NCT05122793

"HerzCheck" - Detection of Early Heart Failure Using Telemedicine in Structurally Weak Regions

"HerzCheck" - Erkennung Und Prävention Einer Frühen Herzinsuffizienz Mittels Telemedizinischer Verfahren in Strukturschwachen Regionen

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4,509 (actual)
• Sponsor: German Heart Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is intended to provide a basis for decision-making for the improved medical care of patients with asymptomatic heart failure, especially in structurally weak regions.

Detailed description

The aim of the study is the early detection of asymptomatic heart failure with a quality-assured cardiac screening MRI in the population in structurally weak regions and especially in patients with risk factors for the occurrence of heart failure. The diagnosis is followed by early initiation of appropriate therapeutic measures to improve the prognosis of the affected patients, avoid hospitalisations and save therapy costs, and is combined with recommended measures to minimise risk factors for the development of heart failure. The project includes a prospective, monocentric, randomised controlled clinical trial with blinded assessment of the endpoint (PROBE design). Within the scope of the study, 4,509 patients aged between 40 and 69 years who have characteristic risk factors for the development of heart failure were examined using a mobile cardiac screening MRI in the federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania within Germany.

Conditions

• Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prevention offer	Improvement of outcomes through lifestyle changes and improved health literacy

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-21
• Primary completion: 2023-04-05
• Completion: 2034-09-30
• First posted: 2021-11-17
• Last updated: 2025-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany