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EMEPIC : Value of a Mobile Team of Cardiologist Using Echocardiography for Managing Patients With Acute Heart Failure

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00568165
First received: December 4, 2007
Last updated: October 25, 2010
Last verified: August 2010
History of Changes
  Purpose

The aim of the study is to compare clinical management of patients with acute decompensation of heart failure, hospitalized in non cardiological ward, with the use of a mobile team including a cardiologist with portable echocardiography and standard care. The hypothesis is that a mobile team will lead to shorter hospitalization.


Condition Intervention
Acute Heart Failure
Congestive Edema
Cardiac Disease
 Procedure: Mobile team
Procedure: Standard care

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Official Title: Value of a Mobile Team of Cardiologist Using Echocardiography for Managing Patients With Acute Heart Failure

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Further study details as provided by University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Duration of hospitalization. [ Time Frame: 30 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Re-hospitalization rate à 30 days Emergency visit within 30 days Treatment at discharge Mortality within hospital stay Mortality at 30 days [ Time Frame: 30 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 504
Study Start Date: February 2008
Study Completion Date: July 2010
Primary Completion Date: June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Mobile Team
 Procedure: Mobile team
a mobile team including a cardiologist with mobile echocardiography, systematic follow up à 3 days, a dietician advice in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in a non cardiology ward
Other Name: Mobile team
Active Comparator: 2
Standard care
 Procedure: Standard care
Standard care
Other Name: Standard care

Detailed Description:

Randomized, controlled, monocentric study comparing Standard care with the care provided by a mobile team including a cardiologist with mobile echocardiography, systematic follow up à 3 days, a dietician advice in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in a non cardiology ward on the duration of hospitalization, re-hospitalization rate à 30 days, emergency visit within 30 days, treatment at discharge, mortality within hospital stay and at 30 days.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hospitalized for suspected heart failure
  • > or = 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refuses to participate
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00568165

Locations
France
JONDEAU
Paris, France, 75018
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Guillaume JONDEAU, MD, PhD UNIVERSITY PARIS 7
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Pr. Guillaume JONDEAU, University Paris 7
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00568165     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: Code IDRCD : 2007- A00640 - 53, N°CPP : 0711602, N°CCTIRS : 07331
Study First Received: December 4, 2007
Last Updated: October 25, 2010
Health Authority: France: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences
France: French Data Protection Authority

Keywords provided by University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot:
Heart failure, congestive
Echocardiography
Patient care team

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Edema
Heart Diseases
Heart Failure
Signs and Symptoms
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013