Natriuretic Peptide System as Therapy in Human Preclinical Left Ventricle Dysfunction

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure

In brief

In congestive heart failure, cardiac output is low, blood pressure is high, and the body becomes congested with fluid. In normal people, when there is high blood pressure, the heart muscle cells secrete a hormone that excretes sodium and water in the urine, reducing blood pressure. The action of this hormone is called the natriuretic response. The purpose of this study is to determine if nesiritide can improve an impaired natriuretic response in subjects with asymptomatic systolic heart failure or asymptomatic diastolic heart failure.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00387621
Run by
Horng Chen
People needed
58
Starts
2006-02-01
Expected to finish
2009-08-01
Last updated by the study team
2012-05-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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