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Safety of AI-Powered Virtual Assistant in Outpatient Management of Heart Failure

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Other: HF-guided VA
Other: Standard-of-care
Registration Number
NCT06400927
Lead Sponsor
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Brief Summary

The aim of this pilot randomized study is to examine whether integrating the SIRIO-HF virtual assistant (VA) into the outpatient management of participants recently discharged from hospital with a new diagnosis of heart failure (HF), may reduce the need for regular medical assessment and the healthcare burden, reduce variability in healthcare, and meet with participant satisfaction, without compromising participant safety and overall care quality.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Newly diagnosed HF with New York Heart Association class II-III symptoms at discharge

Exclusion Criteria

  • Known prior history of HF
  • Severe comorbidities that could affect protocol adherence, in the opinion of the investigator
  • Alternative diagnosis for symptoms such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Dementia or other cognitive impairment
  • Currently involved in another interventional clinical trial
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
VA-guided armHF-guided VA-
Standard-of-care armStandard-of-care-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acceptability of the intervention to users (participants)12 weeks

This will be assessed utilising an adapted 'acceptability of intervention measure' (AIM)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

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Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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