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An Observational Study to Learn More About Vericiguat Treatment Patterns and Its Safety in People With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction in Routine Medical Care in the United States
Description

This is an observational study in which data already collected from people with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) are studied. In observational studies, only observations are made, without participants receiving any advice or any changes to healthcare. Chronic HFrEF is a long-term condition in which the heart becomes weak and cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body with each heartbeat. This leads to a reduced supply of oxygen, which the body requires to function properly. The study treatment, vericiguat, works by increasing the activity of an enzyme called soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), which relaxes the blood vessels and allows more blood to flow. As a result, the heart can pump better. It is already approved for doctors to prescribe to people with chronic HFrEF in the United States (US) who are stabilized after a recent "decompensation event". The treatment with vericiguat starts at a low dose, which should be increased gradually to the target dose based on how a patient tolerates the treatment. The participants in this study are already receiving treatment with vericiguat as part of their regular care from their doctors. The main purpose of the study is to learn more about the dosage pattern of vericiguat in people with chronic HFrEF in the US. To do this, researchers will collect the following information for 3 months after participants' first dose of vericiguat: * starting dose of vericiguat * daily changes in dosage pattern * time taken to reach the target dose * number and percentage of participants: * with specific changes in dosage pattern * reaching the target dose of vericiguat They will also collect information on how often low blood pressure or fainting occurs, which are well known events in people with chronic HFrEF. The data will come from the participants' information stored in a database called the HealthVerity HF dataset. Data collected will be from people with chronic HFrEF who started taking vericiguat between January 2021 and April 2023. Researchers will only look at the health records of participants in the US. Researchers will track participants' data and will collect information for a maximum of 6 months before and 3 months after their first dose of vericiguat. In this study, only available data from routine care are collected. No visits or tests are required as part of this study.

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A Study to Assess Safety & Effectiveness of Tovinontrine in Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (Cycle-1-REF)
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of tovinontrine compared to placebo to lower NT-proBNP in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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A Study to Learn How Safe Starting Vericiguat at a Dose of 5 Milligrams is in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a long-term condition that occurs when the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to the rest of the body. This results in a reduced supply of the oxygen that the body requires to function properly. The common symptoms of HFrEF include breathlessness, weakness, fatigue, and swelling in the ankles and legs. If left untreated, heart failure can lead to other serious health problems, including damage to other organs, which may result in hospital stays or even death. Vericiguat is an approved drug for use in people with chronic HFrEF. It works by activating a protein called soluble guanylate cyclase, which helps dilating the blood vessels and in turn improves heart function. Currently, treatment with vericiguat starts at a daily dose of 2.5 milligrams (mg), which increases to 5 mg after 2 weeks. The dose is then increased to the target dose of 10 mg after another 2 weeks. In this study, researchers are trying to learn how well participants can tolerate and how safe it is to start vericiguat at a dose of 5 mg. Starting directly at the 5 mg dose is expected to help reach the target dose of 10 mg faster. Participants will take vericiguat 5 mg as a tablet by mouth once daily along with their regular heart medications. At the start of the study, study doctors will check participants' medical history and perform full health check-ups to confirm if they can take part in the study. Throughout the study, study doctors will monitor participants' previous and current medications, their heart health, and their overall well-being. This will help researchers assess how safe the study drug is and if they experience adverse events. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events, irrespective of whether they think they are related to the study treatment. Access to study treatment after the end of this study is not planned. Everyone, including study doctors and participants, will know what drug the participants receive during the study. Participants may be in the study for about 4 weeks. Participants may not benefit from the treatment as the study is designed to assess safety and tolerability: the duration of the study is very short and participants will be taking a low dose of vericiguat without moving to the target dose of 10 mg during the study. However, the findings of this study may enable people with chronic HFrEF to safely skip one initial dosing step and reach the target dose of vericiguat faster. Participants may experience medical problems such as low blood pressure, upset stomach, nausea, dizziness, and headache. Researchers will monitor and manage all these, and other, medical problems participants may have during the study.

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A Study of Vericiguat (MK-1242) in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) (MK-1242-035)
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vericiguat in participants with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), specifically those with symptomatic chronic HFrEF who have not had a recent hospitalization for heart failure or need for outpatient intravenous (IV) diuretics. The primary hypothesis is that vericiguat is superior to placebo in reducing the risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization.

