Acorai Feasibility Study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A prospective, observational, single centre study to assess the feasibility of the data harvested by the Acorai intracardiac pressure monitoring (ICPM) system in predicting prognosis in patients discharged from hospital after treatment for acute decompensated heart failure

• IRAS ID

  334837

• Contact name

  Owais Dar

• Contact email

  o.dar@rbht.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust)

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Acorai is developing the Acorai Heart Monitor, a handheld electronic device for monitoring pressures inside the heart in a non-invasive way, simply by placing the device on the chest of a patient. Currently these intracardiac pressures are
  measured in an invasive way, during a catheterisation. This procedure carries risks to the patient. There is a clinical need for a non -invasive, easy to use, tool to monitor patients that suffer from heart failure. The study aim is to use the Acorai device to collect the intracardiac pressure from patients admitted to hospital with heart failure and who are awaiting discharge home. Using the data, we will assess the feasibility of the Acorai measurements, and assess what data best predicts survival, death, or are readmitted with heart problems.

• REC name

  North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  24/NE/0068

• Date of REC Opinion

  9 Apr 2024

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion