Heart failure mystery: 3000 patients help doctors tailor treatments
NCT ID NCT03480633
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is observing 3000 adults with various types of heart failure to learn how the disease develops and progresses. Researchers will collect medical records, blood samples, and imaging data to identify distinct patient groups. The goal is to match the right treatments to the right people, improving care and reducing side effects. No experimental treatments are given; participants continue their usual care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
Who is studied
Patients will be identified and screened in inpatient units, via medical records, outpatient clinics, primary physician or specialist schedules, and through Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR).
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 for patients with HF: * 18 years and older * History of clinical symptoms consistent with HF and at least one of the following supporting evidence of HF: * NT-proBNP \> 125 pg/mL * BNP \> 35 pg/mL * Capillary wedge pressure ≥ 15 mmHg on right heart catheterization or CI \<2.8 L/min/m2 * LVEDP ≥ 15 mmHg * Radiographic evidence of pulmonary edema * Improvement in symptoms with diuretic initiation of increase * CPET evidence of cardiac etiology of symptoms HFpEF: LVEF ≥ 50% HFrEF: LVEF \<50% Exclusion criteria (for all patients, including both those with HFpEF and HFrEF): \- End stage renal disease on dialysis
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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