Telephone Intervention in Heart Failure Patients

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Congestive, Cardiomyopathy

In brief

In addition to medical treatment for heart failure (HF), a variety of non-pharmacological interventions have been demonstrated to benefit these patients. Some of these include systems for weight monitoring and medication reminders, exercise programs, and individually tailored evaluation and treatment plans with dietitians, social workers, psychologists, and nurse case managers. While many of these approaches have been shown to increase adherence to medication guidelines and result in decreased health care utilization, most rely heavily on a large team of specialized health care providers. It remains unknown whether or not an intervention with a lower intensity of specialized care using sophisticated automated computer tracking and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) techniques can impact the care of HF patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00057057

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

438

Expected to finish

2005-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Heart failure NYMA class 2-4, HX of heart failure hospitalization, No COPD, Kansas City Cardiac Questionnaire (Quality of Life)=31-80, 6 minute walk test <450

Where it is running

• Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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