Status:

COMPLETED

A Multifaceted Nurse-based Strategy Reduces HEart FaiLure Morbidity in PatiENts Admitted for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Brazil

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Conditions:

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The home based intervention is a multidisciplinary approach that has shown benefit in the follow-up of patients with Heart Failure (HF). It is considered one of the most effective approaches and human...

Detailed Description

The epidemiological picture of cardiovascular disease in which the IC sets itself as the leading cause of readmissions in the National Health System and that has not changed over the years, undertake ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients of both sexes, aged 18 years or above, with a diagnosis of heart failure with systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction ≤ 45%), hospitalized for decompensation of HF
  • Who agree to participate in the study by signing the Informed Consent.

Exclusion

  • Patients with communication disabilities and people with degenerative neurological diseases.
  • Are also excluded patients who presented acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the last 6 months before randomization
  • Patients with renal, hepatic, pulmonary or systemic disease that may confuse the interpretation of the findings or result in limited life expectancy
  • Surgical plan or therapeutic that might influence the follow-up
  • Pregnancy, diagnosis of acute heart failure secondary to:
  • sepsis
  • myocarditis
  • myocardial infarction
  • acute peripartum and other cause
  • Have no interest in receiving home visits
  • Living at a distance greater than 10 km from the hospital of origin
  • Not be able to contact by telephone.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

252 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01213875

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

January 3 2014

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Post Graduated Program

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90035003