Remote Dielectric Sensing (ReDS) Assisted Diuresis in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Recruiting · NCT03586336 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)

Interventions studied

ReDS-GuidedUsual Care

This study evaluates the use of a wearable vest capable of non-invasively measuring lung fluid content in hospitalized patients with heart failure

Age range

18 Years and older

Sex

All (male and female)

Healthy volunteers

No - a diagnosis or condition is required

Phase

Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)

Study type

Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)

Patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure requiring treatment with intravenous diuretics and/or IV vasoactive drugs
Patient has signed informed consent and has authorized use and disclosed health information
Patient is at least 18 years of age
Patient physically suitable for ReDS measurement
GFR\>25
Initial ReDS Measurement \>35%

Patient characteristics excluded from approved use of ReDS system: height less than 155cm or greater than 190cm, BMI \<22 or \>39, chest circumference \<80cm or \>115cm , or flail chest
Evidence of focal lung lesions on history, physical exam or chest x-ray, including history of pulmonary embolism, active pneumonia, or known lung nodule
Chronic renal failure (GFR\<25)
Prior cardiac surgery within 2 months of index admission
Patient has a ventricular assist device or has had a cardiac transplantation
Patients in cardiogenic shock at admission requiring inotropic support
Congenital heart malformations or intra-thoracic mass that would affect right-lung anatomy (e.g dextrocardia, lung carcinoma, or pacemaker box in the right chest)

1 location listed across 1 US state.

University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, California, United States