NCT01224899

Surgical Sympathetic Blockade in Heart Failure

Left Cervico-Thoracic Sympathetic Blockade by Clipping in Systolic Heart Failure: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators sought to evaluate the feasibility and safety of surgical sympathetic blockade in systolic heart failure patients and secondary to assess its cardiovascular consequences.

Conditions

• Systolic Heart Failure
• Beta-blockers Intolerance
• Beta-blockers Resistance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Left cervico-thoracic sympathetic blockade	Left cervico-thoracic sympathetic blockade by videothoracoscopic clipping under general anesthesia and single-lumen orotracheal intubation in semi-sitting position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2010-10-20
• Last updated: 2010-10-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil