REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic Left vEntricular Dysfunction (REVERSE)

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

Heart failure is a progressive disease that decreases the pumping action of the heart. This may cause a backup of fluid in the heart and may result in heart beat changes. When there are changes in the heart beat sometimes an implantable heart device is used to control the rate and rhythm of the heart beat. The purpose of the REVERSE clinical trial is to determine whether pacing in both the left and right ventricles using Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) can help slow the progression of heart failure in people who have mild or previous symptoms and poor heart pumping function. This kind of therapy has previously been shown to reduce symptoms and improve exercise capacity in people with more advanced forms of heart failure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00271154

Run by

Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure

People needed

684

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-01-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects with previously symptomatic heart failure but no current symptoms (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class I, Stage C) or subjects with mild heart failure that only sometimes interferes with daily activities (NYHA Class II)
• Subjects with a QRS of 120 ms or more (The QRS interval is a measurement of how the electrical signal involved in a heart beat travels/conducts through the ventricles. A wide QRS (120 ms or more) suggests that there is a conduction problem (or block) in the ventricles).
• Subjects with a left ventricular ejection fraction less than or equal to 40%. (The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a measurement of how well the left ventricle pumps blood out to the rest of the body. The higher the LVEF the more blood the ventricle is pumping.)
• Subjects with a left ventricular end diastolic dimension (LVEDD) greater than or equal to 55. (The left ventricular end diastolic dimension (LVEDD) is a measurement of heart size taken during an echocardiogram that is one indication of the health of the left ventricle.)

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who are pacemaker dependent (heart would not beat without the help of an implanted device to pace it).
• Subjects with heart failure that severely limits daily activities (NYHA Class III) or subjects with severe heart failure with symptoms while resting (NYHA Class IV).
• Subjects hospitalized due to heart failure within past 3 months.

Where it is running

• Study site — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Study site — Redwood City, California, United States
• Study site — San Diego, California, United States
• Study site — Atlantis, Florida, United States
• Study site — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Study site — Springfield, Illinois, United States
• Study site — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Study site — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Study site — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Study site — Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
• Study site — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Study site — Saginaw, Michigan, United States
• Study site — Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
• Study site — Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
• Study site — Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
• Study site — East Syracuse, New York, United States
• Study site — Manhasset, New York, United States
• Study site — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• Study site — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Study site — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Study site — Marion, Ohio, United States
• Study site — Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
• Study site — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
• Study site — West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
• Study site — Huntsville, Alabama, United States

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