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Telemonitoring in Patients With Heart Failure

NCT00502255 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 382

Last updated 2015-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if telemonitoring results in a decrease in hospital admissions, with equal quality of care defined as mortality, quality of life and unplanned visits with caregivers. Telemonitoring is expected to be more cost-effective than usual care in patients with heart failure.

Conditions

  • Heart Failure, Congestive

Interventions

DEVICE

Health Buddy system

Patients are followed on distance by the Health Buddy system.

DEVICE

Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure

Health Buddy in patients home situation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hubertus J Vrijhoef, Dr · University Maastricht

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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