Post Approval Study (PAS) of the OPTIMIZER Smart and CCM Therapy
Active, not recruiting · NCT03970343
Conditions: Heart Failure
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $592,961
- U.S. investigators named
- 74
- Sites paid
- 72
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 620
About the trial
- Sponsor
- Impulse Dynamics
- Tested
- OPTIMIZER Smart System (device)
- Dates
- Started 2020-01-21; completion 2028-07
- Results posted
- Not yet
The OPTIMIZER Smart Post-Approval Study is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized, single arm open label study of 620 subjects receiving an OPTIMIZER implant as standard of care. Patients to be included will have NYHA functional class III symptoms and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 25-45%
From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-20. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)
Industry funding
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. reported $592,961 in research payments for this study in 2025 (384 payments).
Products named: Optimizer
Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
U.S. investigators named on this study
- Rodrigo C. Chan, MD Cardiology · Mesa, AZ
- Mathew D. Hutchinson, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tucson, AZ
- Nathan Laufer, MD Cardiology · Phoenix, AZ
- Thomas A. Mattioni, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Scottsdale, AZ
- Ambrose F. Panico, D.O. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Mesa, AZ
- Darren F. Peress, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tucson, AZ
- Mehrdad K. Ariani Interventional Cardiology · Northridge, CA
- Lawrence S. Czer, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · West Hollywood, CA
- Michael L. Krueger, DO Cardiology · Fresno, CA
- Burhan Mohamedali, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · San Diego, CA
- Michael Shehata, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · West Hollywood, CA
- Andrew Zadeh, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · West Hollywood, CA
- Christopher P. Porterfield, MD FACC Cardiac Electrophysiology · Aurora, CO
- Robert Fishel, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Atlantis, FL
- David N. Kenigsberg, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Usman R. Siddiqui, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Winter Park, FL
- Amit K. Mehrotra, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Peoria, IL
- Pratik Patel, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Munster, IN
- Amit C. Patel, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Indianapolis, IN
- Kristin E. Ellison, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington, KY
- Gery F. Tomassoni, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington, KY
- Theofanie Mela, MD Cardiology · Boston, MA
- Nathan J. Foster, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Farmington Hills, MI
- Jihn Han, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ypsilanti, MI
- Sohail A. Hassan, M.D. Cardiology · Dearborn, MI
- Ahmad M. Mizyed, MD Cardiology · Ypsilanti, MI
- Qaiser Shafiq, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Southgate, MI
- Michael A. Samara, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Minneapolis, MN
- Rafiq Ramadan, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Saint Louis, MO
- Eve L. Gillespie, MD Cardiology · Kalispell, MT
- Sameh K. Mobarek, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cary, NC
- John D. Rhyner, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Asheville, NC
- Emad F. Aziz, D.O., M.B., CH.B. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Newark, NJ
- Benjamin D'souza, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cherry Hill, NJ
- Suneet Mittal, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Paramus, NJ
- Heath E. Saltzman, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cherry Hill, NJ
- Abhishek Singh, M.D., PHD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Morristown, NJ
- Ranjit Suri, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
- Ivan T. Cakulev, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OH
- Jack Z. Li, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Toledo, OH
- Dilesh Patel, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cincinnati, OH
- Hemindermeet Singh, M.D, Cardiology · Perrysburg, OH
- Ajay Vallakati, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Columbus, OH
- Charles C. Te, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Oklahoma City, OK
- Matthew A. Bernabei, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lancaster, PA
- John P. Boehmer, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Hershey, PA
- Sheetal Chandhok, MD Cardiology · Bryn Mawr, PA
- John Costello, D.O. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Jared Green, DO Cardiology · West Reading, PA
- Roberto P. Hodara Friedmann, MD Cardiology · Harrisburg, PA
- Sandeep Jain Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pittsburgh, PA
