Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs)
Completed
Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Heart Failure, Congestive
In brief
The Intermacs registry is a national quality improvement system designed to advance the understanding and application of mechanical circulatory support in order to improve the duration and quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00119834
- Run by
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- People needed
- 23472
- Starts
- 2005-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-04-09
Who can join
Age: 0 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Legally utilized MCSD implanted on or after March 1, 2006; every consented patient who receives an eligible MCSD at a participating center will be enrolled, regardless of reason (i.e., bridge-to-recovery, bridge-to-alternative bridge, bridge-to-clinical improvement for transplant eligibility, bridge-to-transplant, destination therapy). Beginning June 1, 2014, and with lnstitutional Review Board approval, participating sites may enroll patients under a waiver of informed consent and authorization.
- Eligible devices include all of the following: 1) approved devices for any indications; 2) Intermacs-linked trial of investigational device or approved device for investigational indications, for which data will be entered via the Intermacs framework; 3) external trial of investigational device or approved device for investigational indications, for which data will be collected by an external group; 4) compassionate use of investigational devices or approved devices outside of approved indications or clinical trials
You may not qualify if…
- Currently incarcerated
Where it is running
- University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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