VentrAssistTM LVAD for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure - Destination Therapy
Status unconfirmed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: End-stage Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathies
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of LVADs in providing long-term circulatory support for patients who have chronic stage D heart failure and are ineligible for a heart transplant. This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial, which is comprised of two independent modules.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00490321
- Run by
- Ventracor
- People needed
- 225
- Starts
- 2007-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2009-09-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Mayo Clinic — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Jackson Memorial — Miami, Florida, United States
- Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- St. Vincent's — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- University of Maryland School of Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center — Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Mount Sinai Hospital — New York, New York, United States
- Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
- Rochester Medical Center University — Rochester, New York, United States
- Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
- Duke Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Methodist Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
- University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Fairfax (Inova) Hospital — Falls Church, Virginia, United States
- University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States
- Sacred Heart Medical Center — Spokane, Washington, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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