Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT II)

Abbott RDx Cardiometabolic10 sites in 1 country630 target enrollmentNovember 2004

ConditionsHeart Failure

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Heart Failure
Sponsor: Abbott RDx Cardiometabolic
Enrollment: 630
Locations: 10
Primary Endpoint: Length of hospital stay
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 10 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether physicians can make more informed treatment, admission, and discharge decisions related to patient care by having serial Triage® BNP test results available to assess disease severity, while patients are being treated for HF in the Emergency Department and/or during their admission. This is believed to lead to a better outcome as well as more efficient and cost-effective treatment.

Detailed Description

This is a patient-randomized clinical study consisting of patients who present to the ED requiring treatment and/or admission for HF. At each site, patients will be randomized into either a control arm or an experimental arm. Serial blood samples will be collected from all patients throughout their stay in the ED and the hospital. In the experimental arm, the Triage® BNP test will be performed on all blood samples collected and each BNP result will be made available to the attending physicians immediately. In the control arm, blood samples will not be analyzed on-site for BNP but instead sent directly to Biosite Inc. for testing.A comparison will be made between the control and experimental arms of the study to determine if there are any significant differences in length of stay, re-hospitalizations, all cause mortality, BNP levels, quality of life, and costs to treat patients.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2004

End Date

August 2007

Last Updated

10 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Abbott RDx Cardiometabolic

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Age 18 and older Patient needs treatment for HF

Exclusion Criteria

•Current MI or ACS with ST deviation of 1 mm or greater Renal failure requiring dialysis Undergone hemodialysis within the last month Enrollment (Baseline) Triage® BNP concentration = 100 pg/ml or less Enrolled in any other drug trial or receiving an experimental treatment for HF.