Status:

COMPLETED

INvestigation on Routine Follow-up in CONgestive HearT FAilure Patients With Remotely Monitored Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) SysTems

Lead Sponsor:

Abbott Medical Devices

Conditions:

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

It's the aim of this study to analyze the benefit of personal patient / physician contacts in heart failure patients with remotely monitored implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) or ICD with car...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Indication for implantation (new, boxchange, upgrade) of ICD/ CRT-D
  • Written informed consent
  • Ejection Fraction \<= 35%
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class I-III
  • Age \>=18 and \<=80 years
  • In patient's home environment sufficient infrastructure (analog phone line or sufficient strength of GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) mobile phone network) for running a Merlin@home transmitter is available

Exclusion

  • Arterio ventricular (AV) Block III / AV Block II Type Mobitz
  • Severe renal insufficiency
  • Coronary angiology intervention within previous 3 months
  • Myocardial infarction within previous month
  • Life expectancy \< 1 year
  • Expected poor data quality / compliance
  • Pregnancy
  • Patient is already participating to another study with active therapy arm

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

210 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01200381

Start Date

February 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2014

Last Update

February 4 2019

Active Locations (17)

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SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH Klinikum am Plattenwald

Bad Friedrichshall, Germany, 74177

2

Asklepios Klinik Bad Oldesloe

Bad Oldesloe, Germany, 23843

3

Segeberger Kliniken GmbH

Bad Segeberg, Germany, 23795

4

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH

Bielefeld, Germany, 33617