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NCT06038149Active, not recruiting

Improving Pulmonary Hypertension Screening by Echocardiography

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to assess the application of the novel IMPULSE algorithm for the detection of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in those with a low or intermediate probability of PH according to the British Society of Echocardiography (ESC) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
21 Jun 2023
Start date
11 Nov 2023
Primary completion date
14 Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
NCT number
NCT06038149

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 11 Nov 2023 to the primary completion date, 14 Dec 2025
  • 5 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Known or suspected congenital heart disease

Other

  • ESC / BSE echo high probability of PH
  • Patients unlikely to benefit from management of PH or its underlying causes.

Who the study is looking for

  • Unexplained breathlessness
  • Risk factors for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
  • Unexplained elevation of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP/proBNP)
  • Referred for catheterisation.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (5)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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BathUnited KingdomUnknown status
Royal Papworth Hospital
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CambridgeUnited KingdomUnknown status
Golden Jubilee Hospital
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GlasgowUnited KingdomUnknown status
Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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SheffieldUnited KingdomUnknown status

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