Reassure Remote Respiration Monitoring in Heart Failure Patients

Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Initial Assessment of the Usability of Remote Monitoring of Respiration Parameters in the Routine Management of Heart Failure Patients

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is designed to descriptively assess improvement in quality of life and test the usability of remotely monitored respiration parameters in the routine management of recently discharged heart failure patients. It will consist of two arms: (i) intervention, and (ii) control. Participants will be randomized to either arm at time of enrollment. Every participant enrolled in the study will receive a device for remote monitoring.

Clinical Trial Description

Heart failure ('HF') presents an increasing social and economic burden, especially with respect to HF related hospitalizations. Some commentators suggest that these costs may double within the next two decades. Respiration patterns are well acknowledged as having diagnostic and prognostic value in HF. In this preliminary study, the investigators assess the usability of remote monitoring of respiration parameters in the routine management of HF patients.

Objectives: (primary and important secondary objectives)

The primary aims are:

1. Assess usability of the system (primary measurement is % of successful data transmissions from participants' homes, secondary measurement includes scores from the System Usability Scale)

2. Assess quality of life (as measured using the KCCQ) for HF patients monitored with a non-contact respiration monitor which can be used by clinicians to guide standard therapy.

Other key secondary objectives include examining trends in healthcare utilization, descriptively assessing any differences in care patterns post hoc between participants.

As part of the study plan , the investigators will also analyze respiration and sleeping patterns from the raw data files to assess the prevalence of unusual breathing patterns such as sleep apnea in newly discharged HF patients and how these patterns may be linked to outcomes. These analyses will be executed retrospectively on a population rather than individual participant basis and will not be used to inform individual treatment plans. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Failure

• NCT number: NCT02624739
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: ResMed
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2015
• Completion date: July 2016