Chronic heart failure Circulatory System Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >18 years 2. Written informed consent 3. Heart failure documented by reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<=40%) during hospitalisation and clinical signs/symptoms of heart failure (peripheral edema, pulmonary edema, rales, pulmonary congestion confirmed by X-ray, elevated jugular venous pressure, exertional dyspnea)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Insufficient mental or verbal or physical ability to participate in a telephone assisted monitoring and education program 2. No telephone line installed
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current primary outcome measure as of 20/08/2009: 1. Death of any cause or hospitalisation of any cause (combined endpoint) Previous primary outcome measures: 1. Death of any cause or hospitalisation of any cause (combined endpoint) 2. Quality of life | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 29/12/2020: 1. Components of composite primary endpoint 2. Quality of life 3. Cardiovascular death 4. Cardiovascular hospitalisation 5. Proportion of patients treated in adherence with current heart failure treatment guidelines 6. Cost-effectiveness analyses _____ Previous secondary outcome measures as of 20/08/2009: 1. Components of composite primary endpoint 2. Cardiovascular death 3. Cardiovascular hospitalisation 4. Proportion of patients treated in adherence with current heart failure treatment guidelines 2. Quality of life 5. Cost-effectiveness analyses _____ Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Components of composite primary endpoint 2. Cardiovascular death 3. Cardiovascular hospitalisation 4. Proportion of patients treated in adherence with current heart failure treatment guidelines 5. Cost-effectiveness analyses | — |
Countries
Germany