Preparatory Work for a Trial of Adjuncts to Diuretic Treatment in Patients Hospitalised With Heart Failure: Addressing Uncertainties and Building Consensus

ConditionHeart Failure
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorHull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About this trial

Aims and Objectives

1. Choose which adjunctive therapies, at what dose, and for how long 2. Choose the dose(s) of IV furosemide to be used as the comparator 3. Choose primary and secondary outcomes 4. Estimate recruitment and engage sites for a future trial

Work package 2a methods overview

1. An online survey of clinicians (doctors, nurses and pharmacists) assessing potential ability to recruit and the acceptability of each adjunct and willingness to support a trial. 2. Evidence generated (survey and reviews) will be considered by an expert panel (N=20-25) including expert clinicians and allied health professionals who care for people with HF using a modified Delphi approach. The panel will make recommendations on all aspects of the trial design. 3. A patient and carer panel of people with a recent hospitalisation (\<6 months) for HF will provide recommendations on trial endpoints. The patient-and-carer advisory group (PCAG) will also input into these discussions.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Recent hospitalisation with heart failure (<6 months) or carer for a person with a recent hospitalisation with heart failure.

Able to participate in online group discussions in English

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Patient and carer panel using nominal group approach and thematic analysis

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Lead sponsor

Hull York Medical School

Collaborator

University of Birmingham

Collaborator

Robertson Centre for Biostatistics University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ

Collaborator