Cardiac Rehabilitation of Heart Failure Patients by Telemedicine (READ)

Caen University Hospital

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 4

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Device: SCAD information system

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00877318

B80908-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the READ study is to compare the continuation of the cardiac rehabilitation at home with clinical follow-up, therapeutic education, and advice on the training at the stamina, via telemedicine with the classic strategy in day hospital.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with a dysfunction of left ventricle with ejection fraction of left ventricle < 40 % appreciated by echocardiogram at hospital discharge for cardiac rehabilitation.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient non authorized to follow an effort training
• Therapeutic education impossible
• Pregnant woman or breast-feeding
• No assent
• Incapacity to use the terminal
• Minor patient or under supervision

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Program of cardiac rehabilitation introduced in complete hospitalization pursued in day hospital during 3 months

telemedicine

Experimental group

Description:

Program of cardiac rehabilitation introduced in complete hospitalization pursued at home via a terminal during 3 months

Treatment:

Device: SCAD information system