๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
Randomized, controlled, unblinded, adaptive design clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PolyCore (Polydextrin, L-Carnitine, D-xylitol) peritoneal ultrafiltration (PUF) in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
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๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age โฅ18 yrs
* Left ventricular ejection fraction โค60%
* NYHA Classification of III-IV despite guidelines directed medical therapy
* Right ventricular failure due to after load mismatch, addressed by the presence of tricuspid calve regurgitation (โฅ moderate) and by the disproportioned increase of the right atrial pressure (RAP) versus the capillary wedge pressure (CWP) with a ratio โฅ0.65, detected with right heart catheterization performed after stable medical therapy according to international guidelines and comprehensive of loop diuretic (equivalent to furosemide oral dose till 2.0 mg/kg/day), coupled with urinary sodium excretion โค mEq/L, confirmatory of loop diuretic resistance.
* Cava vein enlargement (inner diameter, detected with focused echocardiography, between 1,5 and 2,5 cm, with respiratory collapse \<50% or absent due to intravascular fluid overload)
* Decreased kidney function addressed by the measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) urea clearance + creatinine clearance/2 (\>15 ml/min/1,73 m2)
* NT pro-BNP plasma concentration \> 1000 pg/ml or BNP plasma concentration \> 250 pg/ml
* at least one episode of pulmonary or systemic congestion requiring high-dose intravenous diuretics (or diuretic combinations) in the 6 months befor the study enrollment
* An appropriate PUF technique candidate.
* Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Recipients of heart transplantation
* Presence of a mechanical circulatory support device;
* Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy;
* Uncontrolled hypertension with systolic blood pressure โฅ 160 mmHg
* Severe valvular stenosis;
* Restrictive cardiomyopathy;
* Acute coronary syndrome โค 6 months before;
* Active myocarditis
* Cardiosurgical or Endo-radiological heart procedures โค 6 months before
* Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) implantation or upgrading of pacemaker (PM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to CRT โค 6 months before;
* Patient with end-stage renal disease, GFR urea clearance + creatinine clearance/2 (\<15 ml/min/1,73 m2 GFR)
* Any major organ transplant (liver, lung, kidney)
* Lung embolism โค 6 months before;
* Fibrotic lung disease;
* Liver Cirrhosis;
* Absolute contraindication to peritoneal catheter implantation;
* Logistical and or organizational contra-indication to treatment
* Active malignancy;
* Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding or who wish to become pregnant during the period of the clinical trial and for three months later
* Female patients of childbearing age who do not use adequate contracteption.
* Unwilling and unable to give informed consent;
* Enrolment in another clinical trial involving medical or device based interventions.
* Hypersensibility to IMP components.
* Evidence of any condition that, according to the investigators' judgment, could expose the subject to undue risk and/or prevent the subject from participating in the study procedures and/or potentially afftecting the study quality data.