Virtual Heart Failure Clinic to Improve Recovery and Outcomes After Hospitalization

What this Trial Is About

Heart failure is a common and serious condition that leads to many hospital visits and deaths worldwide. Access to specialized heart failure clinics is limited, although such care can improve patient outcomes. This international, multicenter randomized controlled trial called VICTORY-HF is studying whether adding a virtual heart failure clinic to routine care can improve medication use and health outcomes for patients recently discharged after hospitalization or urgent care for heart failure. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either 90 days of virtual heart failure clinic care plus routine care or routine care alone. The virtual clinic offers structured remote follow-up, monitoring of physiological measures, and optimization of guideline-directed medical therapies. The trial will evaluate the effects of this intervention on medication use, patient-reported health status, mortality, hospital readmissions, and emergency visits. Participants will be followed for 90 days during the virtual clinic intervention, with co-primary outcomes measured at 90 and 180 days. Assessments include monitoring of clinical events, medication optimization, and healthcare utilization. The follow-up period includes clinic visits and data collection to evaluate the impact of virtual care on recovery and health status after heart failure hospitalization.

VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization