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

Part of paid clinical trials in San Francisco, California.

Sponsor
San Francisco VA Health Care System
Study ID
NCT07477964
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 Postcards — OTHER
    Participants received a postcard with a tailored notice that their CIED was disconnected from remote monitoring with tips to reconnect and prompts to follow up with their CIED manufacturer or local VA clinic.

Study Details

The investigators tested the effect of mailing informational postcards to patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) who have lost continuous RM connectivity because their home monitor had become disconnected from their CIED.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 5, 2024
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Aug 21, 2025
Completion
Aug 21, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
1,312 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 CIED 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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