Can smarter remote monitoring keep heart failure patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT03012490
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at 652 heart failure patients who had a special heart device (CRT). One group received standard remote monitoring, while the other got more detailed monitoring that also tracked heart rhythm issues and symptoms. The goal was to see if the extra monitoring could reduce deaths or hospital visits for worsening heart failure over 27 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- remote monitoring (comprehensive vs standard)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that more detailed remote monitoring helps heart failure patients live longer and avoid hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This trial is already completed, so results are known. The approach may not significantly improve outcomes over standard care, and benefits may vary by patient.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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652 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2017
- Finished
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Jun 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient more than 18 years old, newly implanted, in accordance to the latest European guidelines, with a CRT-P or CRT-D device (upgrading is tolerated but no device replacement), with Home-Monitoring® activated * Patient willing and able to comply with the protocol and who has provided written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Lead model under advisory * Non-functional lead except particular case of non-functional or deactivated right atrial lead due to atrial fibrillation * Known drug or alcohol abuse * Pregnant woman or woman who plan to become pregnant during the trial (the data will be collected by querying the patient without a pregnancy test is required) * Participation (ongoing or planned during the trial) in another interventional clinical study, and/or another remote monitoring and/or follow-up concept, unless authorized by the Executive Committee * Participation (ongoing or planned during the trial) in an investigational HF program (e.g. PRADO, PIMPS, OSICAT, CARDIAUVERGNE) * Estimated life-expectancy, regardless of the cardiovascular condition, \<1year * Patient under- or planned for - ventricular assistance * Patient not living in Metropolitan France and/or not geographically stable
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut coeur poumon, CHRU
Lille, France
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