HEART
Research
The field of transplantation is one of rapid growth and development. Texas Transplant Group Physicians are committed to research and offer clinical trials to patients as a means of improving quality of care now and in the future. Physicians with the Texas Transplant Physician Group are actively involved in different clinical trials that explore state-of-the-art therapies for a wide range of diseases.
A clinical trial is a research treatment regimen designed to answer specific questions about new therapies or new ways of using known treatments. Clinical trials are used to determine whether new drugs or treatments are both safe, effective, and demonstrate an improvement over current treatment regimens.
Heart failure trials are available to patients who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation. Program physicians explore ways to improve heart failure symptoms with both commercially available drugs and other innovative methods of treating this crippling disease. Texas Transplant Institute also conducts trials with cardiac assist devices for severely ill patients who do not respond to standard drug therapies.
To view a list of current clinical trials and review a glossary of clinical terms click below:
Current Heart Failure/Transplant Trials
Glossary of Clinical Terms
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Texas Transplant Institute
7711 Louis Pasteur, Suite 707
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(210) 575-4238