U.S., April 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06940544) titled 'Uppsala Self-SCREENing of Heart Failure Study' on March 17.
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether a stepwise multimodal home-based screening strategy with rapid point-of-care testing can detect undiagnosed heart failure (HF) in high-risk patients compared to usual care. The study also aims to understand the impact of earlier HF diagnosis on treatment initiation, clinical outcomes, symptoms, functional capacity, health-related quality of life, healthcare utilization, and costs.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does a home-based screening strategy increase the diagnosis of HF within 6 mon...