Heart Rhythm Disease Clinical Trials

The heart rhythm disease clinical trials team is interested in seeing how exciting new heart rhythm drugs and devices can help to improve the outcomes and quality of life for those living with the heart rhythm diseases.

Feel free to call or e-mail the Knight Cardiovascular Institute research team at 503-418-1964 or by emailing heartresearch@ohsu.edu. You will then be forwarded to the appropriate research team member who will be able to see if you qualify for any of the clinical trials being offered at OHSU. 

You can also find all the of heart failure clinical trials, that are currently enrolling patients, below. 

Clinical Trial Name				Principal Investigator	Sub Investigators	Protocol Number
aCRT-ELSYNC: Adaptive CRT Effect on Electrical Dyssynchrony				Larisa Tereshchenko, MD PhD	Charles Henrikson, MD / Eric Stecker, MD / Thomas Dewland, MD	IRB00011299
aMAZE: LEft Atrial Appendage Ligation with the Lariat Suture Delivery System as Adjunctive Therapy to Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Persistent or Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation				Charles Henrikson, MD	Thomas Dewland, MD	IRB00016514
ASAP-TOO: Assessment of the WATCHMAN Device in Patients Unsuitable for Oral Anticoagulation				Charles Henrikson, MD	Babak Nazer, MD / Catherine Wong, MD / Thomas Dewland, MD	IRB00017600
Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Refractory Arrhythmias				Babak Nazer, MD	Charles Henrikson, MD / Thomas Dewland, MD	IRB00018247
HCM Pilot Study: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Pilot Study				Larisa Tereshchenko, MD PhD	Stephen Heitner, MD	IRB00015049
LIVE-HCM/LIVE-LQTS: Exercise in Genetic Cardiovascular Conditions				Stephen Heitner, MD	Charles Henrikson, MD / Eric Stecker, MD / Katherine Bischof, PA-C / Meghan Chirpich Mannello, CGC / Seshadri Balaji, MD / Sriram Ravi, MD / Thomas Dewland, MD	IRB00012026