Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesRandomised controlled trial

Rationale, Design, and Patient Characteristics of a Cluster-Randomized Pragmatic Trial to Improve Mineralocorticoid Antagonist Use

JACC Heart FailPublished

  • Design paper of a cluster-randomised pragmatic trial
  • controlled

Study context

Population
Outpatients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and their outpatient providers119 providers randomised
Participants
1,210 outpatients
Comparison
Tailored best practice alert (BPA) vs usual care
Primary endpoint
MRA prescriptions
Follow-up
6 months following randomization

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

  • Design paper: enrollment completed; no outcome results reported

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Rationale, Design, and Patient Characteristics of a Cluster-Randomized Pragmatic Trial to Improve Mineralocorticoid Antagonist Use. JACC Heart Fail. Published 8 November 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2023.08.025

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it