Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT00271128
NT-proBNP for Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient in the Emergency Room and the Medical Ward
NT-proBNP for Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient in the Emergency Room and the Medical Ward (BNP4EVER)
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 500 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The proposed study intends to evaluate the impact of the NT-proBNP assay on the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with dyspnea of unknown etiology presenting to the emergency room and admitted to the medical wards.
Detailed description
The proposed study intends to evaluate the impact of the NT-proBNP assay on the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with dyspnea of unknown etiology presenting to the emergency room and admitted to the medical wards. Patients will be consented and randomized to open or blinded NT-proBNP test performed within 90 minutes in a venous blood sample. Evaluation of the ER diagnosis and final discharge diagnosis in admitted patients will be carried out in light of the NT-proBNP results.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2005-10-01
- Completion
- 2007-09-01
- First posted
- 2005-12-30
- Last updated
- 2008-03-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00271128. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.