Scientists probe mitochondria to unlock heart failure secrets
NCT ID NCT05770349
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at tiny structures inside heart cells called mitochondria in people with heart failure and clogged arteries. Researchers will take small heart tissue samples during bypass surgery and compare them with blood tests. They want to see if damaged mitochondria are linked to worse outcomes like hospital stays or heart-related death. The goal is to better understand heart failure, not to test a new treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better predict heart failure progression and tailor treatments based on mitochondrial health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study, so findings may not apply to all heart failure patients. It aims to understand, not treat, the condition.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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.
Who is studied
45-60 patients will be included in the study (15-20 people each - in 2023, 2024 and 2025) who meet the stated inclusion and exclusion criteria. The signing of the informed consent will be carried out before the start of any research procedures, the patient will be explained in detail the protocol of the study and the scope of the diagnostic procedures carried out
- 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: 1. The presence of HFrEF or HFmrEF (EF of LV \<50%) 2. Obstructive multivessel coronary atherosclerosis as an indication for cardiac surgical correction of coronary blood flow (coronary bypass surgery) 3. Signed informed consent to participate in the study, separate consents for biomaterial sampling and genetic research Exclusion Criteria: 1. Refusal of revascularization or participation in the study 2. Additional cardiac surgery other than coronary bypass surgery (valves, aneurysm) 3. Oncological diseases in the active stage; 4. The presence of implanted devices (EX, AICD, CT); 5. Severe renal dysfunction (GFR \<30 ml/min/1.73 m2); 6. Infiltrative heart diseases (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, accumulation diseases); 7. Autoimmune diseases; 8. Acute infectious and exacerbations of chronic somatic diseases 9. Type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus 10. Contraindications to myocardial scintigraphy, cardiopulmonary stress test 11. Impossibility of prescribing optimal drug therapy after cardiac surgery
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
RECRUITINGTomsk, 634050, Russia
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