NT-proBNP for Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient in the Emergency Room and the Medical Ward

NT-proBNP for Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient in the Emergency Room and the Medical Ward (BNP4EVER)

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00271128

Enrollment

500

Registered

2005-12-30

Start date

2005-10-31

Completion date

2007-09-30

Last updated

2008-03-20

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Conditions

Acute Exacerbation, Shortness of Breath

Keywords

NT-proBNP, Heart failure, Dyspnea

Brief summary

Detailed description

The proposed study intends to evaluate the impact of the NT-proBNP assay on the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with dyspnea of unknown etiology presenting to the emergency room and admitted to the medical wards. Patients will be consented and randomized to open or blinded NT-proBNP test performed within 90 minutes in a venous blood sample. Evaluation of the ER diagnosis and final discharge diagnosis in admitted patients will be carried out in light of the NT-proBNP results.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Acute shortness of breath of unknown etiology as presentation to the emergency room 2. Possible acute exacerbation of known heart failure

Exclusion criteria

None -

Countries

Israel

Outcome results