Status:

COMPLETED

Congestive Heart Failure Pilot Study Utilizing Wireless Home Scale and Daily Symptom Monitoring

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pennsylvania

Conditions:

Congestive Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

As the population ages and medicine advances, there has been a significant shift to the management of chronic diseases. Most chronic diseases are managed using evidence based consensus guidelines but ...

Detailed Description

This study will consist of: Specific Aim 1, Perform a pilot study to evaluate the initial performance of the wireless scale and symptom monitoring system on a select number of presumed normal voluntee...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Primary diagnosis of heart failure (either systolic or diastolic) NYHA class II, III and IV
  • Physical and cognitive ability to use the device
  • Cellular phone or other portable device with "text" communication capability or daily access to the internet using a computer or laptop

Exclusion

  • Subject with life expectancy less than 6 months from any cause, or enrolled in hospice care.
  • Subject not competent or unwilling to give voluntary informed consent.
  • Subject currently participating in another home telemedicine intervention trial
  • Subjects with a left ventricular assist device or who have had a cardiac transplant
  • Dialysis upon screening or creatinine \>2.5

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

13 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03234088

Start Date

April 1 2011

End Date

August 1 2012

Last Update

July 31 2017

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104