Implementation of Home Monitoring in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis

Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center
Study ID
NCT06883448
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Home monitoring care — COMBINATION_PRODUCT
    Patients in the home monitoring group will receive a home spirometer, pulse oximetry meter, and access to a smartphone or tablet app, where they can perform home based measurements weekly and complete PROMs. Furthermore, this app includes disease specific information and allows for direct communication with the hospital via eConsultation. In the home monitoring group, half of the outpatient clinic visits will alternately be replaced by remote visits via video consultation.

Study Details

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of structurally replacing half of the outpatient clinic visits for patients with pulmonary fibrosis by home monitoring and video consultations on patient self-management and health(care) outcomes.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 2, 2024
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2027
Completion
Sep 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
220 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • No Intervention: Hospital-based care
    Hospital-based care involves outpatient clinic visits every three months including in-hospital lung function testing.
  • Experimental: Home monitoring care
    Patients in the home monitoring group will receive a home spirometer, pulse oximetry meter, and access to a smartphone or tablet app, where they can perform home based measurements weekly and complete PROMs. Furthermore, this app includes disease specific information and allows for direct communication with the hospital via eConsultation. In the home monitoring group, half of the outpatient clinic visits will alternately be replaced by remote visits via video consultation.

Primary Outcome Measure

Patient self-management [ Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months ]

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