NCT07391683Recruiting
Telemedically Assisted Optimization for Heart Failure Patients Before Cardiac Surgery to Improve Perioperative Outcome
Prospective, Randomized Open Label Trial of Telemedically Assisted Optimization for Heart Failure Patients Before Cardiac Surgery to Improve Perioperative Outcome
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac surgery face a significantly increased perioperative risk, yet no standardized strategy exists to mitigate this risk effectively. Current preoperative management relies on optimization of medical therapy without a structured prehabilitation approach. Given the strong association between eleveated preoperative N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels and postoperative outcomes, patients at increased risk could be identified using this biomarker. Telemedical disease management programs have demonstrated efficacy in outpatient heart failure care, but their role in preoperative optimization remains underexplored. This study aims to assess whether a structured, multidisciplinary, telemedicine-assisted prehabilitation program can reduce perioperative complications, and improve surgical outcomes.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 162 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 16 Feb 2026
- Primary completion date
- 16 Apr 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT07391683
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 162
- From 16 Feb 2026 to the primary completion date, 16 Apr 2029
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Neuropsychiatric disorders / illnesses (e.g. drug addiction, alcohol abuse) that do not allow adherent participation in the study
- Chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis
- Planed procedure: heart transplantation (HTX), implant of left ventricular mechanical assist devices (L-VAD)
Other
- No sufficient ability to measure and transfer data or existing support in the social environment
- no sufficient ability to communicate (language skills, eyesight, hearing)
- Pregnancy
Who the study is looking for
- Indication for elective cardiac surgery in the Heart team
- NTproBNP ≥ 1500 ng/L
- ≥ 18 years willing to participate in trial
- Written informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of Innsbruck - Department of Cardiology & Department of Cardiac Surgery Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Recruiting |
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