Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Combination Diuretic Therapy for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Summary

Patients with heart failure are often admitted to the hospital because they have accumulated excessive amounts of fluid, they become short of breath and congested with fluid. Removing the excess fluid is necessary to improve the patients symptoms and reduce the risk of being re-admitted to the hospital. Diuretics ("water pills") are often given through an IV to accelerate the fluid removal. Furosemide is commonly used for fluid removal, however some patients do not respond well to the medication. There are other diuretics available that can work in conjunction with furosemide and increase the rate of fluid removal. The other "water pills" have slightly different mechanisms of action in the body compared to furosemide and when combined they may increase fluid removal.

The investigators hypothesize that adding chlorothiazide to furosemide will result in quicker and more effective fluid removal in heart failure patients.

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The investigators will randomly assign patients to receive either furosemide alone or furosemide in combination with chlorothiazide when they are admitted to the hospital with acute heart failure and excessive volume.

All patients will be monitored for rate of fluid removal, improvement in symptoms, and side-effects of the medications.

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Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Diagnosis of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure - by at least 1 symptom (dyspnea, exercise intolerance, weight gain, edema) and at least 1 sign (chest x-ray (CXR), elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), rales, elevated jugular venous pressure (JVP)).
History of Congestion Heart Failure (CHF) with chronic loop diuretic use for at least the past 4 weeks
Echocardiogram in the past 12 months (to document Ejection fraction (EF))

Exclusion Criteria:

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Cr >2.5 mg/dL
Ventricular assist device
Cardiogenic shock
Need for mechanical or vasopressor support on admission
Significant co-morbidities: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism
History of pulmonary hypertension (PAH) (World Health Organization (WHO) group I primary PAH)
Acute Ischemia / post-intervention (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions) in the past 90 days

Study is for people with:

Heart Failure

Phase:

Phase 4

Study ID:

NCT05840536

Recruitment Status:

Withdrawn

Sponsor:

Ochsner Health System

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Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
New Orleans Louisiana, 70121, United States

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Study is for people with:

Heart Failure

Phase:

Phase 4

Study ID:

NCT05840536

Recruitment Status:

Withdrawn

Sponsor:


Ochsner Health System

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