Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Remote Patient Management of CIEDs

Canada1,115 participantsStarted 2020-05-01

Plain-language summary

This is a Canadian multicenter randomized controlled trial to assess remote patient management. Patients will be randomized to remote patient management with VIRTUES versus usual care, and will be stratified by RemoteView vs no RemoteView utilization, as well as by center.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Patients with a Medtronic, Abbott or Boston Scientific defibrillator/CRT-D capable of remote monitoring with Carelink, Merlin or Latitude.
✓. Able to provide consent.
✓. Age \>/= 18 years

Exclusion criteria

✕. No family physician or general practitioner
✕. Inability to be referred to a specialist
✕. Currently followed more than every 6 months by a Heart Function Clinic
✕. Participation in another randomized clinical trial that impacts outcome
✕. Unreliable automated capture verification by device in pacemaker dependent patient

What they're measuring

Time to major adverse cardiac event (primary safety outcome)

Timeframe: 18 months

Time to a device-detected event (primary efficacy outcome)

Timeframe: 18 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03405740

SponsorRatika Parkash

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-05-01

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