Utilizing Blood Volume Measurements in the Treatment of Heart Failure Patients

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Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure

In brief

This will be a clinical test to determine if using blood volume measurements (BVM) to help guide fluid removal with ultrafiltration in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure leads to improved outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00861770

Run by

Christiana Care Health Services

People needed

30

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Primary diagnosis of heart failure
• >/= 2 criteria of volume overload
• JVD > 7 cm
• Ascites
• Lower extremity edema
• Sacral Edema
• Pleural effusion by clinical or radiologic criteria
• CKD 3 or worse renal function ClCR < 60 ml/min
• HCT < 40%
• Serum Albumin >/= 2.5 gm/dL

Where it is running

• Christiana Care Health Services — Newark, Delaware, United States

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