Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Clinic to Improve the Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Registration Number
- NCT00753259
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
- Brief 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 712
Inclusion Criteria
- Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation
Exclusion Criteria
- Age < 18 years
- unwillingness to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Composite of heart failure, thromboembolic complications, bleeding, severe adverse effects of drugs and death from cardiovascular causes. minimum of 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All cause mortality, all cause hospitalizations, Treatment (benchmarking) in accordance to the 2006 AHA/ACC/ESC guidelines in AF, quality of life, patient satisfaction, anxiety, depression, compliance and cost effectiveness. minimum of 1 year
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Martini Hospital Groningen
🇳🇱Groningen, Netherlands
MaastrichtUMC
🇳🇱Maastricht, Netherlands
Martini Hospital Groningen🇳🇱Groningen, Netherlands