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Disease manifestation and disease management in chronic heart failure

A standardised multidisciplinary disease management programme improves mortality and morbidity in patients with systolic heart failure - the Interdisciplinary Network Heart failure (INH) Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN23325295
Enrollment
1022
Registered
2005-11-30
Start date
2004-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-02-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic heart failure Circulatory System Heart failure

Interventions

Current intervention as of 25/01/2021: The Interdisciplinary Network Heart Failure (INH) study was a two-arm parallel group randomised intervention study. Patients were randomised 1:1
however, quality of life improved and all-cause mortality risk was significantly reduced in the RPM group. The Extended (E)-INH study aimed to enroll a larger population to determine

Sponsors

University of Würzburg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

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

MeasureTime 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

MeasureTime 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

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 28, 2026