Diuretics Alone vs. Aortix Endovascular Device for Acute Heart Failure
Recruiting · Not applicable · NCT05677100
Conditions: Heart Failure, Cardiorenal Syndrome, Cardio-Renal Syndrome, ADHF, Heart Failure, Systolic, Heart Failure, Diastolic, Heart Failure, With Decompensation, Heart Failure, Congestive
At a glance
- Research payments reported, 2025
- $1.8M
- U.S. investigators named
- 51
- Sites paid
- 45
- Planned or actual enrollment
- 320
About the trial
- Sponsor
- Procyrion
- Tested
- Aortix System (device)
- Dates
- Started 2023-08-23; completion 2028-08
- Results posted
- Not yet
Aortix is a circulatory support device for chronic heart failure patients on medical management who have been hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and have persistent congestion despite usual medical therapy. Eligible ADHF patients with diuretic resistance (irrespective of ejection fraction) will be enrolled and randomized 1:1 to either the Aortix system or standard of care medical management.
From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-25. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)
Industry funding
Procyrion, Inc. reported $1.8M in research payments for this study in 2025 (48 payments).
Products named: Aortix System
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
- Massoud Leesar Interventional Cardiology · Birmingham, AL
- Jennifer L. Cook, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Little Rock, AR
- I-hui Chiang, MD Interventional Cardiology · Mesa, AZ
- F D. Fortuin JR., M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Phoenix, AZ
- David G. Rizik, MD Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ
- Richard Cheng, MD Cardiology · Los Angeles, CA
- Andrew J. Dublin, MD Interventional Cardiology · Walnut Creek, CA
- Liviu Klein, MD, MS Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · San Francisco, CA
- Joseph L. Yang, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Santa Clara, CA
- Lucas S. Zier, MD, MS Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA
- Oliver G. Abela, MD Hospitalist · Fort Myers, FL
- Rohit R. Amin, MD Interventional Cardiology · Pensacola, FL
- Steven C. Minear Anesthesiology · Weston, FL
- Nirav Y. Raval, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Tampa, FL
- Robby Wu, D.O. Cardiology · Tampa, FL
- Abdul Latif Bikak, M.D Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Marietta, GA
- Chandanreddy Devireddy, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Atlanta, GA
- Darshak K. Karia, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Augusta, GA
- Joaquin B. Gonzalez, MD Interventional Cardiology · Chicago, IL
- Jonathan Grinstein Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Chicago, IL
- Ali A. Valika, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Elmhurst, IL
- Bassem M. Chehab, M.D. Cardiology · Wichita, KS
- Zubair I. Shah, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, KS
- Abbas Bitar, M.D Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Ann Arbor, MI
- Gillian F. Grafton Gzym, D.O. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Detroit, MI
- Daniel S. Menees, MD Interventional Cardiology · Ann Arbor, MI
- Andres M. Vargas Estrada, MD Interventional Cardiology · Lees Summit, MO
- Alejandro Lemor, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Jackson, MS
- Marat Fudim, M.D. Cardiology · Durham, NC
- Shuktika Nandkeolyar, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Charlotte, NC
- John J. Rommel, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Wilmington, NC
- Saad S. Ahmad, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Morristown, NJ
- Donald C. Haas, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Lawrenceville, NJ
- Kumar Satya, MBBS, MRCP Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Hackensack, NJ
- Miguel Alvarez Villela, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · New York, NY
- Ashish A. Correa, MD Cardiology · New York, NY
- James J. Lyons, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Rajeev L. Narayan, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Kumudha Ramasubbu, MD Cardiology · Brooklyn, NY
- Adil Yunis, MD Critical Care Medicine · New York, NY
- Indra Bole, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Dublin, OH
- Mohammad K. Ghani, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City, OK
- Jeffrey Marbach, M.D. Cardiology · Clackamas, OR
- Hansie M. Mathelier, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Oleg Vishnevsky, M.D. Interventional Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA
- Joggy K. George, M.D. Cardiology · Houston, TX
- Sameh Sayfo Interventional Cardiology · Plano, TX
- Rami Alharethi, MD Cardiology · Murray, UT
- James D. Bergin, M.D. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Charlottesville, VA
- Hem L. Bhardwaj, MD Cardiology · Richmond, VA
- Mirnela P. Byku, MD Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology · Charlottesville, VA
Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.
Sites paid to run it
- The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $175,055
- Duke University $135,897
- The University of South Florida Board of Trustees $104,378
- University of Arizona $103,330
- Baycare Health System, Inc. $100,019
- Thomas Jefferson University $80,167
- Texas Heart Institute $79,590
- Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, NC $74,063
- Advocate Aurora Research Institute, LLC $61,609
- Tallahassee Research Institute, Inc $59,245
- Adventhealth Orlando, FL $54,536
- University of Michigan Health System, MI $54,087
- Oklahoma Cardiovascular Research Group, Inc. $52,232
- Intermountain Medical Center, UT $50,195
- Henry Ford Health Hospital, MI $47,393
- Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. $44,950
- The Ohio State University $44,462
- Baylor Scott & White Research Institute $39,525
- The University of Chicago $38,840
- Cleveland Clinic Florida $37,341
- Mayo Clinic Hospital, AZ $34,127
- Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, AZ $32,144
- Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ $27,650
- Virginia Commonwealth University $26,083
- Wellstar Health System Inc. $22,977
- University of Virginia Medical Center, VA $22,000
- John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus, CA $20,881
- Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, PA $19,062
- Emory University Hospital, GA $15,928
- Biomedical Research Alliance of New York LLC $14,980
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY $14,465
- Ohsu Hospital and Clinics, OR $13,500
- University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. $11,441
- University of Cincinnati $10,744
- Nuvance Health $9,826
- Sacred Heart Hospital, FL $9,000
- Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc., KS $7,750
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $5,800
- University of Mississippi Med Center, MS $5,418
- Cardiovascular Research Institute of Kansas, LLC $4,817
- Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. $2,980
- Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, NC $1,950
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $1,900
- Vistar Inc. $500
- The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York $473
Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.