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Phone telemonitoring after heart-failure flare
Home mobile-phone telemonitoring after acute heart-failure decompensation cut primary events and hospital days versus usual care.
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What were ITT primary endpoint rates?
33% control vs 17% tele (RRR 50%, P=.06).
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
What did per-protocol analysis show?
15% tele events with RRR 54%, P=.04.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
How did NYHA class change?
Improved from 3 to 2 only in tele group patients.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
How did HF hospital stay length compare?
Median 6.5 days tele vs 10.0 days control (P=.04).
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
How many patients were randomized?
120 patients across eight centres; median age 66.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
Who were “never beginners”?
Tele patients unable to start data transmission despite training.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
What clinical problem motivates telemonitoring?
High re-hospitalization in chronic heart failure.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
What technology delivered monitoring?
Home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
Was the trial open-label?
Yes—prospective, randomized, open-label study.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
What challenge remains for elderly users?
Providing an adequate user interface for data acquisition/transmission.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified
Did ejection fraction differ significantly?
EF improved nonsignificantly in both groups.
Source: Effect of home-based telemonitoring using mobile phone technology on the outcome of heart failure patients after an episode of acute decompensation: randomized controlled trial · DOI · quote verified