Urine test could guide heart failure treatment and save lives
NCT ID NCT07558798
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adjusting diuretic doses based on urine sodium levels improves outcomes for people hospitalized with acute heart failure and severe fluid buildup. About 270 participants will be randomly assigned to either standard care or a strategy where diuretic doses are doubled if urine sodium is low. The goal is to see if this approach reduces deaths, hospital readmissions, and length of stay.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- loop diuretics (e.g., furosemide)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could reduce deaths, hospital readmissions, and hospital stays for people with severe heart failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study (270 participants) that has not yet started. The benefit may be modest or not apply to all patients, and the urine-sodium monitoring adds complexity to care.
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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 270 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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: * Age \>18 years * Hospitalization with AHF, either de novo or worsening of chronic HF * Able to provide written informed consent * Requirement of intravenous loop diuretic treatment as judged by the treating physician Exclusion Criteria: * Dyspnea primarily due to non-cardiac causes * Advanced renal disease or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 20 mL/min/1.73m2 at screening or on-going dialysis. * Enrollment in another study interfering with the treatment algorithm of the current study * Inability to follow the treatment protocol * Language barriers requiring the need for an external interpreter * Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women * Very short life expectancy (\<30 days)
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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
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akershus University Hospital
Lørenskog, Akershus, 1478, Norway
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Østfold Hospital Trust
Sarpsborg, Østfold fylke, 1714, Norway
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