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VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllPopulation Health Research Institute
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The clinic visits (intervention) will continue for 90 days, which represents the follow-up period for the primary medication and health status outcomes. The co-primary clinical outcomes will be obtained at 180 days.

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients โ‰ฅ 18 years old who: 1. Are being discharged after hospitalization or urgent visit for HF as 1. a primary diagnosis or 2. significant complication (prolonging length of stay) of another diagnosis OR Have been referred for an initial consult at a cardiology clinic within 1 week of hospitalization or urgent visit for HF as a primary or secondary diagnosis, as described above. 2. Have left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50% within the preceding 3 months. 3. Have NT-proBNP of \> 900 pg/ml during hospital admission or within 7 days after discharge from the ED 4. Have a mailing address for patient or caregiver 5. Provide verbal consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Died or left hospital before medically advised hospital discharge 2. Unable to self-assess or communicate symptoms (e.g. clinically evident dementia) 3. Unable to engage with digital health technology or follow up 4. Severe valve disease 5. Recipient of or on waiting list for LVAD or cardiac transplant 6. Complex congenital heart disease, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, or amyloid cardiomyopathy 7. Severe lung disease with symptoms on minimal exertion, forced expiratory volume during 1 second (FEV1) \< 1 litre, severe pulmonary hypertension with RVSP \> 60 mm Hg, or on home oxygen 8. Severe kidney disease (persistent eGFR \< 30 mL/min/1.73m2) 9. Active malignancy 10. Receiving palliative care or expected life expectancy \< 6 months
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What it tests

  • Virtual HF Care
  • Routine HF Care
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Where

9 sites
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Hamilton, Canada
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, Canada
Juravinski Hospital Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Canada
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Thunder Bay, Canada
Unity Health Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital
Monastir, Tunisia
Hedi Chaker Hospital
Sfax, Tunisia
Sahloul Hospital
Sousse, Tunisia

โ€ฆand 1 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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