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St. Mark's Hospital
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84124, United States
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Sunnybrook Research Institute
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Texas Health Research & Education Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGArlington, Texas, 76011, United States
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The Christ Hospital
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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The MetroHealth System
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44109, United States
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The Valley Hospital, Inc.
RECRUITINGRidgewood, New Jersey, 07450, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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Trustees of Indiana University
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix
RECRUITINGTucson, Arizona, 85719, United States
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
RECRUITINGLittle Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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University of British Columbia
RECRUITINGVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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University of Calgary
RECRUITINGCalgary, Canada
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University of California San Diego
RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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University of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus)
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80217, United States
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University of Florida Jacksonville
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32211, United States
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University of North Carolina
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, Canada
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University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Pittsburg
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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University of South Florida
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33613, United States
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University of Vermont
RECRUITINGBurlington, Vermont, 05402, United States
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University of Virginia Health System
RECRUITINGCharlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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University of Washington
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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Université Laval
RECRUITINGQuébec, Canada
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Victoria Cardiac Arrhythmia Trials (VCAT) Inc.
RECRUITINGVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Virginia Commonwealth University
RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23284, United States
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Virtua Health
RECRUITINGMarlton, New Jersey, 08053, United States
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Waterloo Wellington Cardiovascular Research Institute (WWCRI) - St. Mary's General Hospital
RECRUITINGKitchener, Canada
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Weill Cornell Medicine
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10021, United States
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Yale University
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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