Rationale: Administration of loop diuretics to achieve decongestion is the current cornerstone of therapy for acute heart failure. Unfortunately, there is a lack of evidence of how to guide diuretic treatment. Recently, urinary sodium, as a response measure of diuretic response, has been proposed as a target for therapy.
The hypothesis of this study is that natriuresis guided therapy in patients with acute heart failure will improve diuretic response, decongestion, and reduce length of hospital stay, as well as heart failure rehospitalisations.
Objective: To assess the effect of natriuresis guided therapy in acute heart failure to improve diuretic response, decongestion, and clinical outcomes
Study design: Randomised, controlled, open label study
Study population: 310 patients admitted with the primary diagnosis of acute heart failure in need of intravenous loop diuretics.
Intervention: natriuresis guided treatment versus standard of care
Main study parameters/endpoints:
Co-primary outcome: total natriuresis after 24 hours and first occurrence of all-cause mortality or heart failure rehospitalisation at 6 months
Secondary outcomes: 48- and 72-hours natriuresis, length of hospital stay, percentage change in NT-proBNP at 48 and 72 hours.
