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ST2 for the Management of Heart Failure - STADE-HF

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diastolic Heart Failure
Heart Failure
Systolic Heart Failure Stage C
Interventions
Other: Conventional strategy
Other: ST2-guided strategy
Registration Number
NCT02963272
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Montpellier
Brief Summary

Heart failure (HF) is a severe disease, burdened with a poor prognosis (30% mortality at 2 years, 30% of rehospitalization within 1 month). It is also a major cause of health burden representing between 1.5 and 2 billions euros per year in France. Approximately 75% of these costs are due to hospitalization.

Besides physical examination and echocardiography, biology may help refine the diagnosis, but also could provide powerful prognostic parameters.

This study aims to assess the value of ST2 in the management of patients admitted for HF to reduce readmission at one month.

Detailed Description

Background and rationale:

Heart failure (HF) is a severe disease, burdened with a poor prognosis (30% mortality at 2 years, 30% of rehospitalization within 1 month). It is also a major cause of health burden representing between 1.5 and 2 billions euros per year in France. Approximately 75% of these costs are due to hospitalization.

Besides physical examination and echocardiography, biology may help refine the diagnosis, but also could provide powerful prognostic parameters. The natriuretic peptides are already available and widely used to this purpose. Other biomarkers such as fibrosis markers are promising. In a recently published preliminary work of a cohort of 180 cardiac patients, ST2 is proving to be a powerful prognostic biomarker.

This study aims to assess the value of ST2 in the management of patients admitted for HF to reduce readmission at one month.

Primary and secondary endpoints:

Primary endpoint:

- Interest of ST2 to decrease rehospitalization at one month in patients admitted for HF in the cardiology department and / or Internal Medicine.

Secondary objective:

* economic evaluation

* Clinical Target: mortality, stay at hospital duration

* Impact on biological markers of HF, renal function Population: Any adult being hospitalized for any type of HF. A total of 300 patients will be over a period of 36 months, divided into 2 arms.

Methods: interventional, randomized, opened: the two strategies "ST2 available" versus "ST2 not available" will be compared The duration of patient participation is 12 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
123
Inclusion Criteria
  • Heart failure hospitalization
Exclusion Criteria
  • Other study
  • Pregnancy, feeding
  • Refusal
  • Not possible to perform information

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Conventional strategyConventional strategyConventional strategy to manage the patients with HF, following the international guidelines
ST2-guided strategyST2-guided strategyManagement of patients follow the international guidelines but are also guided by the ST2, to adapt the drugs indicated in patients with HF.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rehospitalization1 month

The frequence of the rehospitalization of the patient according to the treatment received

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rehospitalization for heart failure1 month and 1 year

Rehospitalization rate for heart failure

Biological markers of HF Assay1 month and 1 year

Measure of biological marker ST2

Mortality1 month and 1 year

measure of mortality

Stay at hospital duration1 month and 1 year

Evaluation of duration of hospitalisation

Markers of the renal function assay1 month and 1 year

Measure of biological marker of renal function

Economic evaluation1 month and 1 year

Compare the hospitalization cost at 1 month and the cost of biological diagnostic strategies (NT-proBNP with or without ST2)

Rehospitalization for all causes1 month and 1 year

Rehospitalization rate for all causes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Regional Hospital Arnaud de Villeneuve

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Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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