Registry screening aims to close gaps in heart failure care
NCT ID NCT07154758
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study uses the Swedish Heart Failure Registry to identify people with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction who may need medication adjustments, iron deficiency screening, device therapy, or physiotherapy. Researchers will compare outcomes for 500 patients who receive this registry-based screening and referral to 500 patients receiving usual care. The goal is to see if this approach helps more patients get the treatments they need.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- registry-based screening and referral for guideline-directed medical therapy optimization
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more heart failure patients receive optimal medications and treatments, potentially improving survival and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not testing a new drug. Success depends on whether screening and referral actually change outcomes in practice.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Registration in SwedeHF with an index date after January 1st 2023 for the screening arm. For controls, hospital access after January 1st 2023. * HF duration \>6 months to ensure that patients had time to go through the treatment optimization process as recommended by the guidelines. * HF with reduced EF (HFrEF) defined as categorical or continuous EF ≤40% * Capable of giving signed informed consent (for the screening arm) Exclusion Criteria: * Under optimization of HF therapy * In judgment of the investigator unlikely to understand or comply with study procedures Control population is sex and age matched with the SwedeHF screening arm (1:1)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hemse vårdcentral
RECRUITINGHemse, Sweden
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Karolinska University Hospital
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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Länssjukhuset Ryhov
RECRUITINGJönköping, Sweden
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Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
RECRUITINGGothenburg, Sweden
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St Görans hospital
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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Södersjukhuset
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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