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Our clinical trials

BHF funds clinical trials that make a difference to people with all types of heart and circulatory disease. Here you can discover the findings of our current and previous trials.

What are clinical trials?

 
Clinical trials are medical research studies involving patient volunteers. They are carried out to: 
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  • find better ways to prevent, diagnose or treat disease 
  • provide crucial evidence that diagnostic tests or treatments are safe and effective.   
Whether the results are positive or negative, these studies help answer key questions for both patients with cardiovascular disease and their clinicians.

Current clinical trials

We are currently supporting 46 clinical trials worth around £37m. We fund trials across a broad range of heart and circulatory conditions, and their risk factors, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease. 

Explore our current clinical trials

Our completed trials: key studies

RESTART

This trial tested whether it is safe to restart antiplatelet drugs, such as aspirin, after a brain haemorrhage. A brain haemorrhage is a type of stroke. 

Read about the RESTART trial

IRONMAN 

Many people with heart failure also lack iron in their blood. IRONMAN examined whether iron injections can help improve the health of people with heart failure.  

Read about the IRONMAN trial

CorMicA

Researchers tested whether extra scans could help doctors treat angina patients without artery blockages and improve their wellbeing. 

Read about the CorMicA trial

Other completed trials

Browse our trials by condition

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Our research

Find out more about our dedicated researchers, our research successes and other projects we're currently working on. 

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Donating to our lifesaving research

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To find out more, or to support British Heart Foundation’s work, please visit www.bhf.org.uk. You can speak to one of our cardiac nurses by calling our helpline on 0808 802 1234 (freephone), Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. For general customer service enquiries, please call 0300 330 3322, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547. Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426