- Bonnie Ky, MD Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Matthew M. Lander, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PA
- Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Steven A. Roberts, M.D. Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Christopher M. Schulze, DO Cardiac Electrophysiology · Yardley, PA
- George C. Shaw, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pittsburgh, PA
- Steven M. Stevens, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Bethlehem, PA
- Isaac R. Whitman, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Rohit Mehta, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Florence, SC
- Robert C. Canby, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Austin, TX
- Mihail G. Chelu, M.D., PH.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TX
- Ajith P. Nair, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Houston, TX
- Ali M. Nasur, M.D. Cardiology · El Paso, TX
- Hemal M. Nayak, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Antonio, TX
- Stanislav Weiner, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Longview, TX
- Phi Wiegn, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Dallas, TX
- Karoly Kaszala, M.D., PH.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · Richmond, VA
- Guru P. Mohanty, M.D. Cardiac Electrophysiology · North Chesterfield, VA
- Matthew Sackett, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lynchburg, VA
- Ameer Kabour, MD Cardiology · Appleton, WI
- Imran K. Niazi, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology · Milwaukee, WI
- Maninder Bedi, MD Cardiology · Weirton, WV
- Carlos A. Rueda Rios, M.D Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Huntington, WV
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, PA $79,650
- Allegheny Singer Research Institute $47,510
- Osf Healthcare Cardiovascular Institute $35,968
- The University of Arizona $29,129
- Trinity Health-Michigan $23,380
- Cardiovascular Associates of Mesa PC $21,950
- The Pennsylvania State University $20,394
- Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital, VA $18,080
- Henry Ford Health Hospital, MI $16,023
- University of Southern California $13,448
- Ohio State University State Health System, OH $13,030
- UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals, PA $11,700
- Massachusetts General Hospital, MA $11,210
- Albert Einstein Healthcare Network $10,830
- Baptist Health Lexington, KY $10,800
- Ascension St Vincent Hospital, IN $10,783
- Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation $10,135
- Reading Hospital, PA $10,073
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $9,274
- Temple University Hospital, PA $9,200
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation $9,150
- Baylor St Lukes Medical Center, TX $9,146
- Aurora Research Institute, LLC. $7,586
- Florida Heart Rhythm Specialists PLLC $7,235
- Morristown Medical Center, NJ $7,193
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA $7,145
- Uh Cleveland Medical Center, OH $7,137
- Christus Mother Frances Hospital, TX $7,008
- Dallas VA Research Corporation $6,800
- Rutgers the State University of Nj $6,598
- Cardiovascular Research Center LLC $6,321
- Marshall Cardiology $5,950
- Richmond Institute for Veterans Research (rivr) $5,875
- Texan Cardiovascular Institute $5,525
- St. Luke's Health Network, Inc. $5,385
- Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center, AZ $4,351
- Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc-Dba Clinical Research $4,149
- Valley Clinical Trials $4,140
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital Foundation $4,030
- University of Pittsburgh Physicians $3,983
- Atrium Health $3,751
- Trihealth - Hatton Research $3,433
- St Louis Heart & Vascular PC $3,343
- Adventhealth Orlando, FL $3,119
- Cardiovascular Society of Arizona $3,050
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PA $3,000
- Chan Heart Rhythm Institute $2,900
- Sarah Cannon Research Institute $2,673
- The Valley Hospital $2,641
- Promedica Toledo Hospital, OH $2,157
- Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association $2,150
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation $2,100
- Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia $2,064
- University of Kentucky $1,802
- Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce, NC $1,796
- Arizona Cardiovascular Research Center $1,750
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, NJ $1,683
- Cardiovascular Institute of San Diego Inc $1,658
- Logan Health Medical Center, MT $1,658
- Virtua Health Inc. $1,400
- Cardiovascular Assoc Delaware Valley - Cadv $1,125
- Pima Heart and Vascular $1,040
- HCA Medical Center of Aurora $949
- Lancaster General Hospital, PA $900
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, PA $900
- Nc Heart and Vascular Research LLC $780
- Icahn School of Medicine Mt. Sinai $608
- Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc-Dba-The Community Hospital $500
- HCA Florida Jfk Hospital, FL $300
- Downriver Heart and Vascular $300
- Cardio Fresno Asc LLC $86
- Regional Cardiac Arrhythmia $75
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.