Frailty: Prevalence and Response to Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Older Heart Failure Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Systolic Heart Failure

In brief

This is an observational study evaluating changes in frailty and associated impairments in older heart failure patients receiving left ventricular assist device therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02156583

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

20

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-10

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 60 years old or older
• Scheduled to undergo left ventricular assist device implantation at Thomas Jefferson University

You may not qualify if…

• Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
• Unable to complete baseline frailty assessment

Where it is running

• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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