NCT00319384

Outpatient Ultrafiltration Therapy in Heart Failure Patients Trial

Outpatient Ultrafiltration Therapy in Heart Failure Feasibility Trial

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial will look at the effectiveness and patient acceptance of ultrafiltration therapy in an outpatient setting. The purpose of this study is to determine if ambulatory patients who suffer from heart failure and hypervolemia can be safely and effectively treated in an outpatient infusion clinic. The results from this trial will be useful in planning a larger, randomized trial comparing usual care and ultrafiltration for this patient population in similar ambulatory settings.

Detailed description

This is a pilot study to assess the feasibility, effectiveness, safety and patient acceptance of ultrafiltration in ambulatory patients with heart failure and hypervolemia. The results will be useful in planning a larger clinical trial.

Conditions

• Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrafiltration therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-04-01
• Completion: 2007-05-01
• First posted: 2006-04-27
• Last updated: 2012-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States