Optimising Congestive Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic Project
NCT ID: NCT01671995
Last Updated: 2012-08-24
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
208 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
1996-01-31
2001-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Nurse monitored heart failure program
To assess whether a nurse monitored management programme at the hospital outpatient clinic would improve quality of life, as compared to standard primary health care.
Nurse monitored heart failure program
Standard program for a heart failure clinic with information, education, drug titration
Standard primary health care
To assess whether a nurse monitored management programme at the hospital outpatient clinic would improve quality of life, as compared to standard primary health care.
Standard primary health care
Standard care in primary care according to national guidelines but at the discretion of the primary care caregiver
Interventions
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Nurse monitored heart failure program
Standard program for a heart failure clinic with information, education, drug titration
Standard primary health care
Standard care in primary care according to national guidelines but at the discretion of the primary care caregiver
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Hospitalized with heart failure according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV
* Left ventricular systolic dysfunction with an ejection fraction below 0.45, by echocardiography
Exclusion Criteria
* Valvular stenosis
* Dementia
* Severe concomitant disease
* Refusal to participate.
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Region Stockholm
OTHER_GOV
Karolinska Institutet
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Thomas Kahan
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Magnus Edner, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Karolinska Institutet
Locations
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Danderyd University Hospital Corp
Stockholm, , Sweden
Countries
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References
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Mejhert M, Kahan T, Persson H, Edner M. Limited long term effects of a management programme for heart failure. Heart. 2004 Sep;90(9):1010-5. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014407.
Mejhert M, Linder-Klingsell E, Edner M, Kahan T, Persson H. Ventilatory variables are strong prognostic markers in elderly patients with heart failure. Heart. 2002 Sep;88(3):239-43. doi: 10.1136/heart.88.3.239.
Mejhert M, Kahan T, Persson H, Edner M. Predicting readmissions and cardiovascular events in heart failure patients. Int J Cardiol. 2006 Apr 28;109(1):108-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.015. Epub 2005 Oct 5.
Mejhert M, Kahan T, Edner M, Persson HE. Sex differences in systolic heart failure in the elderly: the prognostic importance of left ventricular mass in women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Apr;17(3):373-81. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0487.
Other Identifiers
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OPTIMAL
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id