Can better Follow-Up keep heart failure patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT03396081
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program called PRADO that helps heart failure patients transition from hospital to home care. It included 404 adults who had been hospitalized for heart failure and lived at home. The program aimed to reduce hospital readmissions and deaths by coordinating doctors, nurses, and follow-up care. Results showed mixed effects, and the study design made it hard to prove the program's benefits.
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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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404 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2018
- Finished
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May 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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: * 18 years or older * Hospitalization for heart failure * Subject living at home * Informed consent Exclusion criteria: * discharge to a rehabilitation clinic or to medical home for elderly people * subject without health insurance * terminal kidney failure * programmed heart surgery * waiting for heart transplantation * psycho-cognitive impairment * patient not autonomous for mobility at home * supportive care * planned move to medical home for elderly people in the coming 6 months * no fluent french * not able to provide informed consent * participating to other study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Montpellier
Montpellier, 34295, France
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