Compression stockings reduce brain natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure

Compression stockings reduce brain natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure - Compression stockings reduce brain natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000049926

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-05

Start date

2021-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

chronic heart failure

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: We retrospectively collected patients with chronic heart failure attending outpatients at three centres who wore new compression stockings between 2018 and 2021 with medical records. The enrolment criteria for this study were new compression stockings wearers who met the following three criteria;1) Previous heart failure hospitalisation or BNP >100 pg/dL, 2) No change in oral medication, including dose, in the year prior to compression stockings wearing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Excluding patients on haemodialysis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary endpoint: NYHA assessment of heart failure symptoms and heart failure hospitalisation in the outpatient clinic following elastic stocking use. Secondary endpoints: serum BNP levels, renal function and skin complications in the outpatient clinic visits following elastic stocking use.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNasu Takahito

Iwate Medical University Division of Cardiology,

tnasu@iwate-med.ac.jp+81-019-613-7111

Outcome results