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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00718939
Date of registration: 17/07/2008
Primary sponsor: CVRx, Inc.
Public title: RheosĀ® Diastolic Heart Failure Trial
Scientific title: RheosĀ® Diastolic Heart Failure Trial
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00718939
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany Netherlands
Contacts
Name:   Johannes Sperzel, MD
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Affiliation:  Kerckhoff-Klinik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Name:   Herbert Naegele, MD
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Affiliation:  Krankenhaus Reinbek St.Adolfsstif
Name:   Maximilian A Pichlmaier, MD
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Affiliation:  Medizinische Hoschschule Hannover
Name:   Prof. Uta Hoppe, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Cologne
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Be at least 21 years of age.

- Have bilateral carotid bifurcations that are below the level of the mandible.

- Have a left ventricular ejection fraction = 45%.

- Clinical Heart Failure with elevated BNP or NT-Pro-BNP.

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of or suspected baroreflex failure or autonomic neuropathy.

- History of symptomatic bradyarrhythmias, pericardial constriction, infiltrative
cardiomyopathy, cardiac valvular disease.

- Organ or hematologic transplant.

- History of prior surgery, radiation, or stent placement in carotid sinus region.

- History of severe chronic kidney disease.

- Life expectancy to less than one year.



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diastolic Heart Failure
Intervention(s)
Device: Rheos Baroreflex Activation Therapy System
Primary Outcome(s)
Assess left ventricular mass index (LVMI). [Time Frame: at six months post- randomizatiom.]
Assess safety by evaluating all adverse events. [Time Frame: through six months post -implant]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To assess difference between randomization groups in blood pressure changes, blood levels and quality of life. [Time Frame: six months post-implant]
Secondary ID(s)
360014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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