NCT01200381

INvestigation on Routine Follow-up in CONgestive HearT FAilure Patients With Remotely Monitored Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) SysTems

INvestigation on Routine Follow-up in CONgestive HearT FAilure Patients With Remotely Monitored ICD SysTems

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 210 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

It's the aim of this study to analyze the benefit of personal patient / physician contacts in heart failure patients with remotely monitored implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) or ICD with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D). The personal follow up (in clinic or phone calls) will be compared to completely automatic remote follow ups. All patients will receive remote monitoring for automatic daily alarm checks and will undergo in clinic follow ups in 12 months intervals

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Quarterly remote follow ups and remote monitoring	Quarterly remote follow ups and remote monitoring
OTHER	Quarterly remote follow ups + additional phone calls and remote monitoring	Quarterly remote follow ups + additional phone calls and remote monitoring
OTHER	Quarterly in clinic follow ups and remote monitoring	Quarterly in clinic follow ups and remote monitoring

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2010-09-13
• Last updated: 2019-02-04

Locations

17 sites across 1 country: Germany