Status:

UNKNOWN

Cost-Effectiveness of Routine Follow-up Visits in Patients With a Pacemaker: The Followpace Study

Lead Sponsor:

UMC Utrecht

Collaborating Sponsors:

College of Health Insurers/Society of Academic Hospitals,

Dutch Working Group on Cardiac Pacing,

Conditions:

Arrhythmia

Heart Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The overall objective of the study is to quantify the true prognostic value and cost-effectiveness of routine follow-up visits in patients who receive an approved pacemaker of any type for the first t...

Detailed Description

Specific objectives : * To determine the incidence of complications occurring in the first year after implantation of a pacemaker. * To determine the quality of life at one year after pacemaker impla...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Each patient aged 18 years or over receiving a pacemaker for the first time in one of the participating Dutch pacemaker implanting centers, is a potential candidate for the study.

Exclusion

  • Patients are not eligible if they refuse to sign informed consent on use of personal medical data.
  • Patients who are taking any investigational (new) drug or have a non-approved or investigational pacemaker system which requires unusual follow-up regarding the pacemaker
  • Patients having diseases that are likely to cause death or significant morbidity during the study period such as neoplasia and immune, infectious or degenerative diseases will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2003

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

1526 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00135174

Start Date

September 1 2003

End Date

January 1 2012

Last Update

June 17 2008

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Julius Center for Primary Care and Health Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 GA