Heart failure wearable study halted after just 13 patients
NCT ID NCT03719079
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to develop a wearable system that could predict heart failure hospitalizations by collecting data from sensors. It planned to enroll up to 500 people but was terminated early with only 13 participants. The goal was to create an algorithm to detect worsening heart failure before a hospital stay.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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13 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
Subjects of legal age to give informed consent who are currently or recently hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of heart failure
- 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: * Subject has provided informed consent * Male or female over the age of 18 years * The patient is either hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of acute or was discharged with a primary diagnosis of acute heart failure within 2 weeks prior to enrollment * NYHA functional class II-IV at time of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Subject unwilling or unable to comply with wearing the Nanowear Congestive Heart Failure Management System 12 hours daily for up to 90 days. * Subjects who are limited by angina. * Severe aortic stenosis. * Subjects who are hemodynamically unstable requiring support with intravenous vasoactive medications or mechanical circulatory support * Symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias within the past 6 months. * Subjects who are pregnant will be excluded from this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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