Triage of Reduced Exercise Tolerance in Frail Elderly (TREE).

Triage of Reduced Exercise Tolerance in Frail Elderly.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON21050

Enrollment

800

Registered

2010-05-25

Start date

2010-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Heart failure Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD Hartfalen Chronisch obstructive longziekte

Interventions

1. Diagnostic triage strategy (index group) including

electrocardiography, echocardiography, spirmetry and blood testing

2. Care-as-usual (control group).

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 65 years and older; 2. Must have a minimum of three chronic or vitality threatening diseases and/or use five or more medical drugs chronically in the last year; 3. Must have dyspnea and/or reduced exercise tolerance (scored by two short questionnaires).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with both confirmed COPD and heart failure (lungfunction test performed < 1 year ago and heart failure confirmed by echocardiography); 2. Patients unable or unwilling to sign informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD; 2. Difference in prevalence of latent heart failure and COPD between both groups.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(Cost-)effectiveness of the diagnostic triage strategy.	—

Contacts

Public ContactY. Mourik, van

Y.vanmourik@umcutrecht.nl+31 (0)88 7553510

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)