Fluid Restriction in Heart Failure Versus Liberal Fluid Uptake

NCT ID: NCT04551729

Last Updated: 2025-04-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

504 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-04-21

Study Completion Date

2024-11-28

Brief Summary

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Multi-centre open-label 1:1 randomized clinical trial in chronic heart failure patients on the effect of fluid restriction versus liberal fluid intake on quality of life.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
The members of the event adjudication committee will be blinded for treatment allocation. Moreover, the statistician who performs the primary analysis will be blinded for treatment allocation.

Study Groups

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Fluid restriction

Patient will receive a lifestyle advice to adhere to fluid restriction of 1500cc/day for 3 months.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake for 3 months

Liberal fluid intake

Patient will receive a lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake for 3 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake for 3 months

Interventions

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Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake

Lifestyle advice for liberal fluid intake for 3 months

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of chronic HF with NYHA class II/III according to the prevailing guidelines \> 6 months prior to randomization (1)
* Adult (age ≥ 18 years)

Exclusion Criteria

* Reversible cause of HF (thyroid disorders, severe anemia, vitamin deficiencies)
* Hospital admission for HF within 3 months of randomization
* Chronic HF with NYHA class IV
* Hyponatremia at baseline (sodium \<130mmol/l)
* Changes in HF medical therapy in last 14 days prior to randomization
* Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) of \< 30ml/min/1.73 m2 at baseline
* Scheduled cardiac surgery within 3 months of randomization
* Recent (within 3 months) coronary intervention (PCI or CABG) or implantation of pacemaker device
* Comorbidity for which fluid restriction is advised by a different treating physician (e.g. nephrologist)
* Comorbidity with a life expectancy of less than 6 months
* The treating clinician believes that participation in the domain would not be in the best interests of the patient
* Inability to provide informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Maastricht University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Roland van Kimmenade, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radboud University Medical Center

Locations

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Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status

Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

's-Hertogenbosch, , Netherlands

Site Status

Hospital Group Twente

Almelo, , Netherlands

Site Status

Rijnstate Hospital

Arnhem, , Netherlands

Site Status

Zuyderland Ziekenhuis

Heerlen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Dijklander Ziekenhuis

Hoorn, , Netherlands

Site Status

Maastricht University Medical Centre

Maastricht, , Netherlands

Site Status

Bernhoven Ziekenhuis

Uden, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Herrmann JJ, Beckers-Wesche F, Baltussen LEHJM, Verdijk MHI, Bellersen L, Brunner-la Rocca HP, Jaarsma T, Pisters R, Sanders-van Wijk S, Rodwell L, Van Royen N, Gommans DHF, Van Kimmenade RRJ. Fluid REStriction in Heart Failure vs Liberal Fluid UPtake: Rationale and Design of the Randomized FRESH-UP Study. J Card Fail. 2022 Oct;28(10):1522-1530. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.05.015. Epub 2022 Jun 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35705150 (View on PubMed)

Herrmann JJ, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Baltussen LEHJM, Beckers-Wesche F, Bekkers SCAM, Bellersen L, van Eck JWM, Hassing HC, Jaarsma T, Linssen GCM, Pisters R, Sanders-van Wijk S, Verdijk MHI, Handoko ML, van der Meer P, Verbrugge FH, Januzzi JL Jr, Bayes-Genis A, Nieuwlaat R, Rodwell L, Gommans DHF, van Kimmenade RRJ. Liberal fluid intake versus fluid restriction in chronic heart failure: a randomized clinical trial. Nat Med. 2025 Jun;31(6):2062-2068. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03628-4. Epub 2025 Mar 30.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 40159556 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Version 2.0 (First approved version)

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Version 4.4 (Most recent version)

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Summary of Changes V1.0

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Summary of Changes V1.0. Appendix

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Version 1.0

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Version 2.0

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Other Identifiers

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75112

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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