New clinic aims to keep heart failure patients out of the hospital

NCT ID NCT06937827

Recruiting now Disease control Sponsor: Hackensack Meridian Health Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a multidisciplinary clinic that provides heart failure patients with educational videos, a self-management kit, and follow-up phone calls after hospital discharge. The goal is to reduce 30-day readmission rates and improve patient satisfaction. The trial enrolls 150 adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction at a single medical center.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Heart failure kit and follow-up calls
What this could lead to: If successful, this approach could reduce hospital readmissions and improve quality of life for heart failure patients.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study (150 participants) at a single center, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so benefits may be modest.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

diastolic heart failure

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION

Contacts and locations

Locations

Ocean University Medical Center
RECRUITING

Brick, New Jersey, 08724, United States

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