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Evaluation of Liver Stiffness Performance, by FibroScan®, to Detect Elevated Central Venous Pressure (CVP)

Echosens · with Syneos Health · NCT07222813

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted (a condition is required)
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
149
US sites recruiting
3
Study start
April 23, 2026
Record last updated
September 23, 2026

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What the study is about

This is a pivotal, global, prospective, cross-sectional, multicentric clinical investigation designed to explore a non-invasive, reliable alternative to invasive, catheter-based hemodynamic assessments, which are associated with procedural risks and limited applicability in certain participant populations.

Being studied: FibroScan; Right-sided Heart Catheterization; Transthoracic echocardiography; Blood Sample Analysis

Conditions: Heart Failure; Heart Failure - NYHA II - IV

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Have read, understood, and signed the informed consent form (ICF)
  • Be ≥18 years of age at the time of screening
  • Have suspected or diagnosed acute or chronic HF and be scheduled to undergo right-sided cardiac catheterization

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to consent
  • Chronic liver disease (self-reported alcohol use >14 drinks/week in females and >21 drinks/week in males), positive hepatitis C virus serology, positive hepatitis B surface antigen, autoimmune hepatitis, hemochromatosis, or cholestatic disease)
  • BMI >40 kg/m2
  • Fontan-type circulation
  • Ascites
  • Heart transplantation
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or intent to become pregnant during the study
  • Intent to donate/bank or retrieve eggs (ova, oocytes) or donate sperm during the study

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneota, MN 55455

    Site contact: Tamas Alexy, MD · 612-626-1240 · alexy001@umn.edu

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, SC 29425

    Site contact: Michele Esposito, MD · 843-792-1105 · espositm@musc.edu

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Clinical Heart and Vascular Center - West Campus Building 3 Location

    Dallas, TX 75390

    Site contact: Ambarish Pandey, MD, MSCS, FAHA · 214-645-2101 · ambarish.pandey@utsouthwestern.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • CAROLE MEILLEROUX, PharmD · +33622649277 · carole.meilleroux@echosens.com
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