Cardiac Power Output in Heart Failure Patients

This study is looking at heart failure patients, specifically those with cardiogenic shock (when your heart can't pump enough blood to meet your body's needs). Researchers want to see if differences in how well your heart can pump blood can predict how you'll do over time. You might be given milrinone, a drug that helps the heart pump more strongly, or no drug. The study will measure changes in your heart's pumping ability using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter (a thin tube inserted into a blood vessel to measure pressures in your heart and lungs) at several time points. To join, your heart's pumping ability (LVEF) must be 40% or less, and you must be referred for a right heart catheterization for certain reasons, such as evaluation for advanced heart failure treatments. The study aims to enroll 5 participants, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study where participants are randomly assigned to receive either milrinone or no agent. It is designed as a prospective, observational, crossover study.
What's involved
You will have measurements taken using a pulmonary artery catheter at baseline and then at 6, 12, 24, 36, and 72 hours after receiving milrinone or no agent.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your advanced heart failure therapy will be measured at 2 years after the intervention.

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NCT05700617

Cardiac Power Output in Cardiogenic Shock Patients

Recruiting
EARLY_PHASE1Ages 18+InterventionalTreatment
University of Chicago
~5 participants
Updated 2026-08-06 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:1:1 Randomization to receive milrinone

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Changes in invasive hemodynamics using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter measuring mmHg
Measured over Baseline and 6,12,24,36,72 Hours post-inotrope challenge.
+6 more outcomes measured
Heart Failure
Cardiogenic Shock

NCT05700617

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • The University of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Chicago

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  • Changes in invasive hemodynamics using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter measuring mmHgBaseline and 6,12,24,36,72 Hours post-inotrope challenge.

    Changes invasive hemodynamics representing myocardial reserve will be measured in 5 patients using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter: Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP mmHg); Right Atrial pressure (RA mmHg); Pulmonary Atrial pressures (PA mmHg);

  • Changes in invasive hemodynamics using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter measuring L/min/m2Baseline and 6,12,24,36,72 Hours post-inotrope challenge.

    Changes invasive hemodynamics representing myocardial reserve will be measured in 5 patients using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter: Cardiac output by Fick (CO L/min/m2); Cardiac index by Fick (CI L/min/m2).

  • Advanced heart failure therapy2 years

    Duration of time without need for definitive advanced heart failure therapy (LVAD, OHT) or death.

  • Inotropes2 years

    Duration of time on inotropes during hospitalization

  • Death2 years

    Cardiovascular death and/or all-cause mortality

  • Cardiac output measurement using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter measuring mmHg at 2 years2 years

    Efficacy of increasing cardiac output with milrinone compared to dobutamine using changes invasive hemodynamics in 5 patients using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter: Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP mmHg), Right Atrial pressure (RA mmHg), Pulmonary Atrial pressures (PA mmHg),

  • Cardiac output measurement using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter measuring CO L/min/m2 at 2 years2 years

    Efficacy of increasing cardiac output with milrinone compared to dobutamine using changes invasive hemodynamics in 5 patients using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter: Cardiac output by Fick (CO L/min/m2), Cardiac index by Fick (CI L/min/m2.)