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Clinical Trial Summary

Patients with idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy who have systolic left ventricular dysfunction (NYHA III - IV) despite adequate therapy according treatment guidelines of heart failure and who have a baseline left ventricular ejection fraction of ≥25% and ≤35 will receive a C-MIC System and microcurrent therapy after device implantation with optimal medical management. At the end of the study after 6 months, the C-MIC System will be turned off. The control group will receive optimal medical management without device implantation.


Clinical Trial Description

Target patients for the C-MIC System are patients with idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy who have systolic left ventricular dysfunction (NYHA class III - NYHA class IV) despite adequate therapy of heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 25% to 35% with a history of heart failure of more than 1 year but less than 5 years. Study objective is to determine the safety and effectiveness of C-MIC therapy in patients with moderate to severe heart failure under optimal medical therapy. Data from a pilot study (C-MIC-I) indicate that an increase of ≥ 8% of the left ventricular ejection fraction can be achieved within a treatment period of 6 month. Hence, study hypothesis is that an increase in LVEF of ≥ 8% can be achieved. Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive the C-MIC System in addition to optimal medical management or to receive optimal medical management alone without device. Due to the risks associated with the implantation, a sham (placebo) procedure is not justified. The primary endpoint will be the change of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from baseline after 6 months assessed via cardiac ultrasound in %. LVEF measurements will be verified by a core lab at baseline, week 4 (only C-MIC group), month 4 and month 6. ;


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NCT number NCT04662034
Study type Interventional
Source Berlin Heals GmbH
Contact Peter Goettel, MD
Phone +49 30 88913640
Email goettel@berlinheals.de
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date February 5, 2021
Completion date August 31, 2025

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