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Intensive Education Versus Usual Education of Patients for Improving Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) Prescription in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Description

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effect of patient education on extent of use of guideline directed medical treatment (GDMT) of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The main question that our study aims to answer is if patient education can improve the adherence to GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Participants will receive educations about GDMT benefits in 1,3 and 5 months after discharge from hospital.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effect of patient education on extent of use of guideline directed medical treatment (GDMT) of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The main question that our study aims to answer is if patient education can improve the adherence to GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Participants will receive educations about GDMT benefits in 1,3 and 5 months after discharge from hospital.

Intensive Education Versus Usual Education of Patients for Improving Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) Prescription in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction- A Randomized Controlled Trial

Intensive Education Versus Usual Education of Patients for Improving Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) Prescription in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Condition
Heart Failure
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218

Baltimore

Medstar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21225

Baltimore

Medstar Franklin Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21237

Baltimore

Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21239

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients diagnosed with Heart Failure reduced Ejection Fraction (EF≤40%)
  • * Age \>18 years
  • * Able to consent for enrollment.
  • * Hospitalized at one of the Medstar facilities (Inpatient)
  • * Pregnancy
  • * Patient with stage D heart failure candidates for advanced therapies or on home inotropes or receiving hospice service
  • * Patients with advanced organ failure (End stage cancer, Advanced dementia, MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) score \> 30, GFR (Glomerular filtration rate) \<25) in whom GDMT is Futile
  • * Patients with Heart failure Collaboratory Score (HFCS) of 9

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medstar Health Baltimore,

Anup Agarwal, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, MedStar Health

Study Record Dates

2025-02