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Multiparametric Telemonitoring In Elderly People With Chronic Heart Failure

NCT01914588 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2013-08-02

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Summary

Heart failure is a chronic disease associated with an increasing risk of morbidity, disability, repeated hospitalizations and mortality. Telemedicine could promptly identify signs of worsening cardiac disease in order to improve elderly patients' home care and quality of life by reducing the need of hospital admissions and sanitary costs. The investigators present a randomized, parallel-group trial to test the ability of a multiparametric remote monitoring system, in addition to standard care, to promptly identify worsening of heart failure and prevent hospital admission and mortality.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Telemonitoring

Use of wearable sensors able to record peripheral oxygen saturation, heart rate, systolic, diastolic and average blood pressure, body weight, average physical activity, with automatic transmission to the monitoring central.

OTHER

Standard care

* Detailed instruction about medical therapy and lifestyle counseling * Telephonic support by a geriatrician, available from Monday to Friday, two hours/day * Follow-up visits

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Campus Bio-Medico University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, MD · Campus Bio-Medico University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-07-31

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