Status:
COMPLETED
Reducing Readmission for Frail Elderly Patients With Decompensated Heart Failure
Lead Sponsor:
Jewish General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A randomized study designed to determine whether telephone based interventions can prevent return hospital visits for elderly and frail patients with acute symptoms of heart failure. Specifically, the...
Detailed Description
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a common illness in Canadian emergency departments (ED). The frail subset of elderly patients with ADHF is challenging to treat, use a large proportion of a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who presented to the ED and who are being discharged with a primary or secondary diagnosis of ADHF
- Age ≥ 65
- Frailty, defined as a FRAIL score \>=3/5 or Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score \>=5/9
- Informed consent provided by the patient or proxy
Exclusion
- Significant dementia or active delirium
- Severe frailty, defined as a CFS score \>=8/9
- Prohibitive language barrier
- Primary address outside of Quebec
- Patient deemed to be palliative or moribund by treating team
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03246035
Start Date
March 1 2018
End Date
March 1 2022
Last Update
October 14 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2