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SAFEty and Efficacy of HOME-based Hospitalization Versus Inpatient Care for Patients With Acute Heart Failure in Chronic Heart Failure.

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Procedure: HOME-based hospitalization
Registration Number
NCT03156686
Lead Sponsor
French Cardiology Society
Brief Summary

Evaluation of the efficacy, safety and and cost of home care versus conventional hospitalization care at 3-months in patients with worsening chronic heart failure.

Detailed Description

Chronic heart failure (CHF) has an important socio-economic impact due to frequent hospital readmissions.

Hypothesis: Home care treatment (HC) will improve quality of live and decrease cost.

Methodology: Pilot, prospective, open, randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up for CHF patients admitted to 10 French hospital from March 2017 through February 2018, for acute decompensation of CHF. Patients will be randomly assigned to conventional hospital care or to the HC and treated with intravenous diuretics. Following discharge within 48 hours from the hospital, patients in the HC group will be treated at home. Follow-up will be conducted for both groups at discharge, 3 and 12 months after inclusion in the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria
  • Acute heart failure (with history of Chronic Heart Failure)
  • Identified in the first 48 hours
  • Eligible for home-care with "Hospitalisation à Domicile" within 4 days after hospitalization.
  • Patient affiliated to social security and to complementary health insurance
Exclusion Criteria
  • Under 18 years old
  • Predominantly left-sided heart failure, dependent on oxygen because of the congestion
  • Unexplored heart failure, indication of specific techniques (angiography) of device implantations (ICD, CRT).
  • Severe cognitive disorders. Behavior disorders.
  • Severe renal dysfunction with eGFR (MDRD) < 15 mL/min/1.73m2
  • Patient leaving alone

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Home care treatmentHOME-based hospitalizationPatients will be randomly assigned to the HOME-based hospitalization and treated with intravenous diuretics. Following discharge within 48 hours from the hospital, patients in the HC group will be treated at home.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to rehospitalizationwithin the first 3 months after the randomization.

Time to rehospitalization for a new episode of acute heart failure within the first 3 months after the randomization.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quality of life (scales)at the end of the treatment and 3 months

Quality of life (scales) at the end of the treatment and 3 months

Nutritional statusat the end of the treatment and 3 months

Evaluation of the nutritional status based on MNA score at the beginning of the IV treatment and 3 months and dietary survey at the beginning and the end of the IV treatment.

Cost-effectivenessat the end of the treatment, 3 months and 1 year

Cost-effectiveness at the end of the treatment, 3 months and 1 year

Occurrence of adverse eventsduring hospitalization at the end of the IV treatment which will be different for each patient, average of 15 days

Occurrence of adverse events evaluated at the end of the IV treatment which will be different for each patient.

Mortality at the end of the treatment, 3 months and 1 yearat the end of the treatment, 3 months and 1 year

Mortality at the end of the treatment, 3 months and 1 year

Time to first rehospitalizationwithin the first year after the randomization.

Time to first rehospitalization for a new episode of acute heart failure within the first year after the randomization.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Hôpital Henri Mondor

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Créteil, France

Hôpital Bicêtre

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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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