Diuretics vs. Afterload Reduction for Treatment of HeartLogic Alerts

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19+
SponsorHeart Center Research, LLC

About this trial

The DART-HA study is a single-center, open label, trial intended to evaluate the clinical efficacy of standard treatment options for congestive heart failure (observation, diuretic or afterload reduction therapy) in patients without new symptoms who have developed abnormalities of the HeartLogic heart failure diagnostic feature.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Boston Scientific device with HeartLogic enabled

history of ACE-inhibitor induced angioedema and in those with angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) therapy induced angioedema.

hypotension, hypovolemia

renal artery stenosis, renal failure

Disqualifiers

Glomerular filtration rate <25 mL/min who are non-responsive to diuretic therapy or are on chronic renal dialysis

ongoing symptoms of heart failure decompensation (increased dyspnea and/or fatigue, for purposes of this study increased weight is not considered, see question 2 KCCQ).

recent significant change in arrhythmia burden (within the past 2 weeks)

in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) patients, recent change (60 days) in effective delivery of CRT (eg. decreased biventricular paving %)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Furosemide
  • Torsemide
  • Bumetanide
  • sacubitril/valsartan
  • Hydralazine
  • Isosorbide Dinitrate

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Heart Center Research, LLC

Lead sponsor

Boston Scientific Corporation

Collaborator