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A Study of LY3461767 in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The main purpose of this study is to determine the tolerability and safety of LY3461767 with any side effects that might be associated with it. Study drug will be provided in a continuous subcutaneous infusion lasting 24 hours to 96 hours, depending on the cohort. Blood tests will be performed to check concentrations of LY3461767 in the bloodstream and how long it takes the body to get rid of it in participants with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The study will last up to 3 months and may include 5 visits.

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A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of IONIS-AGT-LRx in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of IONIS-AGT-LRX weekly subcutaneous (SC) injection on plasma angiotensinogen (AGT) concentration from Baseline to Study Day 85 (Week 13) and to evaluate the effect of IONIS-AGT-LRx weekly SC injection on plasma AGT concentration and N-terminal prohormone of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels at each scheduled visit in chronic heart failure participants with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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This Study Tests Empagliflozin in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). The Study Looks at How Far Patients Can Walk in 6 Minutes and at Their Heart Failure Symptoms
Description

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of empagliflozin 10 mg versus placebo on exercise ability using the 6 minute walk test in patients with chronic HF with reduced ejection fraction (LVEF ≤ 40%) Secondary objectives are to assess Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO)

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EMPagliflozin outcomE tRial in Patients With chrOnic heaRt Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (EMPEROR-Reduced)
Description

The aim of the study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of empagliflozin versus placebo on top of guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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A Trial to Study Neladenoson Bialanate Over 20 Weeks in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The objective of the study is to find the optimal dose of once daily oral neladenoson bialanate (BAY 1067197) when given in addition to standard therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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Registrational Study With Omecamtiv Mecarbil (AMG 423) to Treat Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with omecamtiv mecarbil when added to standard of care is well tolerated and superior to placebo in reducing the risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure events in adults with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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Study to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on the Incidence of Worsening Heart Failure or Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of dapagliflozin on the incidence of worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

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Safety and Tolerability During Open-label Treatment With LCZ696 in Patients With CHF and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The purpose of this study was to collect safety and tolerability data on LCZ696 in eligible PARADIGM-HF patients who received open-label investigational drug. The parent PARADIGM-HF (NCT01035255) trial was terminated early due to compelling efficacy of LCZ696 in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) after the final pre-specified interim analysis in March 2014.

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Study With Omecamtiv Mecarbil (CK-1827452) to Treat Chronic Heart Failure With Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

The purpose of this study is to find out if the investigational drug called omecamtiv mecarbil can reduce the risk of the effects of heart failure, like hospitalization, transplantation, or death in patients with heart failure and severely reduced ejection fraction.

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Study of JK07 in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
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This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple dose study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of JK07 in participants aged 18-85 with heart failure. There will be 2 cohorts in this study: Cohort 1: Heart failure (HF) participants with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≤ 40%. Cohort 2: Heart failure (HF) participants with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \> 40% and ≤ 65%.

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Gut Microbiome Profiling in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Description

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the composition and function of the gut microbiome in adults with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. How does the gut microbiome and its interactions with the host change over time in adults with chronic heart failure? 2. How do these changes relate to heart failure disease severity and complications?

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Acute and Chronic Effects of Oral Ketones in Subjects With HFrEF and Diabetes
Description

This study will provide insight into whether cardiac function changes with oral Ketone Esters (KE) administered to patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Plasma ketones are avidly extracted by cardiac muscle and their uptake is not dependent upon insulin or influenced by insulin resistance.

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Evaluate Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of JTT-861 in Subjects with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Description

This study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of JTT-861 administered once daily for 12 weeks in subjects with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who are on a stable, guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure.

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Pilot Study Lp299v Supplementation in Chronic Heart Failure
Description

The goal of this study is to determine the impact of 12 weeks of Lp299v supplementation (20 million cfu/day vs. placebo) on exercise capacity, circulating biomarkers of cardiac remodeling, quality of life, and vascular endothelial function in humans with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who have evidence of residual inflammation based on an elevated C-reactive protein level. This will be done in the setting of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

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Study on the Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan on Physical Activity and Sleep in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients.
Description

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of initiation of sacubitril/valsartan vs enalapril treatment on objective measures of both waking activity and sleep in subjects with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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Blood Volume and Hemodynamic Analysis in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Description

The primary hypothesis is that patients with HFREF (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction) will demonstrate a markedly expanded intravascular volume which will correlate with elevated right heart hemodynamics and increased venous capacitance parameters, whereas patients with HFPEF(heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) will demonstrate euvolemia to mild volume expansion and a lack of correlation with hemodynamic and venous compliance parameters.

