Assessing Changes in Myocardial Tissue and Blood in Patients With Advanced Heart Disease
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Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure
In brief
Hypothesis: Tissue and serum samples collected from end-stage heart failure patients receiving left ventricular assist device implantation (LVAD) or heart transplantation will provide information regarding the basic science of heart disease. Tissue and serum samples collected from a limited numbers of "healthy controls" (donor grafts that were not utilized for heart transplantation) will serve as a comparator in research database projects. Design: This is a registry project; there are no investigational treatments, drug or procedures associated with participation in registry activities. This project is an organized functional data and tissue data gathering and storing (database) endeavor with specific focus on the functional, structural, and molecular aspects of heart failure. Data collection will not immediately influence the course of treatment for any patient.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01099982
- Run by
- University of Utah
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2008-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-15
Who can join
Age: 13 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- >18 years of age diagnosed with heart failure undergoing either LVAD implantation or heart transplantation
- 13 to 18 years of age, specifically, older children with heart failure whose body mass index is large enough to accommodate and LVAD
You may not qualify if…
- Neither patient nor patient representative understands spoken English
- Neither patient nor patient's personal representative is willing to give written consent for participation.
Where it is running
- Intermountain Medical Center — Murray, Utah, United States (enrolling)
- University of Utah Health Sciences Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (enrolling)
- VA Salt Lake City Health Care System — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (enrolling)
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