Smart app aims to optimize heart failure meds
NCT ID NCT05858320
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed Phase 3 trial tested a web application called SmartHF in 225 adults with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. The app analyzes patient data and gives personalized medication recommendations that patients can share with their doctor. The goal was to see if using the app improves medication scores over 12 weeks compared to usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- SmartHF web application (adaptive medication recommendations)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, patient-friendly tool to help doctors and patients optimize heart failure medications, potentially improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 225 participants, so results are available but may not apply to all heart failure patients. The app only recommends medications; it does not prescribe them, so real-world impact depends on doctor uptake.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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225 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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: 1. Age 18 years and older at screening 2. Diagnosis of heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \</= 40% (HFrEF) 3. Have a general medicine provider or general cardiology provider for HFrEF 4. Have internet access and access to their health system's patient portal 5. Fluent in spoken and written English 6. At least two of the following: systolic blood pressure ≥ 110mmg, potassium ≤ 5.5, serum creatinine ≤ 2.5, heart rate ≥ 70 7. At least two eligible heart failure therapies (guideline-recommended BB, RASI, MRA, or SGLT2i) not yet initiated or below 50% of the target dose Exclusion Criteria: 1. End-stage HF (hospice candidate) 2. Actively treated cancer, except non-melanoma skin cancer 3. Implanted ventricular assist device 4. Current treatment with chronic inotropic therapy 5. Patient's provider for HFrEF care is considered an advanced HF specialist 6. Currently pregnant or intends to become pregnant during the study period 7. Dialysis
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University, Grady Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Henry Ford Hospital and Health System
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Trinity Healthcare St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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Washington University, Barns Jewish Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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