Heart Failure Evaluation Acute Referral Team Trial (HEARTT)

NCT00355511 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: EPICORE2006-002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a multidisciplinary team clinic including a clinical pharmacist, a registered nurse (RN), dietician and physician providing short-term sub-acute management of patients with heart failure on patient outcomes and the quality of medication use. Patients being discharged from the emergency department with a diagnosis of heart failure will be eligible for this study. We believe that emergency room visits, hospitalization and deaths secondary to heart failure will decrease secondary to this program.

Conditions

Heart Failure, Congestive

Keywords

heart failure, congestive; patient care team; randomized controlled trial; disease management; drug therapy; diet therapy; hospitalization; mortality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference in the composite endpoint of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and mortality at 6 months between the intervention and usual care group.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Difference in the following between the intervention and usual care groups at 6 months: emergency room visits, hospitalizations, mortality, proportion of patients utilizing evidence-based therapies, quality of life

  6 months

• Description of the implementation of the rapid assessment clinic

  6 months

• Patient satisfaction

  6 months

Interventions

education: disease, medication, self-care, diet BEHAVIORAL

education on heart failure self care; medication initiation and titration, frequent follow-up

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with signs and symptoms of heart failure with a plan to discharge home from the ED .

You may not qualify if:

• \< 18 years of age
• planned follow-up with Cardiology or Internal Medicine post discharge from ED
• heart transplant candidate or recipient
• current Heart Function Clinic patient
• left ventricular ejection fraction \>0.40
• unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits
• heart failure requiring admission to hospital
• patients living outside the Capital Health catchment area
• participation in another heart failure clinical trial

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Failure

Interventions

Dosage Forms; Self Care; Diet

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pharmaceutical Preparations; Technology, Pharmaceutical; Investigative Techniques; Therapeutics; Rehabilitation; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Ross T Tsuyuki, PharmD, MSc

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2006
• First Posted: July 24, 2006
• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2009
• Study Completion: February 1, 2009
• Last Updated: April 28, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-04

Locations

CA (1)