INTEgRated Health CARE for Patients With Frailty and Heart Failure
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Heart Failure
Frailty
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Symptom, Behavioral
Utilization, Health Care
Quality of Life
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Vestre Viken Hospital Trust · Other
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About This Trial
Frailty, an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline characterized by marked vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, has attracted increasing attention in cardiology due to the growing elderly population with heart failure. Frail patients are mainly excluded from large cardiovascular intervention studies, and clinical trials addressing frailty and showing an impact on treatment on symptom…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age \>18 years old
* Admitted to hospital with heart failure with symptoms of decompensation including dyspnoea in NYHA class ≥ II, pulmonary congestion on chest x-ray and/or other signs like oedema or positive rales on auscultation and elevated NT-proBNP concentrations at scr…
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