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Virtual ward aims to keep heart failure patients home

NCT ID NCT06620653

Disease control Sponsor: National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether a virtual ward—using a tablet, scale, and blood pressure monitor at home—can reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. 346 adults who were recently hospitalized for heart failure will either receive the virtual ward or standard care. Researchers will track hospitalizations, deaths, costs, and quality of life over 3 to 12 months.

What this could mean

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Active substance
telemonitoring (tablet, weight scale, blood pressure monitor) plus symptom reporting
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a way to manage heart failure at home, reducing hospital stays and improving quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage study without blinding, so results may be less reliable. The virtual ward may not reduce hospitalizations or could be too costly for widespread use.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

About 346 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2024

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥ 18 years) with a recent hospitalisation. * Known ejection fraction and NYHA Class * Known or de novo Heart Failure * Patient or carer able to speak and understand English/Irish * Willing to participate in the study. * Within catchment area of the Saolta group. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who decline to participate in the study. * Patient in palliative care or with a life expectancy of less than one year. * Patients referred to skilled nursing facilities or nursing homes at hospital discharge. * Patients with planned intervention on the mitral or aortic valve during admission or scheduled early after discharge. * Planned haemodialysis. * Patients included in other randomized controlled trials. * Patients who, at the investigator's discretion, are considered unable to participate in the study, mainly due to a previous history of non- compliance with medication and follow-up appointments, language barrier, or moderate or severe cognitive impairment without the support of a family member/caregiver. * Patients with asymptomatic (NYHA class I) left ventricular dysfunction, usually in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction. * The lack of information technology (IT) literacy will not be an exclusion criterion.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

heart failure

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Heart failure

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Portiuncula University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ballinasloe, Galway, H53 T971, Ireland

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