Heart Care

Clinical Trials

Below is a list of Heart Care clinical trials from the clinical trials database at Mayo Clinic.

Mayo's clinical trials include experimental treatments, often unavailable elsewhere, which frequently lead to improved patient care for people worldwide. Patients should ask their doctor at Mayo about clinical trials appropriate for their situation.

Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Different Doses and Routes of Administration of Furosemide in Patients Admitted to the Hospital with Heart Failure
Although most patients admitted with acute heart failure receive intravenous furosemide treatment, little data exist to guide dosing or route of administration. Observational data suggest little relationship between dose and effectiveness, and the relationship of the dose to bad effects on kidney function and mortality.
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PREMIUM Migraine Trial
This study is being done to compare the effects (good or bad)of the AMPLATZER PFO Occluder device in reducing further episodes of migraine in patients who have a PFO (an opening in the heart called a patent foramen ovale) with a large degree of abnormal blood flow from the right to the left chamber of the heart, to medical therapy.
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We are testing the safety and effectiveness of sildenafil (Viagra) to placebo (a pill containing no medication) in patients with diastolic heart failure.
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of sildenafil (Viagra) to a placebo (a pill containing no medication) in patients with diastolic heart failure to see if it will improve your ability to exercise and your quality of life.
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