Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

National Multicenter Registry for Pediatric End-Stage Heart Failure in China

Lead Sponsor:

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

Conditions:

Heart Failure

Children

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 18 years

Brief Summary

To establish a multicenter pediatric end-stage heart failure (ESHF) specialized disease data platform and promote its adoption across major children's medical centers nationwide. Based on this platfor...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who meet any of the following criteria despite receiving optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT):
  • Severe and persistent heart failure symptoms \[New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III (advanced) or IV\];
  • Significant cardiac dysfunction, defined as:
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction ≤30%
  • Isolated right ventricular failure
  • Non-operable severe valvular or congenital abnormalities
  • Persistently elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP) levels
  • Severe diastolic dysfunction or left ventricular structural abnormalities (based on ESC definitions for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction \[HFpEF\] and heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction \[HFmrEF\]);
  • Requirement of:
  • High-dose intravenous diuretics (or combination diuretic therapy) for pulmonary/systemic congestion, OR
  • Inotropic/vasoactive agents for low cardiac output, OR
  • Management of malignant arrhythmias Resulting in \>1 unplanned hospital visits or admissions within the past 12 months;
  • Severely impaired mobility due to cardiac causes with either:
  • Inability to ambulate, OR
  • 6-minute walk distance \<300 m, OR
  • Peak oxygen consumption (PvO₂) \<12-14 mL/kg/min. -

Exclusion

  • Concurrent life-limiting systemic disorders
  • Structural cardiac lesions with indication for surgical/interventional correction -

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2023

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

1000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06927440

Start Date

December 1 2023

End Date

November 30 2026

Last Update

April 15 2025

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Shanghai Children's Medical Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200000