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RecruitingNCT02880618HFrEFUpdated Sep 11, 2026

BAROSTIM THERAPY™ in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

An observational study in Heart Failure, sponsored by CVRx, Inc.. Recruiting at 30 sites in 2 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-11.

Sponsored by CVRx, Inc. · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Dec 2016; still recruiting 9 years 10 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
500
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this registry (NCT02880618) is to evaluate the effect of BAROSTIM THERAPY with the BAROSTIM NEO System in the commercial setting in subjects recently implanted under the CE-Marked indication for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

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Summary:

The CVRx BAROSTIM THERAPY in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) Registry will be performed with subjects who have been recently implanted with the BAROSTIM NEO System in accordance with CE-Mark approved criteria for heart failure. Subjects must be enrolled within 30 days from implant. Up to 500 subjects will be enrolled at up to 50 sites. Data should be obtained from standard of care measurements taken prior to implant, at enrollment/baseline, and at 3, 6, and 12 months after the device was implanted, at which time each subject will be exited from the registry.

Eligibility:

Subjects can be included in the Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Registry if they were implanted in the past 30 days and meet the CE-Mark approved indications, and are not contraindicated, for the BAROSTIM NEO System in the treatment of heart failure. The BAROSTIM NEO System is indicated for subjects with heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional Class III and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 35% despite being treated with the appropriate heart failure guideline directed therapy.

The contraindications are:

  • Bilateral carotid bifurcations located above the level of the mandible
  • Baroreflex failure or autonomic neuropathy
  • Uncontrolled, symptomatic cardiac bradyarrhythmias
  • Carotid atherosclerosis that is determined by ultrasound or angiographic evaluation to be greater than 50%
  • Ulcerative plaques in the carotid artery as determined by ultrasound or angiographic evaluation

Objectives:

To describe change in the following measures at 3, 6 and 12 months compared to pre-implant baseline:

  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class
  • Six Minute Hall Walk
  • Echocardiogram measures
  • Biomarkers (e.g. NT-pro BNP, eGFR, Troponin HsT, Cystatin C).

Evaluate health care utilization over follow-up, such as heart failure hospitalizations.

Describe device programming and utilization

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Conditions studied

  • Heart Failure

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In context

Heart Failure

6,331 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,396 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 200 across 1,983 observational studies indexed under Heart Failure.

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Lead sponsor

CVRx, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (50%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Subjects can be included in the Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Registry if they were implanted in the past 30 days and meet the CE-Mark approved indications, and are not contraindicated, for the BAROSTIM NEO System in the treatment of heart failure.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subject has heart failure, defined as (NYHA) functional Class III and (LVEF) ≤ 35% despite being treated with the appropriate heart failure guideline directed therapy
  • Subject has been implanted with the BAROSTIM NEO System in the past 30 days
  • Subject has signed an Ethics Committee approved form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Bilateral carotid bifurcations located above the level of the mandible
  • Baroreflex failure or autonomic neuropathy
  • Uncontrolled, symptomatic cardiac bradyarrhythmias
  • Carotid atherosclerosis that is determined by ultrasound or angiographic evaluation to be greater than 50%
  • Ulcerative plaques in the carotid artery as determined by ultrasound or angiographic evaluation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
500 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
12 Months
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • DeviceBarostim Neo™ System
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in New York Heart Association Functional Classification at 6 months Post-Implant

    To demonstrate that that treatment with BAROSTIM NEO improves New York Heart Association classification.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months post-implant

  2. Change in Six Minute Hall Walk from Baseline to 6 months Post-Implant

    To demonstrate that that treatment with BAROSTIM NEO improves six-minute hall walk performance.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months post-implant

  3. Left Ventricular Mass Index Change from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Implant

    To demonstrate that that treatment with BAROSTIM NEO reduces left ventricular mass index.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months post-implant

  4. Change in Biomarkers from Baseline to 6 months Post-Implant (e.g. NT-pro BNP, eGFR, Troponin HsT, Cystatin C)

    To demonstrate that that treatment with BAROSTIM NEO improves biomarker results.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months post-implant

  5. Number of Hospitalizations over Follow-Up

    To demonstrate that that treatment with BAROSTIM NEO reduces hospitalizations.

