Heart Failure Self-care Mobile Application to Reduce Readmissions Trial

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Heart Failure
• Interventions: Other: Mobile Health Technology Platform; Other: Usual care

• Registration Number: NCT03982017
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

Brief Summary

This is a patient-centered comparative effectiveness feasibility pilot designed to examine an intervention to increase heart failure self-care and symptom recognition. The investigators will randomize 100 participants to receive either usual care at the time of discharge after heart failure admission or a smartphone application that enhances self-care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-11
• Study Start: 2019-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-30
• Study Completion: 2020-07-30
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

• Inpatient admission for acute decompensated heart failure
• Left ventricular systolic or diastolic heart failure
• Owns a smartphone with a data plan

Exclusion Criteria

• Hospice or life expectancy less than 6 months
• Palliative inotrope use
• Heart transplant listed, or status post transplant
• Ventricular assist devise present, or awaiting placement
• Not being discharged to home
• Unable to provide consent or comply with the intervention
• Current enrollment in a remote monitoring/ telehealth program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Application	Mobile Health Technology Platform	Participants will be provided a special link to navigate to the online content and resources.
Usual care	Usual care	Consists of routine care at the time of hospital discharge, to be provided at the discretion of the clinicians caring for the participant.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to readmission	from the date of enrollment until the date of first documented admission or date of death from any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 90 days	time to readmission
Percent of participants readmitted within 30 days	30 days post index discharge	30-day readmission rate as determined by participant report or medical record query
Percent of participants readmitted within 90 days	90 days post index discharge	90-day readmission rate as determined by participant report or medical record query
Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire at 30 days post enrollment	30 days post index discharge	Quality of life, subjective level of function
Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire at 90 days post enrollment	90 days post index discharge	Quality of life, subjective level of function

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pittsburgh; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States