Heart Disease clinical trials at University of California Health
35 in progress, 15 open to eligible people
ARTEMIS: Ravulizumab to Protect Patients With CKD From CSA-AKI and MAKE
open to eligible people ages 18-90
The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a single dose of ravulizumab IV compared with placebo in reducing the risk of the clinical consequences of AKI (MAKE) at 90 days in adult participants with CKD who undergo non-emergent …
at UCSF
Methods of Pulmonary Blood Flow Augmentation in Neonates: Shunt Versus Stent (The COMPASS Trial)
open to all eligible people
COMPASS is a prospective multicenter randomized interventional trial. Participants with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow will be randomized to receive either a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt or ductal artery stent. Block randomization will…
at UCSF
Outcomes of Single vs Multiple Arterial Grafts in Women
open to eligible females ages 18 years and up
The central hypothesis of ROMA:Women is that the use of multiple arterial grafting (MAG) will improve clinical outcomes and quality of life (QOL) compared to single arterial grfating (SAG). The specific aims of ROMA:Women are: Aim 1: Determine the…
at UCSF
Dynamic Critical Congenital Heart Screening With Addition of Perfusion Measurements
open to all eligible people
The purpose of this study is to implement and externally validate an inpatient ML algorithm that combines pulse oximetry features for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening.
at UC Davis
Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Assessment Trial - 2
open to eligible people ages 12-18
This study will evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of udenafil, an orally administered, potent and selective inhibitor of PDE5, versus placebo for the treatment of adolescent who have had the Fontan procedure.
at UCSF
Impella®-Supported PCI in High-Risk Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease and Reduced Left Ventricular Function
open to eligible people ages 18-90
The purpose of this study is to assess if using the Impella® CP (or Impella® 2.5) device during high-risk PCI in patients with reduced left-sided heart function will result in an improvement in symptoms, heart function and health after a heart…
at UCSD
Improving Congenital Heart Disease Care
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The theory-informed digital health intervention, called as "Empower My Congenital Health (EmpowerMyCH)" aims to activate and engage ACHD patients in building confidence toward navigating the adult healthcare system. This tool is built after…
at UCSF
Physiology-guided vs Angiography-guided Non-culprit Lesion Complete Revascularization for Acute MI & Multivessel Disease
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
COMPLETE-2 is a prospective, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial comparing a strategy of physiology-guided complete revascularization to angiography-guided complete revascularization in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial…
at UCLA
Shockwave Lithoplasty Compared to Cutting Balloon Treatment in Calcified Coronary Disease - A Randomized Controlled Trial
open to eligible people ages 21 years and up
The Short-Cut trial is a prospective, investigator-initiated, multicenter, randomized controlled trial that is designed to compare the efficacy of cutting balloon angioplasty vs. intravascular lithotripsy prior to drug-eluting stent implantation in…
at UCSF
EMPOWER Trial - The Carillon Mitral Contour System® in Treating Heart Failure With at Least Mild FMR
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The objective of this prospective, randomized, blinded clinical trial is to assess the safety and efficacy of the Carillon Mitral Contour System in treating heart failure with functional regurgitation (FMR).
at UCLA UCSF
Thiamine Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
open to eligible people ages 60-80
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the association between brain changes and cognitive deficits in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and whether a low-cost thiamine…
at UCLA
Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty on Outcomes
open to all eligible people
In one of the most severe congenital heart defects, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), the left ventricle is underdeveloped and the prognosis is worse than in most other heart defects. The underdevelopment can occur gradually during fetal…
at UCSF
Evaluating Pulse Oximetry Bias in Children With Darker Skin Pigmentation
open to eligible people ages up to 21 years
In this prospective study, the investigators will enroll 154 children with arterial lines to determine the accuracy of pulse oximeters in children with darker skin pigmentation. Studies in adults suggest pulse oximeters may overestimate the true…
at UCSF
National Collaborative to Improve Care of Children With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
open to eligible people ages up to 15 months
The purpose of this initiative is to improve care and outcomes for infants with HLHS by expanding the NPC-QIC national registry to gather clinical care process, outcome, and developmental data on infants with HLHS between diagnosis and 12 months of…
at UC Davis UCLA
DISCOVER INOCA Prospective Multi-center Registry
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The overall objective of this multi-center registry is to identify specific phenotypes of INOCA with both an anatomic evaluation (coronary angiography and intravascular imaging) and physiologic assessment with the Abbott Coroventis Coroflow…
at UCLA
Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Fractional flow reserve (FFR, (coronary pressure wire-based index for assessing the ischemic potential of a coronary lesion)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with…
at UC Irvine
ALTERRA: SAPIEN 3 THV With the Alterra Adaptive Prestent
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
To demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards Alterra Adaptive Prestent in conjunction with the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) System in subjects with a dysfunctional right ventricular outflow tract/pulmonary valve…
at UCLA UCSF
Gadopiclenol for Evaluation of Adult Congenital Heart Anatomy and Hemodynamics
Sorry, not yet accepting patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how well and at what doses gadopiclenol, a new intravenous (IV) contrast agent used for MRI, works to produce high-quality MRI images of the heart, in patients with a history of congenital heart disease,…
at UCSD
Coronary Computed Tomography Study to Assess the Effect of Inclisiran in Addition to Maximally Tolerated Statin Therapy on Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in Participants With a Diagnosis of Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Without Previous Cardiovascular Events
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
CKJX839D12303 is a research study to determine if the study treatment, called inclisiran, in comparison to placebo taken in addition to statin medication can effectively reduce the total amount of plaque formed in the heart's vessels as measured by…
at UCSD
EARLY TAVR: Evaluation of TAVR Compared to Surveillance for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN 3/SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) compared with clinical surveillance (CS) in asymptomatic patients with severe, calcific aortic stenosis.