    Time frame: 12 months post-implant

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Study locations

5 of 30 sites recruiting
  • Albertinen-Krankenhaus
    Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg 22457, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Herzzentrum Bad Oyenhausen
    Bad Oeynhausen, 32545, Germany
    Recruiting
    • Birgit Wellmann · ContactBwellmann@hdz-nrw.de · +49 5721 973327
    • Klaus-Jürgen Gutleben · Principal investigator
  • Berlin Charité & Deutschen Herzzentrum Berlin
    Berlin, 12203, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum
    Berlin, 13353, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg
    Bernau, 16321, Germany
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  • Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum am Küchwald GmbH
    Chemnitz, 09113, Germany
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  • Universitätsklinikum Köln Herzzentrum
    Cologne, 50937, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Lippe Klinikum
    Detmold, 32756, Germany
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  • Dresden Friedrichstadt
    Dresden, 01067, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Herzzentrum Dresden - Interventionelle Kardiologie
    Dresden, 01307, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Herzzentrum Dresden, Elektrophysiologie
    Dresden, 01307, Germany
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  • Uniklinik Frankfurt
    Frankfurt, 60590, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg
    Giessen, 35392, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Herzzentrum Göttingen
    Göttingen, 37075, Germany
    Terminated

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  • Asklepios Klinik Altona
    Hamburg, 22763, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • St. Barbara Klinik Hamm
    Hamm, 59073, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
    Hanover, 30625, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Kardiologie im Klinikum Ingolstadt
    Ingolstadt, 85049, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel
    Kiel, 24105, Germany
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  • Herzentrum Lahr
    Lahr, 77933, Germany
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  • Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
    Leipzig, 04109, Germany
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  • Leipzig St. Georg
    Leipzig, 04129, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinik Mainz
    Mainz, 55131, Germany
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  • Clemenshospital Münster
    Münster, 48153, Germany
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  • St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus
    Paderborn, 33098, Germany
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  • Universitätsklinikum Regensburg
    Regensburg, 93053, Germany
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  • Marienkrankenhaus Siegen
    Siegen, 57072, Germany
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  • Krankenhaus & MVZ Maria-Hilf Stadtlohn GmbH
    Stadtlohn, 48970, Germany
    Active, not recruiting

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  • Klinikum Tuttlingen
    Tuttlingen, 78532, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura "Giovanni Paolo II"
    Campobasso, 86100, Italy
    Active, not recruiting

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References and documents

Publications

  • Abraham WT, Zile MR, Weaver FA, Butter C, Ducharme A, Halbach M, Klug D, Lovett EG, Muller-Ehmsen J, Schafer JE, Senni M, Swarup V, Wachter R, Little WC. Baroreflex Activation Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure With a Reduced Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Jun;3(6):487-496. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 May 14. PubMed 25982108 ↗
  • Zile MR, Abraham WT, Weaver FA, Butter C, Ducharme A, Halbach M, Klug D, Lovett EG, Muller-Ehmsen J, Schafer JE, Senni M, Swarup V, Wachter R, Little WC. Baroreflex activation therapy for the treatment of heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction: safety and efficacy in patients with and without cardiac resynchronization therapy. Eur J Heart Fail. 2015 Oct;17(10):1066-74. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.299. Epub 2015 Jun 10. PubMed 26011593 ↗
  • Gronda E, Seravalle G, Brambilla G, Costantino G, Casini A, Alsheraei A, Lovett EG, Mancia G, Grassi G. Chronic baroreflex activation effects on sympathetic nerve traffic, baroreflex function, and cardiac haemodynamics in heart failure: a proof-of-concept study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2014 Sep;16(9):977-83. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.138. Epub 2014 Jul 28. PubMed 25067799 ↗
  • Gronda E, Seravalle G, Trevano FQ, Costantino G, Casini A, Alsheraei A, Lovett EG, Vanoli E, Mancia G, Grassi G. Long-term chronic baroreflex activation: persistent efficacy in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. J Hypertens. 2015 Aug;33(8):1704-8. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000603. PubMed 26132760 ↗
  • Weaver FA, Abraham WT, Little WC, Butter C, Ducharme A, Halbach M, Klug D, Lovett EG, Madershahian N, Muller-Ehmsen J, Schafer JE, Senni M, Swarup V, Wachter R, Zile MR. Surgical Experience and Long-term Results of Baroreflex Activation Therapy for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Summer;28(2):320-328. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2016.04.017. Epub 2016 Jun 2. PubMed 28043438 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 11, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02880618
Lead sponsor
CVRx, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 26, 2016
Start date
Dec 13, 2016
Primary completion
Jul 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 11, 2026

Study contacts

Nicole Baumann
Contact
nbaumann@cvrx.com
763-416-2331
Jochen Müller-Ehmsen, PhD
study chair · Asklepios Klinik Altona

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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