Postcards to Improve Remote Monitoring Connectivity Among Veterans With a Disconnected CIED (NCT07477964) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Postcards to Improve Remote Monitoring Connectivity Among Veterans With a Disconnected CIED
United States1,312 participantsStarted 2024-08-05
Plain-language summary
The investigators tested the effect of mailing informational postcards to patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) who have lost continuous RM connectivity because their home monitor had become disconnected from their CIED.
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients followed by the VA National Cardiac Device Surveillance Program for CIED remote monitoring care with a wireless-capable CIED (i.e., does not require manual transmission).
* CIEDs: pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and implantable loop recorders
* Patients had a remote monitoring transmission received by VA National Cardiac Device Surveillance Program within past 100 days (representing standard 90-day interval plus additional 10-day buffer in case of travel)
* Data from Abbott merlin.net, Biotronik Home Monitoring, Medtronic Carelink, or Boston Scientific Latitude indicating patient disconnected from remote monitoring for ≥16 days but ≤40 days
Exclusion Criteria:
* Address outside of United States or Puerto Rico
* Previously included in the present RCT or a complementary RCT (VANCDSP Disconnected Monitor). Once a patient reconnects but then becomes disconnected again, cannot be included again
What they're measuring
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Median time to CIED reconnection
Timeframe: From intervention (mailing) to at least 100 days after intervention.