NCT05724433

VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization

VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization (VICTORY-HF) RCT

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 891 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Population Health Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The clinic visits (intervention) will continue for 90 days, which represents the follow-up period for the primary medication and health status outcomes. The co-primary clinical outcomes will be obtained at 180 days.

Detailed description

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of death, hospitalization, and healthcare system expenditure in Canada. While care in HF clinics - multidisciplinary clinics that focus on optimal management of HF - improves health outcomes in HF, there are disparities in access to such care across our province. To respond to the needs of patients and the health care system, the investigators propose to develop and implement a virtual model of care that will enable Canadians with HF to receive outpatient HF care and medical optimization remotely. The investigators hypothesize that relative to routine care alone, virtual HF clinics will improve a composite of implementation and clinical outcomes. A pilot phase was conducted to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, assess change in health status, refine the virtual delivery process and healthcare processes, and use these to finalize protocols and guide the larger clinical trial. Data collection during the pilot phase focused on the process outcomes approved by HiREB (ID 5441).

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual HF Care	Patients will receive virtual visits for 3 months following hospitalization / emergency department (ED) visit for HF. Physiologic measures will be monitored remotely and therapies will be optimized.
OTHER	Routine HF Care	Care as determined by the treating physician

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-23
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2023-02-13
• Last updated: 2024-12-31

Locations

9 sites across 2 countries: Canada, Tunisia