Tests virtual care to aid recovery after heart failure hospital stays
Compares remote virtual heart failure care with routine care in adults after hospitalization.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization
Key facts
- Where
- Hamilton, Thunder Bay, and Toronto, CanadaSee the 5 sites
Where in Canada
- Hamilton General HospitalHamilton, CanadaTaking people
- Juravinski Hospital Cancer CentreHamilton, CanadaTaking people
- St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonHamilton, CanadaTaking people
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences CentreThunder Bay, CanadaNot yet recruiting
- Unity Health TorontoToronto, CanadaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Population Health Research Institute
- Trial code
- NCT05724433
- Record updated
- 7 August 2026
- Original description
The clinic visits (intervention) will continue for 90 days, which represents the follow-up period for the primary medication and health status outcomes. The co-primary clinical outcomes will be obtained at 180 days.Read full original descriptionShow less
VIrtual Care To Improve Outcomes and RecoverY From Heart Failure Hospitalization (VICTORY-HF) RCT
The clinic visits (intervention) will continue for 90 days, which represents the follow-up period for the primary medication and health status outcomes. The co-primary clinical outcomes will be obtained at 180 days.
Inclusion: Adult patients ≥ 18 years old who:; Are being discharged after hospitalization or urgent visit for HF as; a primary diagnosis or; significant complication (prolonging length of stay) of another diagnosis OR Have been referred for an initial consult at a cardiology clinic within 1 week of hospitalization or urgent visit for HF as a primary or secondary diagnosis, as described above; Have left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% within the preceding 3 months; Have NT-proBNP of > 900 pg/ml during hospital admission or within 7 days after discharge from the ED; Have a mailing address for patient or caregiver; Provide verbal consent.
Exclusion: Receiving palliative care or expected life expectancy < 6 months; Unable to self-assess or communicate symptoms (e.g. clinically evident dementia); Severe valve disease; Recipient of or on waiting list for LVAD or cardiac transplant; Complex congenital heart disease, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, or amyloid cardiomyopathy; Severe lung disease with symptoms on minimal exertion, forced expiratory volume during 1 second (FEV1) < 1 litre, severe pulmonary hypertension with RVSP > 60 mm Hg, or on home oxygen; Active malignancy; Severe kidney disease (persistent eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73m2); Died or left hospital before medically advised hospital discharge; Unable to engage with digital health technology or follow up.