Status:
WITHDRAWN
Heart Failure Evaluation Acute Referral Team Trial (HEARTT)
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Conditions:
Heart Failure, Congestive
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a multidisciplinary team clinic including a clinical pharmacist, a registered nurse (RN), dietician and physician providing short-term sub-acute ma...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF)accounts for morbidity and mortality in Canada. In contrast to coronary heart disease, the mortality rate attributed to HF has decreased minimally, only 14%, over the las...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with signs and symptoms of heart failure with a plan to discharge home from the ED .
Exclusion
- \< 18 years of age
- planned follow-up with Cardiology or Internal Medicine post discharge from ED
- heart transplant candidate or recipient
- current Heart Function Clinic patient
- left ventricular ejection fraction \>0.40
- unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits
- heart failure requiring admission to hospital
- patients living outside the Capital Health catchment area
- participation in another heart failure clinical trial
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00355511
Start Date
July 1 2007
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
April 28 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada