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Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE)

Launched by NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) · Oct 27, 1999

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Current as of December 07, 2023

Completed

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Description

BACKGROUND: Congestive heart failure constitutes one of the major categories of morbidity, particularly in the elderly, and is responsible for the utilization of significant resources, including a large number of hospitalizations (estimated at 800,000 to 2.3 million per year) and related health care costs. In 1993, 4.7 million Americans carried the diagnosis of CHF, and about 400,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. It is estimated that there are 800,000 to 1.2 million CHF patients with NYHA class III-IV symptoms. The diagnosis and treatment of CHF and its episodes of decompensation can...

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Eligibility criteria

  • Patients ages over 16, with class IV congestive heart failure (CHF). Patients had current hospitalization for CHF, one previous hospitalization for CHF within the past six months, left ventricular ejection fraction <35 percent for at least three months, and attempted therapy with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and digoxin and/or diuretics in the past. Patients had NYHA class IV with clinical evidence of elevated filling pressures at rest, that is, (a) evidence of elevated intracardiac filling pressures: orthopnea, abdominal discomfort attributed to hepato-splenic congestion, peripheral edema, ascites, rales, and jugular venous distension to 5 cm or less above sternal angle; and (b) inadequate peripheral perfusion, that is, cool extremities. Exclusions included patients with acute CHF requiring PAC as a part of the management and factors suggesting inability to comply with the protocol.

Attachments

readout_NCT00000619_2023-12-07.pdf

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NCT00000619_study_protocol.pdf

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About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

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Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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