Can a Nurse-Led digital Check-In keep heart failure patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT05447598
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a nurse-led remote monitoring program can help heart failure patients after they leave the hospital. About 200 patients will use a digital platform or phone to report symptoms and medication adherence for three months. The goal is to see if this reduces hospital readmissions and improves outcomes compared to usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nurse-led remote monitoring program (digital platform and telephone monitoring)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, scalable way to monitor heart failure patients at home, reducing hospital readmissions and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial (200 patients) and previous remote monitoring studies have shown mixed results. The intervention may not significantly reduce readmissions or may be difficult for some patients to use.
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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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200 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Age\> 18 years * Known HF diagnosis (ICD-10: I50) recorded in hospital medical records * Admitted to hospital within 7 days before screening for acute HF with symptoms of decompensation including dyspnoea in NYHA class ≥ II, pulmonary congestion on chest x-ray and/or other signs like oedema or positive rales on auscultation and elevated NT-proBNP concentrations at screening * Sign informed consent and expected to participate according to ICH / GCP Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition (e.g. psychosis, alcohol abuse, dementia) or situation that may pose a significant risk to the participant, confuse the results or make participation unethical * Not able to understand Norwegian language * Short life expectancy (\<6 months) due to non-cardiac causes
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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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Akershus University Hospital
Lørenskog, Norway
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Vestfold Hospital Trust
Tønsberg, Vestfold and Telemark County, 3103, Norway
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Vestre Viken Trust Drammen hospital
Drammen, Viken County, 3004, Norway
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