Compare Remote Patient Management and Standard Care in CRT-D and ICD-patients to Assess the Effect on Heart Failure

NCT ID: NCT00730548

Last Updated: 2025-07-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-30

Study Completion Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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This pilot study is to prospectively evaluate the benefit of clinicians being able to access ICD device information in a timelier manner and treat fluid overload with a pre-defined pattern using the Medtronic OptiVol, Medtronic CareAlerts and Medtronic CareLink in Conexus-enabled devices (remote arm) as compared to the same devices without Medtronic OptiVol, Medtronic CareAlerts and Medtronic CareLink available to the treating physician (standard arm).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Failure Ventricular Tachycardia Cardiac Desynchronization

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Remote Arm (OptiVol plus Connexus Telemetry plus CareLink plus Intervention Algorithm), Clinical Management Alerts ON

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Device triggered remote telephone contact because of Care Alert

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Care Alerts on, physician will be notified in case of an Care Alert. Depending on the outcome of the telephone contact drug adjustment and / or further interventions can be prescribed

2

No Care Alerts available, standard treatment of the patient

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Device triggered remote telephone contact because of Care Alert

Care Alerts on, physician will be notified in case of an Care Alert. Depending on the outcome of the telephone contact drug adjustment and / or further interventions can be prescribed

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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OptiVol CareLink Medtronic Concerto Medtronic Consulta Medtronic Secura Medtronic Virtuoso

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Implantation of a market-approved Medtronic Connexus CRT-D- or DR-ICD-device
* Patient consents to study
* Ability to replace follow-ups with CareLink follow-ups
* Ability to attend all follow-ups at study center

Exclusion Criteria

* Permanent AF
* Less than 18 years of age
* Life expectancy less than 15 months
* Participation in another clinical study
* Pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medtronic

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Markus Zabel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital of Goettingen

Locations

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University Hospital of Goettingen

Göttingen, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Zabel M, Vollmann D, Luthje L, Seegers J, Sohns C, Zenker D, Hasenfuss G. Randomized Clinical evaluatiON of wireless fluid monitoriNg and rEmote ICD managemenT using OptiVol alert-based predefined management to reduce cardiac decompensation and health care utilization: the CONNECT-OptiVol study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Jan;34(1):109-16. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.10.001. Epub 2012 Oct 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23073567 (View on PubMed)

Luthje L, Vollmann D, Seegers J, Sohns C, Hasenfuss G, Zabel M. A randomized study of remote monitoring and fluid monitoring for the management of patients with implanted cardiac arrhythmia devices. Europace. 2015 Aug;17(8):1276-81. doi: 10.1093/europace/euv039. Epub 2015 May 17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25983310 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CEN_G_CA_7

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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