at UC Davis
Evolocumab in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk Without Prior Myocardial Infarction or Stroke
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This study will assess the effect of lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) with evolocumab on major cardiovascular events in adults without a prior myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke who are at high risk of a cardiovascular event.
at UCLA
ENVISION IDE Trial: Safety and Effectiveness of NAVITOR in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Sorry, accepting new patients by invitation only
The objective of ENVISION is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Navitor Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) System for treating patients with symptomatic, severe native aortic stenosis who are considered intermediate or low…
at UCSF
Treatment Strategies for Severe CaLcIfic Coronary Arteries: Orbital Atherectomy vs. Conventional Angioplasty Technique Prior to Implantation of Drug-Eluting StEnts: The ECLIPSE Trial
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This trial will evaluate Orbital Atherectomy compared to conventional balloon angioplasty technique for the treatment of severely calcified lesions prior to implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES).
at UCLA UCSD UCSF
Fetal Cerebrovascular Autoregulation in Congenital Heart Disease and Association With Neonatal Neurobehavior
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
Determine 1) the impact of abnormal fetal cerebrovascular physiology with neurodevelopmental delay (ND) outcomes and 2) how this relationship is modified by patient and environmental factors such as chronic congenital heart disease (CCHD) lesion,…
at UCSF
Food Is Medicine for Patients With Heart Failure
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This study will look at the effects of providing medically tailored meals (MTMs) to people with heart disease for twelve weeks. The primary outcome of the study is the quality of the diet being consumed in week 12 of the study, as determined by the…
at UCSD
Time Restricted Eating on Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Undergoing Cardiac Rehabilitation
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The purpose of this study is to see if reducing the number of hours during which one eats each day will help reduce levels of LDL cholesterol and improve other markers of metabolic and cardiovascular health (i.e. blood sugar levels and blood…
at UCSD
Medtronic Harmony™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Clinical Study
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The purpose of this study is to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Harmony™ TPV system. The Pivotal/CAS phases of the study have transitioned into a post-approval study to confirm the long-term functionality of transcatheter…
at UCLA
TReatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Group II Study
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The objective of this study is to assess the safety and initial effectiveness of the TIVUS™ System when used for pulmonary artery denervation in group II PH patients through change in clinical parameters including hemodynamics, exercise tolerance,…
at UCSD UCSF
ATrial Tachycardia PAcing Therapy in Congenital Heart
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects approximately 1% of newborns in the US, with 25% of those affected having critical conditions requiring open heart surgery within one year of birth. Surgical and medical advances have allowed many patients to…
at UCLA
Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
To determine the extent to which known risk factors predict coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, to assess the precipitants of coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, and to identify the predictors of mortality and functional…
at UC Davis
Novel Non-Invasive Automated Fractional Flow Reserve Software System in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This retrospective study will evaluate the coronary angiograms of approximately 100 patients who have undergone invasive angiography and fractional flow reserve (FFR). DICOM files of the angiograms will be analyzed on a secure computer within the…
at UCSD
Health eHeart BioBank
Sorry, accepting new patients by invitation only
The purpose of the Health eHeart BioBank is to collect and store specimen (e.g. blood, DNA, tissue) for future studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) that will help determine changes and identify molecular and genetic markers…
at UCSF
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali, and Sri Lankan) individuals have high rates of cardiovascular disease that is not explained by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Though South Asians represent over one-quarter of the…
at UCSF
Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Procedures
Sorry, not currently recruiting here
The incidence of moderate to severe congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States is estimated to be 6 per 1000 live-born full term infants. Recent advances in pediatric cardiology, surgery and critical care have significantly improved the…
at UCLA
Progression of AtheRosclerotic PlAque DetermIned by Computed TomoGraphic Angiography Imaging(PARADIGM)
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
To describe the natural history of the coronary atherosclerotic plaque development and progression over time by CCTA with demographic and laboratory data for refinement of risk stratification of patients referred for CCTA.
at UCLA
Our lead scientists for Heart Disease research studies include Heather Siefkes, MD, MSCI James P Pirruccello, MD Calvin H. Hirsch, MD Pam R Taub, MD Rushi Parikh, MD Jeffrey E Olgin, MD Richard Cheng, MD Vasanth Vedantham, MD Rajesh Kumar, PhD Alka Kanaya, MD Nancy Halnon, MD Olcay Aksoy, MD Sammy Elmariah Gregory Marcus, MD Doaa Aly, MD Anushree Agarwal, MBBS, MAS Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS Albert Hsiao, MD/PhD Gregory S. Perens, MD Jeffery Meadows, MD Ehtisham Mahmud, MD.
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