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Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Clinic to Improve the Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

NCT00753259 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 712

Last updated 2010-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

* Randomized controlled trial comparing specialized AF Clinic with 'care as usual'
* Hypothesis: treatment of AF patients in the AF-Clinic by a nurse, specialised in AF, using guideline-based dedicated software, under supervision of a cardiologist, is efficient, safe and not inferior to care as usual by a cardiologists.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

AF Clinic

Treatment of atrial fibrillation patients by specialized nurses, supervised by cardiologists, using dedicated software to ensure maximal adherence to AHA/ACC/ESC guidelines on atrial fibrillation treatment

OTHER

Care as Usual

Routine clinical care of atrial fibrillation patients, provided by cardiologists, without the help of specialized nurses or dedicated software.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert G Tieleman, MD PhD · Maastricht UMC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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Diseases

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