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

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18 and < 80 years

Subject has signed the Informed Consent Form. If the subject has been enrolled via an LAR, the subject must provide assent, the assent will be documented.

LVEF ≤ 40%

Sustained episode of systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mmHg for at least 30 minutes or need for 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

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Impella 5.5 SmartAssist

Treatment groups

250 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

7
Florida
Tampa General Hospital33606, Tampa United States
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern555407, Minneapolis United States
New Jersey
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School08901, New Brunswick United States
North Carolina
Atrium Health28204, Charlotte United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Abiomed Inc.

Lead sponsor

Johnson & Johnson

Collaborator