Link-HF: Multisensor Non-invasive Telemonitoring System for Prediction of Heart Failure Exacerbation

Cardiac Failure Clinical Trial

— LINK-HF  

Official title:

Link-HF: Multisensor Non-invasive Telemonitoring System for Prediction of Heart Failure Exacerbation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03037710
• Other study ID #: 81833
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: January 26, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a multi-center, non-randomized, non-interventional study to evaluate the accuracy of a remote monitoring and analytical platform for prediction of heart failure exacerbation. The platform acquires continuous multivariate vital signs from HF patients using a new ambulatory wearable (attached by an adhesive) multi-sensor device and analyzes the data using a novel machine learning algorithm.

Description:

The analytics being investigated includes a Similarity-Based Modeling technique, that empirically estimates the expected physiological behavior of a subject based on prior learned dynamic data, for comparison to actual measured behavior from the subject, to reveal discrepancies hidden by normal variation. The measurements are typically an ensemble of vital signs that effectively characterizes the physiological "control system" of the subject. This technique is multivariate: multiple variables are leveraged, because single variables in isolation have little context - a high heart rate by itself could mean a person is exerting himself, or it could mean his physiology is in distress even though he is not exerting himself. With reference to several other variables, however, such as respiration rate, oximetry and motion/activity, a high heart rate might be recognized as a normal state when accompanied by the corroborating data showing a high respiration rate, a normal oximetry and a high level of motion - the person is exercising.

A wearable adhesive multi-sensor device will be used to collect continuous vital sign and other data from study subjects, including heart rate, respiration rate, bodily motion/activity, skin temperature, pulse, electrocardiogram and peripheral capillary oxygen saturation. Subjects are provided with a smartphone or cellular tablet that will be paired with the multi-sensor device to receive data and upload it to the analytics server via cellular network or WiFi internet. Study staff will interact with the subject during visits scheduled for routine heart failure follow-up to capture pre-specified heart failure medical events. All standard of care clinic and hospitalization notes and procedure reports including echocardiograms, right heart catheterizations, pulmonary function tests, six minute walk tests and radiology reports will be collected as they occur.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 26, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: January 26, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject must be 18 years old or older

2. NYHA( New York Heart Association Functional Classification) Class II-IV, documented in site's medical record system.

3. Subject able and willing to sign Informed Consent Document.

4. Subject willing and able to perform all study related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Expected LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) implantation or heart transplantation in the next 30 days.

2. Skin damage or significant arthritis, preventing wearing of device.

3. Uncontrolled seizures or other neurological disorders leading to excessive abnormal movements or tremors in the upper body.

4. Pregnant women or those who are currently nursing.

5. Visual/cognitive impairment that as judged by the investigator does not allow the subject to independently follow rules and procedures of the protocol.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Failure
• Heart Failure

Intervention

Device:
• HealthPatch
A multi-sensor device to collect continuous vital signs

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Malcom Randall VA Medical Center	Gainesville	Florida
United States	Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center	Houston	Texas
United States	Palo Alto VA Health Care System	Palo Alto	California
United States	George E Wahlen Medical Center	Salt Lake City	Utah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Josef Stehlik

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Stehlik J, Schmalfuss C, Bozkurt B, Nativi-Nicolau J, Wohlfahrt P, Wegerich S, Rose K, Ray R, Schofield R, Deswal A, Sekaric J, Anand S, Richards D, Hanson H, Pipke M, Pham M. Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics Predict Heart Failure Hospitalization: — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Detection of Heart Failure Exacerbation Event	Correlation of algorithmic alerts generated by a non-invasive telemonitoring system to a verified heart failure exacerbation event, measured in percent accuracy	90 Days