Thiamine Supplementation to Improve Cardiac Function in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Working Hypothesis: a treatment with thiamine improves functional status and heart function of patients with congestive heart failure when on a diuretic treatment.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Luzerner Kantonsspital
• Treatments: Thiamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with stable congestive heart failure on a prescription for diuretic drugs

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute heart failure

• Foreseeable need for further changes in medication

• Current medication containing vitamins

• Patients with a creatinine above 250 μmol/l