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Clinical Trials/NCT01662323
NCT01662323
Completed
Phase 4

Therapy OPtimization Heart Failure Utrecht

Julius Center0 sites683 target enrollmentJune 2009
ConditionsHeart Failure

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Heart Failure
Sponsor
Julius Center
Enrollment
683
Primary Endpoint
proportion recommended medication for patients with heart failure
Status
Completed
Last Updated
13 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is possible to improve the care of general practitioners for patients with heart failure. The investigators try to reach that goal by training the GP's for 90 minutes in uptitrating the recommended medication according the guidelines. After 6 month the investigators ask the patients to fill out a questionary. The investigators ask them about their quality of live.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
June 2009
End Date
June 2012
Last Updated
13 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Julius Center
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Drs. Mark M J Valk

assistant professor

Julius Center

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Do have a general practitioners diagnosis heart failure mentioned twice in the electronical medical file.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Incapacitated patients with a life expectancy of less than 2 months
  • Patients who do not speak the Dutch language

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

proportion recommended medication for patients with heart failure

Time Frame: up to 6 months

the proportion patient who got at the end of the study the tree medicaments which should be prescribed to a patient with heart failure.

Secondary Outcomes

  • QoL(up to 1 year)

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