Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Integrated Care for Older Multimorbid Heart Failure Patients: Protocol for the ESCAPE Randomized Trial and Cohort Study

ESC Heart FailPublished Protocol for a cohort study with embedded randomised controlled trial

Study context

Population
Elderly patients with HF, mental distress/disorder and ≥2 medical co-morbiditiesplanned RCT sample
Participants
300 patients
Planned comparison
Blended collaborative care vs usual care
Primary endpoint
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with the EQ-5D-5L
Follow-up
9 months
Methodological detailsassessor-blinded, two-arm parallel group, multinational (six European countries)
  • Assessor-blinded
  • Two-arm parallel group
  • Multinational (six European countries)

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Integrated Care for Older Multimorbid Heart Failure Patients: Protocol for the ESCAPE Randomized Trial and Cohort Study. ESC Heart Fail. Published 12 March 2023. doi:10.1002/ehf2.14294

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