Postcards to Improve Remote Monitoring Connectivity Among Veterans With a Disconnected Monitor

Part of paid clinical trials in San Francisco, California.

Sponsor
San Francisco VA Health Care System
Study ID
NCT07464834
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Adherence, Patient
  • ICD
  • Implanted Loop Recorder
  • Pacemaker
  • Remote Monitoring

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Tailored Postcard — OTHER
    Participants received a postcard with a tailored notice that their home monitor was disconnected from remote monitoring with tips to reconnect and prompts to follow up with their CIED manufacturer or local VA clinic.

Study Details

We tested the effect of mailing informational postcards to patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices who have lost continuous RM connectivity because of a disconnected home monitor.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 5, 2024
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Jul 29, 2025
Completion
Jul 29, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
2,726 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Postcards
    Participants who received tailored postcard
  • No Intervention: Controls
    Participants who did not receive a postcard (usual care)

Primary Outcome Measure

Median time to monitor reconnection [ Time Frame: From intervention (mailing) to at least 100 days after intervention. ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
San Francisco VA Medical CenterSan FranciscoCalifornia94121-

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