New care pathway cuts hospital stays for heart failure patients
NCT ID NCT07439081
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new way to care for people with heart failure after they leave the hospital. Over 500 patients used a home monitoring system to track symptoms and weight, along with nurse education and a follow-up visit. The goal was to see if this approach could reduce hospital readmissions and improve survival in older, frail patients.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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504 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
The study population consisted of adults with heart failure managed in routine clinical practice at a tertiary care center in Lyon, France. Most participants were enrolled following a recent hospitalization for acute heart failure, while a smaller proportion were included after outpatient evaluation with a history of heart-failure hospitalization within the prior 12 months. The population was predominantly older and medically complex, with a high burden of comorbidities, polypharmacy, and functional vulnerability. Many participants met criteria for frailty and had limitations that could affect self-management, such as mobility impairment, sensory deficits, or cognitive difficulties. Despite this, the majority were living at home at the time of enrollment, often with support from caregivers or community services.This cohort reflects a real-world ambulatory heart failure population at high risk of rehospitalization and functional decline, representative of older patients commonly encoun
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Diagnosis of heart failure * Hospitalization for acute heart failure or a cardiac cause OR outpatient evaluation with a history of heart-failure hospitalization within the previous 12 months * Enrollment into the OPTIMUM ambulatory heart failure care pathway * Ability to provide informed consent * Agreement to participate in remote patient monitoring Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent * Refusal to participate in remote patient monitoring or the OPTIMUM care pathway * Physical, cognitive, or psychological limitations incompatible with use of the remote monitoring system * Treating clinician judged that adherence to telemonitoring would be insufficient * Presence of a non-cardiac comorbidity associated with an estimated life expectancy of less than 12 months
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Médipôle Hôpital Mutualiste
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69100, France
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