Summary

This study is to see if a special kind of pacemaker can help people with a certain type of heart problem called HFpEF. This means your heart pumps out blood normally, but it still doesn't work quite right. Some people in the study will get a pacemaker that is set to a heart rate based on their height and a number called LVEF. Others will get a pacemaker that does very little. LVEF is a number that shows how well your heart pumps blood. Doctors get this number from a test called an echocardiogram. This test uses sound waves to take pictures of your heart. The goal is to see if setting the pacemaker to a personalized heart rate helps people feel better.

Description

This study will evaluate a personalized cardiac pacing rate as a treatment for symptomatic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (LVEF ≥50%). The intervention is designed to improve health status and other signs and symptoms of heart failure in patients with HFpEF. After enrollment, baseline data will be collected, and subjects will then have a pacemaker implanted. Following successful implant, and prior to pre-hospital discharge, subjects will be randomized 1:1 to one of two study groups. In the first group, subjects will have their pacemaker programmed to dual chamber pacing at a personalized cardiac pacing rate (treatment group) based on their LVEF and height. Subjects randomized to the second group will have their pacemaker programmed to receive ventricular pacing at a non-personalized rate to minimize interference with the subject's intrinsic heart rate (control group).

Subjects will complete 2-month, 6-month, and 12-month visits where data will be collected. At the 12-month visit, the second group (control group) will also be programmed to their personalized cardiac pacing rate. Subjects will complete 14-month, 18-month, and 24-month visits where data will be collected. Following the 24-month visit, additional long-term follow-up visits will occur annually until study completion. The estimated study duration is approximately 4.5 years representing an estimated 24-month enrollment period and 18-month follow-up period.

Principal Investigator

Kevin Driver

Study Coordinator

kristi.sutphin@vandaliahealth.org

Faculty Contact

kristi.sutphin@vandaliahealth.org

Departments

Sex

All

Age

40+

NCT Number

NCT06678841

IRB Number

25-1275