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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00370526
Date of registration: 29/08/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Stereotaxis
Public title: HEAL-HF: A Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Outcomes Study
Scientific title: HEmodynamic Assessment of Optimal Left Heart Lead Placement for Heart Failure Enabled by Magnetic Navigation
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00370526
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Canada Italy United States
Contacts
Name:     Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  San Raffaele University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Ischemic cardiomyopathy

- Ejection Fraction (EF) <= 35%

- QRS duration >= 120 msec

- Standard heart failure (HF) oral medications for at least 1 month

- Evidence of mechanical dyssynchrony

- NYHA Class III or IV

Exclusion Criteria:

- Persistent or chronic atrial fibrillation (AF)

- Hemodynamically unstable or uncontrolled arrhythmias

- Unstable angina

- Aortic valve (AV) insufficiency or stenosis

- Mitral valve (MV) regurgitation > 2+

- Active infection

- Contraindications for heparin

- Dependence on atrial pacing



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Heart Failure, Congestive
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Acute hemodynamic assessment using PV Loops (CD Leycom, The Netherlands) during LV lead placement
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction in end systolic volume (ESV) [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class [Time Frame: 6 months]
6 minute walk [Time Frame: 6 months]
Cardiac-related mortality [Time Frame: 6 months]
HF-related hospitalizations [Time Frame: 6 months]
Quality of life (QoL) [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
PM-CLIN 008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Medtronic
Ethics review
Results
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