Integrated Telemonitoring and Nurse Support Evaluation

NCT ID: NCT01700218

Last Updated: 2014-11-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

350 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-31

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to test a new medical device for optimizing treatment of heart failure and compare its effect on outcome of patients with a recent hospitalization for worsening heart failure

Detailed Description

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Patients after an episode of acute heart failure have an increased risk of rehospitalisation and impaired prognosis for survival. Neither a sole mobile nurse support nor a sole telemonitoring system has been able to provide consistent data on a beneficial influence on prognosis. Furthermore, the influence of frequent measurements of NT-pro-BNP in a home setting of heart failure patients has not been investigated so far.

This study will test a new medical device (software) for optimizing treatment of heart failure patients and evaluate its impact on outcome of these patients.

Conditions

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Chronic Heart Failure

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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telemonitoring

patients in the telemonitoring arm will record vital parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, body weight) and transmit these parameters together with wellbeing and daily dose of heart failure medication

Group Type OTHER

telemonitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

control

patients in the control arm will not record any vital parameter

Group Type OTHER

control

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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telemonitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

control

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* acute systolic heart failure with admission for at least 4 consecutive days
* treatment with an ACE-inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker, beta-blocker, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist according to current ESC-guidelines
* treatment with a loop diuretic
* stable renal function (eGFR according to MDRD of at least 30ml)
* written informed consent
* minimum age of 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* unstable coronary artery disease with revascularisation of any type within the last two months
* planned revascularisation or operation for valvular heart disease within the next 6 months
* planned heart transplantation
* uncontrolled hypertension
* active myocarditis
* malignant disease with a life expectancy of less than 18 months
* chronic use of high-dose NSAID or COX-2-inhibitors
* psychiatric disorders that make it unlikely to understand the protocol
* participation in an other randomized trial
* inability to operate a smartphone
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for translational heart failure research

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical University of Graz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Friedrich M Fruhwald, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of Graz

Locations

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Medical University

Graz, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Austria

Central Contacts

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Friedrich M Fruhwald, MD

Role: CONTACT

+43-316-385 ext. 12544

Daniel Scherr, MD

Role: CONTACT

+43-316-385 ext. 12544

Facility Contacts

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Friedrich M Fruhwald, MD

Role: primary

+43-316-385 ext. 12544

Daniel Scherr, MD

Role: backup

+43-316-385 ext. 12544

Other Identifiers

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24-537 ex 11/12

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id