Status:
UNKNOWN
Evaluation of a Primary Care Based Heart Failure Management Program
Lead Sponsor:
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Evaluation of a primary care based (family physicians) HF management strategy in patients with heart failure in the community
Detailed Description
Cluster randomized clinical trial (family physician is cluster) evaluating a primary care based heart failure management strategy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women, age more or equal to 65 years AND
- Diagnosis of HF confirmed with the following criteria:
- Previous hospital admission for HF OR
- Definite HF confirmed with the Boston HF criteria OR
- Possible HF confirmed with the Boston HF criteria AND evidence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection function \<40%) on echocardiography, radionuclide angiography, or left ventricular angiogram documented in the patient's family physicians clinic chart.
Exclusion
- Patients with terminal illness (e.g. cancer) with a life expectancy of less than one year.
- Patients in a long-term-care facility with nursing care.
- Patients awaiting cardiac surgery for correctable causes of HF (e.g., severe valvular disease or extensive ischemia) during the study period.
- Patients expected to be away from the country during the intervention period for a duration of \>3 months.
- Patients unable or refusing to sign consent.
- Patients currently followed in the Hamilton Health Sciences HF clinic. These patients are excluded as they are currently enrolled in a HF disease management strategy.
- Patients currently enrolled in another clinical trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
October 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
170 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00182182
Start Date
July 1 2003
End Date
October 1 2006
Last Update
September 11 2006
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McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N3Z5