Status:
COMPLETED
Tele-HF: Yale Heart Failure Telemonitoring Study
Lead Sponsor:
Yale University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of telemonitoring compared with usual guideline-based care in preventing hospitalization for heart failure patients.
Detailed Description
Heart failure (HF) is a common, costly condition characterized by recurrent periods of clinical decompensation that often lead to repeated hospitalizations (1, 2). Despite advances in the care of pati...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- age 18 years or older
- hospitalized for heart failure within the past 30 days
- access to telephone line
Exclusion
- not expected to survive 6 months due to irreversible, life-threatening condition
- has or scheduled for cardiac transplant or LVAD
- scheduled for CABG or PCI within 90 days
- severe valvular disease
- Folstein MMSE score less than 20
- resident of a nursing home
- currently a prisoner
- does not speak English or Spanish
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
1660 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00303212
Start Date
March 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2010
Last Update
March 30 2020
Active Locations (33)
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1
Cardiology Associates
Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36608
2
UC Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California, United States, 92868
3
UCLA Harbor Medical Center
Torrance, California, United States, 90502
4
Department of Cardiology at Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, 06610