Telemedical Interventional Monitoring in Heart Failure — TIM-HF  

Chronic Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Telemedical Interventional Monitoring in Heart Failure (TIM-HF)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Superiority of additional Remote Patient Monitoring in patients with CHF In comparison to usual care in terms of:

• reduction of mortality rate

• reduction of hospitalizations

• increasement of patients' quality of life

Clinical Trial Description

The clinical trial assesses 710 patients over a period of at least 15 months each (2008 until 2010); all participants will continue to receive usual care from their GP. All patients will be examined at the beginning of the study and will undergo a check-up every 3 months. 355 of the patients will be randomly allocated to receive devices for Remote Patient Monitoring which will measure various parameters on a daily basis (e.g., weight, blood pressure, heart rate). The devices are mobile and can be used at home or elsewhere. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Heart Failure
• Heart Failure

• NCT number: NCT00543881
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: January 2008
• Completion date: October 2010