Clinical development based on scientific experience
and sophisticated methodologies
and sophisticated methodologies
Clinical trials
The Bulgarian Cardiac Institute, in collaboration with the pharmacological industry, takes an active part in the clinical development of medicine through healthcare data evaluation, innovative healthcare technologies, improved methodology and clinical experience.
All clinical trials are performed according to the European and Bulgarian legislation requirements and the good clinical practice.
In November 2022, Heart and Brain successfully passed an inspection conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with following assessment: ,,no significant observations, with recognition of the openness of the clinical centre”.
Area | Research Centre | Principal Investigator | Condition or disease | Completed | Ongoing |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Pleven | Dr Valentin Hristov | Type2 Diabetes; Dyslipidemia | X | |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Pleven | Dr Valentin Hristov | Cardiovascular Disease | X | |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Pleven | Dr Valentin Hristov | Myocardial Infarction | X | |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Pleven | Dr Valentin Hristov | Atrial Fibrillation | X | |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Varna | Prof. Nikolay Penkov | Acute Coronary Syndrome | X | |
Cardiology | Cardiology Hospital Varna | Prof. Nikolay Penkov | High cholesterol | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | COVID-19 | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | COVID-19 | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | COVID-19 | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | COVID-19 | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Hypertension | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Hypertension | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Cardiovascular Risk, Chronic Kidney Disease, Inflammation | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Myocardial Infarction | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Iana Simova | Cardiovascular Disease | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Focal seizures in adult subjects with drug-resistant focal epilepsy | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Focal seizures in adult subjects with drug-resistant focal epilepsy | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Migraine | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Parkinson’s disease | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | COVID-19 | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Parkinson’s disease | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Progressive multiple sclerosis | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis | X | |
Neurology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Prof. Plamen Bozhinov | Stereotyped, prolonged seizures | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Squamous Cell Non Small Cell Lung Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma; Colorectal Cancer; Advanced Cancer; Solid Tumor, Adult | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Cutaneous Squamous Cell; Carcinoma Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | ER-Positive HER2-Negative Breast Cancer | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Breast Neoplasms; Breast Cancer; HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Locally Advanced or Metastatic Unresectable Urothelial Cancer | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer | X | |
Oncology | Heart and Brain Pleven | Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | X | |
Cardiology | Heart and Brain Burgas | Assoc. Prof. Lilyana Mircheva | Prevention of Stroke or Systemic Embolism; Atrial Fibrillation | X | |
Neurology (Medical Imaging Department ) | Heart and Brain Burgas | Prof. Ivan Dimitrov (with Ass. Prof. Lachezar Manchev) | Multiple Sclerosis | X |
Status: March 2023; the list is not exhaustive.