Consultation at 8 Days to Reduce Hospitalisations in Heart Failure Patient
- Conditions
- Acute Heart Failure
- Interventions
- Other: Follow-up
- Registration Number
- NCT01834833
- Lead Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Brief Summary
Evaluate the benefit of systematic appointment with a cardiologist a week after hospitalisation for acute heart failure. Randomised, endpoint: number of day alive out of hospital during 6 months
- Detailed Description
Background: the risk for rehospitalisation is very high after hospitalisation for acute heart failure. Aim: evaluate the benefit of a consultation with a cardiologist, including echocardiography and education of the patient, between 7 and 15 days after discharge, in high risk patients, identified with BNP or incomplete therapy. Parallel randomised study. The main endpoint is the number of day alive out of hospital during the 6 months post discharge; statistics intention to treat comparison of the number of days alive out of hospital in the group with consultation compared with the group without consultation. Recruitment 3 years and 4 months, follow-up 6 months. Patients included have been hospitalised in hospital BICHAT 75018 Paris, France. Financing is by the ministry of health (PHRQHOS)
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 326
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Follow-up Follow-up Evaluation by a cardiologist using echocardiography, completed by education of the patient if necessary
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method days alive out of hospital 6 months post discharge 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method QOL at 6 months 6 months number of patients having an optimal treatment at 6 months 6 months mortality at 3 and 6 months 3 and 6 months rehospitalisation rate at 6 months 6 months autoevaluation of improvement/alteration of the patient state at 6 months 6 months number of patients receiving a ACEI at 6 months 6 months number of patients receiving beta-blocker at 6 months 6 months number of patients receiving beta-blocker at 3 months 3 months number of patients receiving a ACEI at 3 months 3 months QOL at 3 months 3 months autoevaluation of improvement/alteration of the patient state at 3 months 3 months number of patients having an optimal treatment at 3 months 3 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard
🇫🇷Paris, France