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Protocol
            
814261
Title
            
Determining the Feasibility of Spinal Cord Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure (Defeat-HF)
Investigator
            
Lee Goldberg, MD
Status
            
Recruiting
Why is this study being done?
            
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as a chronic therapy for systolic heart failure.
Who is eligible to participate in this study?
            Inclusion
  • Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) of 35 percent or less
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional Class III at time of screening
  • QRS duration less than 120 milliseconds (ms)
  • Left Ventricular End Diastolic Diameter (LVEDD) of 55 millimeters (mm) to 80 mm as determined by echocardiography within the past 6 months
  • Receiving stable optimal medical therapy for heart failure prior to enrollment
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 3.0 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL)
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Willing and able to comply with study procedures
  • Expected lifespan greater than 12 months beyond study enrollment as assessed by physician
            Exclusion
  • Interruption of thromboprophylaxis (e.g., heparin, LMWH, warfarin, aspirin, dabigatran, clopidogrel) would pose an unacceptable health risk (e.g., patient with an abnormal bleeding time), as determined by physician
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Requires diathermy including shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy, or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy
  • Unable to perform an exercise capacity test
  • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during this study
  • Currently enrolled or plans to enroll in another investigational device or drug study that may confound the results of this study
  • Had Coronary Artery Bypass Graft/Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/Bare Metal Stent (CABG/PCI/BMS) procedures within the past 90 days
  • Had a heart transplant
  • Has complete heart block
  • Had Acute Coronary Syndrome within the past 90 days
  • Has congenital heart disease with significant hemodynamic shunting
  • Has chemotherapy-induced heart failure
  • Has reversible cardiomyopathy
  • Has severe mitral regurgitation (greater than 60 percent regurgitant fraction or greater than 0.3 centimeters squared (cm2) regurgitant orifice area)
  • Has diagnosed unstable angina pectoris
  • Has unstable coronary artery disease
  • Has a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) device implanted and is receiving CRT therapy
  • Has a non-Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), pacemaker, or any non-transvenous defibrillation lead
  • Has a Medtronic ICD whose sensing threshold cannot be programmed to 0.3mV or greater
  • Has an existing neurostimulator
Age range?
            From:
18 years and older
Who can I contact for additional information on this trial?
            Name:
Faith Pickering, RN, RN, MS
            Phone:
215-662-4214
            Email:
faith.pickering@uphs.upenn.edu
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