Mobile Health in Structural Heart Disease

NCT02881398 | Completed Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: ASEF-VALUES
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 253
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of new mobile health devices on health outcomes among patients with rheumatic and structural heart disease in a resource limited area. To achieve this aim the investigators utilized smartphone-connected devices such as the smartphone-ECG, activity monitors, connected blood pressure devices and pocket-sized and handheld ultrasound. The main question asked in this investigation is if mobile health assessments accelerates medical-decision-making and if it shortens the time to definitive therapy.

Conditions

Rheumatic Heart Disease; Heart Diseases

Keywords

Mobile Health; Telemedicine; Pocket-Echocardiography

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Time to definitive treatment with Valvuloplasty or Valve Replacement

  Upto 12 months after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Cardiovascular Hospitalization and/or Death

  Upto 12 months after enrollment

Study Arms (2)

mHealth

EXPERIMENTAL

Each participant randomized to a mHealth assessment were evaluated with: (1) structural abnormalities with handheld-echocardiography (Vscan®, General Electric Healthcare); (2) vital signs with smartphone-connected oxymetry and blood pressure monitors (iHealthLabs®); (3) functional assessments on a 6-minute walk test with a trial-axial activity monitor (Ozeri®); (4) cardiac rhythm abnormalities with smartphone-connected- iECG (AliveCor®) and; (5)point-of-care testing with fingerstick B-type natriuretic peptide (Alere). All study participants then underwent a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiogram for anatomical assessments of the severity of rheumatic and structural heart disease prior to percutaneous valvuloplasty or a surgical valve replacement.

Device: mHealth

Standard-Care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Each participant randomized to a standard-assessment were evaluated with the resource available at the institution including a physical examination,12 lead-ECG, radiographic, laboratory testing as clinically required. All study participants underwent a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiogram for anatomical assessments of the severity of rheumatic and structural heart disease prior to percutaneous valvuloplasty or a surgical valve replacement.

Other: Standard-Care

Interventions

mHealth DEVICE

After randomization and at the time of the initial encounter, study subjects are assessed at the point-of-care with mHealth devices that measure symptoms, functional status, and for structural abnormalities. These devices include activity monitoring for an assessment of a 6-minute walk test, smartphone connected blood pressure, oxymetry and ECG for functional assessments, and structural assessments with handheld-echocardiography and point-of-care BNP. Treatment decisions for an intervention with percutaneous valvuloplasty or valve replacement were performed based on the aggregate of these mHealth findings. Confirmation of the severity of structural heart disease on transthoracic echocardiography was performed on all participants.

mHealth

Standard-Care OTHER

After randomization and at the time of the initial encounter, study subjects randomized to standard-care underwent a physical examination, 12-lead ECG, radiographic and laboratory tests as warranted and clinically required. Treatment decisions for percutaneous valvuloplasty or valve replacement were based on the aggregate of the standard-care findings. Confirmation of the severity of structural heart disease on transthoracic echocardiography was performed on all participants.

Standard-Care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Year+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Symptomatic outpatients with a new or an established diagnosis of rheumatic and structural heart disease and included valvular disease, left/right ventricular failure, rheumatic valvular disease, congenital heart defects and included adult, pediatric, and pregnant patients. Patients with a prior valvuloplasty or valve replacement for structural heart disease were also included

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences: lead

Related Publications (10)

• Singh S, Bansal M, Maheshwari P, Adams D, Sengupta SP, Price R, Dantin L, Smith M, Kasliwal RR, Pellikka PA, Thomas JD, Narula J, Sengupta PP; ASE-REWARD Study Investigators. American Society of Echocardiography: Remote Echocardiography with Web-Based Assessments for Referrals at a Distance (ASE-REWARD) Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Mar;26(3):221-33. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.12.012.

  PMID: 23439071 BACKGROUND

• Bansal M, Singh S, Maheshwari P, Adams D, McCulloch ML, Dada T, Sengupta SP, Kasliwal RR, Pellikka PA, Sengupta PP; VISION-in-Tele-Echo Study Investigators. Value of interactive scanning for improving the outcome of new-learners in transcontinental tele-echocardiography (VISION-in-Tele-Echo) study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Jan;28(1):75-87. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.001. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

  PMID: 25306222 BACKGROUND

• Bhavnani SP, Narula J, Sengupta PP. Mobile technology and the digitization of healthcare. Eur Heart J. 2016 May 7;37(18):1428-38. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv770. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

  PMID: 26873093 BACKGROUND

• Bansal M, Sengupta PP. Setting global standards in adult echocardiography: Where are we? Indian Heart J. 2015 Jul-Aug;67(4):298-301. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.07.020. Epub 2015 Aug 21. No abstract available.

  PMID: 26304560 BACKGROUND

• Drain PK, Hyle EP, Noubary F, Freedberg KA, Wilson D, Bishai WR, Rodriguez W, Bassett IV. Diagnostic point-of-care tests in resource-limited settings. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;14(3):239-49. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70250-0. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

  PMID: 24332389 BACKGROUND

• Yusuf S, Rangarajan S, Teo K, Islam S, Li W, Liu L, Bo J, Lou Q, Lu F, Liu T, Yu L, Zhang S, Mony P, Swaminathan S, Mohan V, Gupta R, Kumar R, Vijayakumar K, Lear S, Anand S, Wielgosz A, Diaz R, Avezum A, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Lanas F, Yusoff K, Ismail N, Iqbal R, Rahman O, Rosengren A, Yusufali A, Kelishadi R, Kruger A, Puoane T, Szuba A, Chifamba J, Oguz A, McQueen M, McKee M, Dagenais G; PURE Investigators. Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries. N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 28;371(9):818-27. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1311890.

  PMID: 25162888 BACKGROUND

• Marijon E, Ou P, Celermajer DS, Ferreira B, Mocumbi AO, Jani D, Paquet C, Jacob S, Sidi D, Jouven X. Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 2;357(5):470-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa065085.

  PMID: 17671255 BACKGROUND

• Engelman D, Kado JH, Remenyi B, Colquhoun SM, Carapetis JR, Donath S, Wilson NJ, Steer AC. Focused cardiac ultrasound screening for rheumatic heart disease by briefly trained health workers: a study of diagnostic accuracy. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Jun;4(6):e386-94. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30065-1.

  PMID: 27198843 BACKGROUND

• Mirabel M, Bacquelin R, Tafflet M, Robillard C, Huon B, Corsenac P, de Fremicourt I, Narayanan K, Meunier JM, Noel B, Hagege AA, Rouchon B, Jouven X, Marijon E. Screening for rheumatic heart disease: evaluation of a focused cardiac ultrasound approach. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jan;8(1):e002324. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002324.

  PMID: 25567654 BACKGROUND

• Bhavnani SP, Sola S, Adams D, Venkateshvaran A, Dash PK, Sengupta PP; ASEF-VALUES Investigators. A Randomized Trial of Pocket-Echocardiography Integrated Mobile Health Device Assessments in Modern Structural Heart Disease Clinics. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Apr;11(4):546-557. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.06.019. Epub 2017 Oct 5.

  PMID: 28917688 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Rheumatic Heart Disease; Heart Diseases

Interventions

Standard of Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rheumatic Fever; Streptococcal Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Srikanth Sola, MD

  Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Sanjeev Bhavnani, MD

  Scripps Clinic and Reseach Institute

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Partho Sengupta, MD

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Additional Senior Consultant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2016
• First Posted: August 29, 2016
• Study Start: August 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2015
• Study Completion: January 1, 2016
• Last Updated: August 29, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share