Clinical Trials
for Heart Disease in Utah
18 clinical trials for Heart Disease are currently recruiting participants at study sites in Utah. Study-related care is provided at no cost.
Heart Disease clinical trials in Utah: what to expect
Heart disease trials cover heart failure, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, high cholesterol and lipoprotein(a), and the devices and procedures used to treat them. The largest are outcomes trials: thousands of people take a study medicine or placebo on top of their usual treatment for several years while the trial counts heart attacks, strokes and hospital stays. Smaller studies test new heart failure drugs, cholesterol-lowering injections given a few times a year, cardiac rehabilitation programs and monitoring devices.
In Utah, recruiting heart disease studies are concentrated in Salt Lake City and Murray. 8 of the 18 are run by a drug or device company, which usually means a larger study with travel reimbursement; the rest are academic or hospital-led.
Who heart disease trials usually look for
Listings define the condition precisely: an ejection fraction range for heart failure, a heart attack or stent within a recent window, cholesterol still above target on a statin, or a lipoprotein(a) level above a threshold. They usually ask that your current heart medicines have been stable for a month or more. Common exclusions are a very recent procedure, advanced kidney disease and another illness that limits life expectancy. Ages generally run from 18 with no upper limit.
What taking part involves
Screening includes an ECG, blood work and often an echocardiogram. Outcomes trials are long but light: a pill or injection added to your treatment, visits every three to six months and phone check-ins between. Drug trials for heart failure run three to twelve months with monthly visits. Device trials involve a procedure and follow-up imaging. Your existing heart medicines continue throughout; study treatment and tests are free, and travel is usually reimbursed.
Questions worth asking the study team
Whether anything about your current treatment would change; how long the trial runs and how often you must come in; what is being measured and what you will be told about your own results; and whether your cardiologist will receive updates.
Showing 18 of 18 recruiting Heart Disease trials in Utah
Where the Heart Disease studies are in Utah
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City5 trials
- Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City3 trials
- Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City2 trials
- Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City1 trial
- Intermountain Health, Murray1 trial
- Intermountain Medical Center, Murray1 trial
Counts are recruiting studies listing at least one site in Utah, from ClinicalTrials.gov, refreshed every two days.
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