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Congestive Heart FailureNCT00789100

Evaluation of Remote Patient Monitoring.

An observational study of Congestive Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, run by Brunel University at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

Nottingham Primary Care Trust has launched telemonitoring to support: independent living and self-management ability of people with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and co-morbidities; and reduce the health care utilisation associated with these patients, including the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Feb 2009to Feb 2011
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and co-morbidities referred to the community specialist nurse or care matron

Who may be able to join

  • Participants selected will be those: diagnosed with CHF, COPD or co-morbidities and referred to the community management service by its selection procedure for severity of the condition; are considered eligible for home-based telemonitoring; consent to receiving telemonitoring; have an active phone connection; are able to read and speak English (language of the equipment); are capable and willing to use the home monitoring device.

Who cannot join

  • Patients are considered ineligible: if they have psychological or psychiatric disorders; if they have a cognitive deficiency that makes them unable to participate in their self-treatment; if they have a visual or motor deficiency that renders them incapable of using the telemonitoring device (unless a spouse or an informal caregiver is able to help); if they are currently scheduled for a hospital admission; if their life expectancy is shorter than 2 years; or if they already participate in another study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Nottingham PCT

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of a Home-based Telemonitor Service

Nottingham Primary Care Trust has launched telemonitoring to support: independent living and self-management ability of people with congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and co-morbidities; and reduce the health care utilisation associated with these patients, including the number of hospitalisations, GP visits and community matron and specialist community nurse home visits.

The Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare (MATCH) will evaluate the technology and its impact of this telemonitoring system on quality of care (i.e. process measures), patient outcomes and direct healthcare costs from an NHS perspective.

Read the detailed description

The study is designed to evaluate the impact of home-based monitoring to support community based nursing services and care matrons in the management of patients with CHF and COPD and co-morbidities. The main issue is to design a study that will determine the impact of the use of the technology independent of other factors. A randomised controlled trial has been chosen in which equal numbers of participants with and without home-based monitoring will be followed over the study to determine differences in utilisation of healthcare services including number of hospitalisations, length of stay in hospital, GP visits and community matron and specialist community nurse home visits.

The ethical issue is how to determine those that will receive home-based monitoring and those that will be denied. The study requires that participants are matched for severity of their condition in each arm and this could deny some from the potential benefits of monitoring. However, as only a limited number of home-based monitors are available and all participants will continue to receive normal health care services, we believe that those denied monitoring will not receive care that is different to patients not in the study and the ethical issues are acceptable.

Keywords
telehealth, telemonitor, telemedicine, Co-morbidities
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT00789100
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1Group provided with home-based monitor
2Group receives no home-based monitor

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Hospitalizations, hospital days, encounters with health professionals

    Measured: Collected until end date

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Nov 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2009
  3. Primary completionAug 2010
  4. Study completionFeb 2011

Why it stopped: Nottingham PCT withdrew for financial reasons

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00789100
Sponsor's protocol ID
Nottingham-001
Status last verified
Jul 2014
First submitted
10 Nov 2008
Last updated
17 Jul 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Congestive Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, run by Brunel University at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Jul 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Hospitalizations, hospital days, encounters with health professionals (time frame: Collected until end date). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Jul 2014.

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