Establishment of a LVAD Destination Program in a Swiss Non Cardiac Transplant University Hospital

February 18, 2020 updated by: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Establishment of a LVAD Destination Program in a Swiss Non Cardiac Transplant University Hospital: 5 Year Experience

The goal of this study is to demonstrate the challenges and the effort to set up an artificial heart program as well as to report about the follow-up treatment and the mortality rate

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Basel, Switzerland, 4031
        • Herzchirurgie University Hospital Basel

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who received an LVAD implant

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who received an LVAD implant

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not enough data collected
  • stated will of the Patient, that his data can not be used

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Patients with an implanted LVAD
Patients which received an implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) at the University Hospital Basel since 2014
assess mortality rate, rehospitalization and survival rate of patients after receiving an artificial heart implant

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
30 days mortality
Time Frame: 30 days after surgery
mortality rate 30 days after receiving the LVAD implant
30 days after surgery
rehospitalization rate
Time Frame: between day of surgery and 31.12.2019
rehospitalization rate of patients after receiving the LVAD implant
between day of surgery and 31.12.2019

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
survival rate
Time Frame: between day of surgery and 31.12.2019
survival rate of patients after receiving the LVAD implant (Kaplan-Meier curve)
between day of surgery and 31.12.2019

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Martin Grapow, Prof Dr. med., Herzzentrum Hirslanden Zürich

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 6, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

February 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 20, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 18, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2020-00017; ch19Grapow2

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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