Status:
COMPLETED
Remote Monitoring of Patients With CHF in Central Greece
Lead Sponsor:
Regional Health Authority of Sterea & Thessaly
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry for Health and Social Solidarity, Greece
Municipality of Trikala, Greece
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether telemonitoring of patients with chronic heart failure produces a reduction in the combined end point of all cause mortality and number of hospitalisati...
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to the evaluate the use of a mobile and PSTN phone-based telehealth platform will be able to produce a reduction in the combined end point of all cause mortality, will hav...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 65 years.
- Discharge from hospital after acute heart failure in the previous 3 months and FE \< 40% or FE \> 40% plus BNP \> 400 (or plus NT-proBNP\>1500) during hospitalization
Exclusion
- Comorbidities prevalent on CHF with life expectation \< 12 months.
- Inability to use the equipment and help at home not available.
- Myocardial infarction or percutaneous coronary intervention in the last 3 months.
- Coronary artery bypass, valve substitution or correction in the last 6 months or scheduled.
- Being on waiting list for heart transplantation.
- Being enrolled in other trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01503463
Start Date
March 1 2011
End Date
January 1 2014
Last Update
March 20 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Cardiology Department - Regional University Hospital of Larisa
Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, 41110