Smartphone app may help heart failure patients get the right meds faster
NCT ID NCT06304753
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using a smartphone app and phone calls to monitor patients after a heart failure hospital stay helps doctors safely increase their medications. 66 adults with chronic heart failure and low ejection fraction were split into two groups: one received usual care, and the other used the app for remote monitoring. The goal was to see if remote monitoring could help more patients reach the best medication doses, potentially reducing deaths and hospital readmissions.
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Study facts
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- 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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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Age \> 18 and \< 85 years * HFrEF diagnosed according to 2020 Clinical practice guidelines for Chronic heart failure of Russian Society of Cardiology (RSC) * Hospital admission within the 72 hours prior to Screening for acute heart failure with dyspnea at rest and pulmonary congestion on chest X-ray, and other signs and/or symptoms of heart failure such as edema and/or positive rales on auscultation. * Stable condition at the time of discharge from the hospital * All measures within 24 hours prior to Randomization of systolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg, and of heart rate ≥ 60 bpm. * All measures within 24 hours prior to Randomization of serum potassium ≤ 5.0 mmol/L. * At the moment of Randomization either (a) \<= ½ the optimal dose of ACEi/ARB/ARNi (see Table) prescribed, no beta-blocker prescribed, and \<= ½ the optimal dose of MRA prescribed or (b) no ACEi/ARB/ARNi prescribed, \<= ½ the optimal dose of beta-blocker prescribed, and \<= ½ the optimal dose of MRA prescribed. * A smartphone with Internet access * Written informed consent to participate in the study. Non-inclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 or \> 85 years. * Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within the 3 months prior to Screening. * Primary liver disease considered to be life threatening. * Active infection at any time during the AHF hospitalization prior to Randomization based on abnormal temperature and elevated white blood cells (WBC) or need for intravenous antibiotics. * Psychiatric or neurological disorder, cirrhosis, or active malignancy leading to a life expectancy \< 6 months. * Alcohol or drug abuse * Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women. * Serious vision and/or hearing problems * Renal disease or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 30 mL/min/1.73m2 \[as estimated by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) or the simplified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula\] at Screening or history of dialysis. * Clearly documented intolerance or contraindication to any of beta-blockers, renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers (both ACEi and ARB), angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor (ARNi), mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRAs). * Significant pulmonary disease contributing substantially to the patients' dyspnea such as forced expiratory volume during the 1st second (FEV1)\< 1 liter or need for chronic systemic or nonsystemic steroid therapy, or any kind of primary right heart failure such as primary pulmonary hypertension or recurrent pulmonary embolism. * Myocardial infarction, unstable angina or cardiac surgery within 3 months, or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation within 3 months, or percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PTCI), within 1 month prior to Screening. * Uncorrected thyroid disease, active myocarditis, or known amyloid or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. * History of heart transplant or on a transplant list, or using or planned to be implanted with a ventricular assist device. * Inability to comply with all study requirements, due to major co-morbidities, social or financial issues, or a history of noncompliance with medical regimens, that might compromise the patient's ability to understand and/or comply with the protocol instructions or follow-up procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Unwillingness of the patient to continue participating in the study * The development of conditions related to the criteria of non-inclusion
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Therapy No. 1 Department, University Clinical Hospital No. 1, Sechenov University
Moscow, 119435, Russia
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State Budgetary Institution of Healthcare of Moscow "A.K. Yeramishantsev City Clinical Hospital of the Department of Healthcare of Moscow".
Moscow, 129327, Russia
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