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Phase IIb Safety and Efficacy Study of Four Dose Regimens of BAY1021189 in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Suffering From Worsening Chronic Heart Failure (SOCRATES-REDUCED)
Description

Objective of the study is to find the optimal dose of the once daily oral soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator (sGC) BAY1021189 for Phase III that can be given in addition to standard therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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This Study Will Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LCZ696 Compared to Enalapril on Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Description

The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of LCZ696 compared to enalapril on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II - IV and EF =\< 35%).

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Cost and Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure
Description

This study is designed to understand the impact of providing patient-specific cost at the time of the clinical encounter on decision-making for heart failure medications. The researchers will provide patients with heart failure with patient-specific cost information for non-generic heart failure medications. This cost information will be populated onto a checklist of recommended HF medications so that patients and their clinicians will have this information available during their clinical encounter. Patients in the control arm will receive the same checklist but without the cost information.

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Electronic Health Record-leveraged, Patient-centered, Intensification of Chronic Care for HF
Description

The EPIC-HF study will test the effectiveness of a patient empowerment and activation for optimization of Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) medication plans. Three main regional centers in the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system will participate in a two-arm, randomized study design. In this design, each site participates in both control and intervention, with members of the sites eligible patient population randomly enrolled in either the intervention or the control arm. All eligible patients who agree to participate in the study will complete the Baseline Survey, the Follow-Up Survey, and will have information collected from their medical record at baseline, 1 month after the first clinic appointment post-enrollment, and 1 year after enrollment. Enrollment will take place at three UCHealth locations: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Metro), UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies and UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital (North), and UCHealth Memorial Central and Memorial North (South). Study personnel at the North and South sites will carry out enrollment and Baseline Surveys with patients for those locations; all other study procedures will be conducted by study personnel at the University of Colorado (UC) School of Medicine (SOM) (UCSOM) at UCHealth University of Colorado School of Medicine. Patients enrolled in the intervention arm will receive, by email and/or text, a link to 1) a short patient engagement video around HFrEF medications, and 2) a link to an online portable document format (PDF) of a HFrEF medication checklist. Patients in the intervention arm will receive these materials after enrollment and one week prior to their next scheduled clinic appointment. The materials will be delivered in a second communication, three days after the first, via text, as well as a third communication on the day of the clinic appointment. Patients enrolled in the control arm will not receive any materials at any point of time and will receive their usual care. For both arms, medication changes in patient medical records will be assessed before and after clinic visits to measure the effectiveness of the intervention on aim 1; surveys will be compared before and after clinic visits to determine the effectiveness of the intervention on aim 2.

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Interleukin-1 Blockade With Canakinumab to Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Systolic Heart Failure and Elevated High Sensitivity C-reactive Protein (Hs-CRP)
Description

The proposed study is a sub-study of the CANTOS trial (A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, event driven trial of quarterly subcutaneous canakinumab in the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events among stable post-myocardial infarction patients with elevated high sensitivity C-reaction protein (hsCRP) \[CACZ885M2301\]). The study proposes to perform serial Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests (CPX) to prospectively measure changes in aerobic exercise capacity in patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI), elevated C reactive protein plasma levels, and symptomatic heart failure with reduced systolic function, who are enrolled in the main CANTOS trial and are randomly assigned to Canakinumab (3 different doses) or Placebo. The subjects enrolled in this substudy will undergo repeated CPX and echocardiograms over the first 12 months of the CANTOS trial. The subjects will received the experimental treatment as randomized in the main CANTOS trial and they will not receive any additional experimental treatment as part of the sub-study. This study is a an Investigator-initiated (Dr. Abbate) single-center (Virginia Commonwealth University) sub-study of the CANTOS trial, supported by Novartis pharmaceuticals.

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Patient Reported Outcomes inVestigation Following Initiation of Drug Therapy With Entresto (Sacubitril/Valsartan) in Heart Failure
Description

Real-world evidence of the clinical course of patient symptoms following initiation of sacubitril/valsartan via PROs with a patient-centered study design will provide important evidence of potentially beneficial outcomes associated with the use of this therapy.

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Patiromer for the Management of Hyperkalemia in Subjects Receiving RAASi Medications for the Treatment of Heart Failure (DIAMOND)
Description

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of patiromer compared with placebo on serum K+ in HF patients.

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