About this trial
The study will evaluate the impact of a combined device-drug strategy with Impella 5.5 with best practices and optimized GDMT on heart recovery outcomes in patients with decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age ≥ 18 and < 80 years
Subject or subject's legally authorized representative (LAR) has signed the Informed Consent Form
LVEF ≤ 40%
Hypotension (sustained episode of systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mmHg for at least 30 minutes or need for inotropic/vasoactive agents to maintain such blood pressure)
Disqualifiers
Drug allergies or hypersensitivities* to HF GDMT medications, unless alternative can be identified
Known bilateral renal artery stenosis
Type 1 diabetes
2o or 3o AV block, unless pacemaker is in place
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Impella 5.5 SmartAssist
DeviceThe intervention is Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist® support combined with protocolized guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) and HF-CS best practices.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Composite of all-cause death, HF hospitalization, and heart replacement (heart transplantation or durable LVAD implantation)
Secondary outcomes
Composite of all-cause death and heart replacement
Composite of all-cause death, HF hospitalization, and heart replacement
All-cause mortality
Cardiovascular mortality
Sponsors and contacts
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Abiomed Inc.
Lead sponsor
Johnson & Johnson
Collaborator
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