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PRagmatic Trial Of Messaging to Providers About Treatment of Heart Failure at Inova

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Other: Best Practice Advisory using Electronic Health Record
Registration Number
NCT05433220
Lead Sponsor
Inova Health Care Services
Brief Summary

A randomized, single-blind intervention trial to test the comparative effectiveness of an electronic health record best practice advisory system that informs clinicians of guideline-indicated and FDA-approved heart failure medications currently not prescribed to their patients with heart failure versus usual care (no alert and how things are done currently). The purpose of the alert is to stimulate appropriate medication prescription for patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction. This will be done across outpatient Inova clinics and at the five Inova hospitals.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age>18 Years
  • Seen by a Cardiologist in an Inova clinic or Inova hospital setting
  • Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ≤40%
Exclusion Criteria
  • Opted out of EHR-based research
  • Hospice care
  • Already receiving maximally titrated doses of each of the four classes of evidence- based HFrEF medical therapy
  • Prior heart transplant

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Alert when provider is entering ordersBest Practice Advisory using Electronic Health Record-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Increased use of GDMT in patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction30 days after randomization

The primary outcome for the trial will be the proportion of patients with HFrEF who have an increase in the number of prescribed evidence-based therapies for HFrEF (beta-blockers, ACE-I/ARB/ARNI, MRA, SGLT2i) 30 days after randomization.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality at 30 days30 days

Outcomes will be determined by review of medical, hospital, and billing records.

All-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality at 90 days90 days

Outcomes will be determined by review of medical, hospital, and billing records.

All-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality at 180 days180 days

Outcomes will be determined by review of medical, hospital, and billing records.

All-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality at 1 year1 year

Outcomes will be determined by review of medical, hospital, and billing records.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Inova Health System

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States

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