NCT02877914

China PEACE 5r-HF Study

China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE): Retrospective Study of Patients With Heart Failure (HF)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 10,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will use a two-stage random sampling design to create a nationally representative sample of patients with heart failure (HF) in China. The investigators sought to describe the clinical profiles, to assess treatment patterns and in-hospital outcomes for HF, and to identify targets for care quality improvement.

Detailed description

This study will use a two-stage random sampling design to create a nationally representative sample in China, and randomly sample patients with HF as a primary diagnosis, and were admitted to hospital from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2015. The sample size is estimated to be 10,000. The investigators will collect photocopies of the sampled medical records and centrally abstract detailed information, which included demographic characteristics, medical history, clinical features, diagnostic tests, in-hospital procedures, lab tests, treatments, and in-hospital outcomes. Data abstraction quality was monitored by random auditing of 5% of the medical records, with overall variable accuracy exceeding 98%. Analyses will examine patient characteristics, diagnostic testing patterns, in-hospital treatments, in-hospital outcomes, and variation in results across regions and hospitals. Practical guidelines, quality evaluative system, and risk model will be established based on the findings, to improve patient outcomes for HF in the future.

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Observational study	This is a non-interventional study, patients receive their usual treatment as determined by the physician.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-04-01
• Completion: 2018-04-01
• First posted: 2016-08-24
• Last updated: 2017-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China