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Harefield Recovery Protocol Study for Patients With Refractory Chronic Heart Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00585546

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Official title

Harefield Recovery Protocol Study (HARPS): A Nonrandomized, Open Label, Multicenter Evaluation of Potential Recovery of Heart Function in Patients With Refractory Chronic Heart Failure by Treatment With Combination of Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Drugs to Induce Maximal Reverse Remodeling and the Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor Agonist Clenbuterol.

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patients with chronic heart failure not due to coronary artery disease who require use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for refractory heart failure can recover sufficient heart function to allow the pump to be explanted. The study aims to avoid the need for transplantation in these patients by using standard heart failure medications to reduce the size of the left ventricle and then using the investigational drug, clenbuterol, to further improve left ventricular function.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00585546
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Lead sponsor
Francis D. Pagani
Other
Enrollment
18 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jul 2007 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Mar 2010 (Actual)
Completion
Mar 2010 (Actual)
Last update posted
Dec 15, 2017

2007 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
7
U.S. states
7
U.S. cities
7
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Georgetown Hospital Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20010 —
Northwestern University Chicago Illinois 60611 —
University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 —
Montefiore Medical Center The Bronx New York 10467 —
Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 —
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19014 —
Texas Heart Institute Houston Texas 77030 —

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