Can a dedicated heart failure network improve outcomes after hospitalization?
NCT ID NCT06656832
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a special heart failure care network can help people who were recently in the hospital for worsening heart failure. About 1000 adults with moderate to severe heart failure will take part at five heart centers in Germany. Half will get extra support from a heart failure network, while the other half receives usual care. The main goal is to see if the network helps lower a key heart stress marker (NT-proBNP) and improves quality of life over six months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 1,000 people
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- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the participating study centres with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), defined as clinical signs and/or symptoms of heart failure * objective structural cardiac abnormalitites according to the ESC criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years * pregnancy * any condition interfering with the informed consent process * patients placed in an institution by official or court order
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Leipzig
RECRUITINGLeipzig, Germany
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