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Tapering Heart Failure Medication in Patients With Heart Failure With Recovered Ejection Fraction; Open Label Prospective Random Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Study start date is on Nov 27th 2024. A patient with an initial ejection fraction (EF) of less than 40%, whose follow-up shows an improvement to an EF of 50% or higher, along with the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter returning to the normal range and taking 3 more heart failure medication randomed to drug tapering group ( RAS blocker or beta blocker) or continuing medication group.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150 (estimated)
First submitted
5 Dec 2024
Start date
6 Mar 2025
Primary completion date
26 May 2025
Lead sponsor
Chungnam National University Hospital
NCT number
NCT06724653

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 150
  • From 6 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 26 May 2025
  • 2 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

  • significant valve disease
  • arrhythmia requiring rate control

Age

  • under age 18 year

Other

  • uncontrolled BP ( over 150/90)
  • coronary revascularization within 6 months
  • CKD with albuminuria ( over 30mg/g)
  • Pregnancy

Who the study is looking for

  • initial echocardiogram ejection fraction less than 40%
  • follow up echocardiogram ejection fraction over 50% and LVEDD index normal range
  • NTprobnp criteria
    • eGFR ≥60 ; less 440
    • eGFR 45-59: less 980
    • eGFR 30-44; less 1220
    • eGFR \< 30 : less 5300
    • in HD; no criteria for NTproBNP
  • on more than 3 heart failure medication ( RAS blocker, beta blocker, mineral corticoid receptor antagonist, SGLT 2 inhibitor)

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Chungnam National University Hospital
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DaejeonSouth KoreaRecruiting
jeonbuk National University Hospital
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
JeonjuSouth KoreaRecruiting

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.