Urine test could guide heart failure treatment and save lives
NCT ID NCT06092437
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether using urine sodium levels to adjust diuretic doses helps people with acute heart failure recover faster and live longer. About 556 adults hospitalized with acute heart failure will receive either standard care or a tailored diuretic plan. The goal is to see if this approach reduces deaths, heart failure events, and improves quality of life.
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 (furosemide) and other diuretics (thiazide, MRA, acetazolamide)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a more effective way to treat fluid buildup in acute heart failure, potentially reducing deaths and hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-sized trial testing a treatment algorithm, not a new drug. The approach may not improve outcomes or could cause kidney issues. Results are not guaranteed.
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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 556 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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.
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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; * HF (HFrEF, HFmrEF or HFpEF) diagnosed according to the 2021 HF Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology \[5\]; * Presentation with AHF meaning at least one symptom (dyspnea, orthopnea, or edema) and one sign (rales, peripheral edema, ascites, or pulmonary vascular congestion on chest radiography) of AHF; * An elevated NT-proBNP \>300pg/ml; * Requiring the need for iv diuretics. Exclusion Criteria: * Terminal renal insufficiency defined as: dialysis patients or eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) \< 10 mL/min/1.73 m2; * Patients included in other investigational studies regarding heart failure. * Presentation with cardiogenic shock or respiratory insufficiency or another reason requiring admission to the intensive care unit upon admission (IC transfer later in the hospitalization is not an exclusion).
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Conditions
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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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Amphia ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGBreda, North Brabant, 4818 CK, Netherlands
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Zuyderland MC
RECRUITINGHeerlen, Limburg, 6419 PC, Netherlands
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