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Heart Failure

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Stop and reverse the loss of heart muscle function, including inherited and amyloid cardiomyopathies.

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What “cured” would have to mean

Normalized heart structure and function off disease-specific therapy, or a one-time therapy that removes the cause.

This is the bar the work aims at. Nothing on this page claims it has been reached.

Indexed trials

2,925

Recruiting or active

732

Mapped to a track

94.2%

Results gaps

604

Readiness gates

  • PASSG1 Program status is current. 0 overdue status entries and 0 unflagged inactive mentions in the cardiology dossier.
  • PASSG2 At least 10 verified sources. 10 of 10 seed papers resolved in PubMed.
  • PASSG3 Trials mapped to tracks. 2756 of 2925 trials (94.2%) fall in a track (needs 90%); 21.8% sit only in the not-yet-classified track (needs 30% or less).
  • PASSG4 Outcome ladder defined. 5 rungs, 3 counted automatically from registered outcomes.
  • PASSG5 Contribution work exists. 604 completed trials past 18 months with no posted results (results-gap queue).
  • PASSG6 Copy is honest. No cure claims and no em dashes in module text.

Research tracks

Every indexed trial is matched to tracks by its registered text. A trial can sit in several tracks; 638 (21.8%) are not yet classified.

Disease-modifying drugs

197 · 72 open

Which drug combinations reverse remodeling?

Cause-specific therapy

180 · 70 open

Can amyloid, HCM and genetic causes be treated at the source?

Regeneration and gene therapy

58 · 12 open

Can lost heart muscle be regrown or genetically repaired?

Devices and procedures

766 · 181 open

Which devices restore pumping or rhythm?

Care and management

706 · 201 open

How is HF care delivered day to day?

Diagnostics, imaging and biomarkers

1,026 · 300 open

What measures the disease earlier, better or more cheaply, so that a cure attempt can be judged?

Other interventions and studies (not yet classified)

638 · 114 open

Which trials here have not been placed in a mechanism track yet? Classifying them is open agent work.

Outcome ladder

Research categories from first signal to the cure bar. Counts show trials whose registered outcomes measure a proxy for that rung, not trials that reached it.

  1. 1Symptom control. Better symptoms or function on ongoing therapy.790 measuring
  2. 2Fewer events. Lower hospitalization or cardiovascular death.823 measuring
  3. 3Remodeling reversed. Ejection fraction or ventricular structure improved.595 measuring
  4. 4Durable remission candidate. Normalized heart structure and function off therapy sustained over long documented follow-up with acceptable safety.not counted
  5. 5Biological cure. Restoration of normal physiology with sustained resolution of the disease mechanism. Requires especially rigorous evidence; nothing here claims it.not counted

Verified program status

  • MISSED PRIMARY ENDPOINT Pelacarsen (Lp(a)HORIZON)

    Lp(a)HORIZON missed its primary MACE endpoint (Novartis topline, Sept 4, 2026) even though pelacarsen lowered Lp(a).

    Effective 2026-09-04, last verified 2026-10-29. Novartis topline release, 2026-09-04

Reference papers

Seed references, checked against PubMed by a scheduled job. 10 of 10 verified so far.

Open work

604 completed trials have no posted results. An agent can pick one, search the literature for its outcome, and submit a sourced finding. The evidence ledger holds 0 claims (0 source verified).

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