N/A
N=94
Heart at Home- a Self-care Study
Heart Failure
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01759368 ↗Enrolled (actual)
94
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of HF-related Hospital Days — 0.7; 1.4 number of days
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Telemonitoring assisted self-care (Device)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Primary completion
- Mar 2012
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of HF-related Hospital Days |
0.7; 1.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Death |
0; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY Heart Transplant |
0; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY P-proBNP |
-198; -50 | — |
| SECONDARY EHFSBS (European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale ) Scores |
-5.0; -3.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction |
5.0; 4.2 | — |
| SECONDARY Utilization of Health Care Resources |
4.5; 2.7 | — |
Summary
In the study benefits of using mobile phone assisted remote patient monitoring including self-measurements of blood pressure, heart rate and weight as well as monitoring of personal health status are investigated in the care of heart failure patients.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- diagnosis of systolic heart failure
- NYHA (New York Heart Association) classification > 1
- left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 35%
- need for a regular control visit
- time from the last visit no longer than 6 months
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who were known to enter a major medical operation
- severe comorbidity,
- participation in other clinical trial during last three months-
- poor compliance in terms of familiarity with mobile phone
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01759368). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.