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Automated Hovering for Congestive Heart Failure Patients: A Pilot Study

NCT02689687 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study offers remote monitoring devices for weight and medication adherence, combined with behavioral economic approaches, to patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility of enrollment processes and intervention roll-out to inform a randomized controlled trial, to estimate the readmission rate of participants, and to assess if and how managing clinicians respond to weight gain alerts entered into a participant's electronic medical record.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Support partner

Participants will identify a support partner who will be contacted if the participant is non-adherent to their diuretic and/or weighing-in.

BEHAVIORAL

Engagement incentives

Participants will be entered into a daily lottery, for which their participation is contingent on adhering to their diuretic and to weighing-in on the previous day.

BEHAVIORAL

Electronic pill bottle

Participant adherence to their diuretic will be monitored on a daily basis and participants will be contacted if they are non-adherent to this medication.

BEHAVIORAL

Bluetooth scale

Participant adherence to stepping on their scale will be monitored on a daily basis and participants will be contacted if they are non-adherent to weighing-in. Participant weight gain will also be monitored, and if weight gain exceeds a specific threshold, the managing physician will be notified through the electronic medical record system. Managing providers will also be sent a weekly report of weight measurements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin G Volpp, MD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

  • David A Asch, MD, MBA · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

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