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Last refreshed on: 22 May 2023
Main ID:  NCT02923609
Date of registration: 03/10/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Public title: Cell Therapy in HFpEF CELLpEF
Scientific title: A PILOT TRIAL OF CELL THERAPY IN HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02923609
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Sequential Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Slovenia
Contacts
Name:     Bojan Vrtovec, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Cardiology, UMC Ljubljana
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Preserved left ventricular systolic function on echocardiography (LVEF>50%)

- Evidence of diastolic dysfunction by echocardiography (E/e'>15)

- Symptoms of heart failure

- NT-proBNP levels >300 pg/ml

- absence of permanent atrial fibrillation

Exclusion Criteria:

- acute multi-organ failure

- history of any malignant disease within 5 years

- diminished functional capacity due to non-cardiac co-morbidities (COPD, PAOD, morbid
obesity)

- pregnancy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction
Intervention(s)
Biological: Cell Therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in left ventricular filling pressures (E/e') assessed by echocardiography [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in diastolic dysfunction grade [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year]
Change in systolic strain [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year]
Change in exercise capacity [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year]
Change in NT-proBNP levels [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
CELLpEF
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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