Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Non-pulsatile Left Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Patients
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Study type
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- Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results.
- Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures or devices.
- Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Study IDs
NCT ID: NCT01415869
Sponsor Protocol Number: 11-003334
About this study
The purpose of this study is to estimate the proportion of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) patients with abnormal gastrointestinal bleeding as assessed by HemoQuant fecal occult blood test. Also, in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding present, to summarize the extent of gastrointestinal bleeding; to examine the behavior of HemoQuant fecal occult blood test over time by estimating the proportion of VAD patients with a positive test prior to implantation; at one week, one month, three months, six months and one year post implantation, and after explantation of the VAD and to evaluate whether presence of any abnormal fecal HemoQuant test is predictive of a future major bleeding event.
Participation eligibility
Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Group 1 - cross sectional study. Patients with implanted non-pulsatile ventricular assist devices of any type and at any time after implantation
- Group 2 - prospective study. Patients with usual VAD indications will be invited to participate, when, in the opinion of their treating physician a VAD will be highly likely within one month.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unwillingness to provide stool samples for study
- Unwillingness to be followed for study endpoints.
- Unwillingness to follow dietary restrictions necessary for accurate HemaQuant measurement
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