RecruitingNCT06343233

FAiling HearT in the Elderly (FATE) Study

Multicenter, Prospective Observational Study of Patients Aged 65 Years or Older, Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure.

Sponsor

IRCCS Multimedica

Enrollment

5,000 participants

Start Date

Nov 19, 2019

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Heart Failure Frailty

Summary

In 2015 the Italian Ministry of Health invited the Cardiac Research Hospitals of Italy to constitute a Cardiac Network. The aim of the network is to facilitate and promote scientific and technological research in the setting of cardiovascular diseases and related risk factors. The Cardiology Network, responding to the indications of the National Health Research Program, which includes research models oriented towards prevention studies with objectives and priority areas of intervention such as "acquiring scientific knowledge necessary for implementing both secondary and tertiary prevention programs for patients and primary prevention for contacts, where indicated, or for subjects exposed to specific risk factors", aims to identify strategies and/or prognostic and predictive factors of outcomes through the construction of thoroughly studied case series and systematic collection of biological materials, as well as the definition of research models based on clinical outcomes. The Study aims to examine the impact of clinical practice and therapies, analytically considering treatments and other important covariates that contribute in a complex manner to the therapeutic success of patients with heart failure.

Eligibility

Min Age: 65 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study, called the FATE (FAiling HearT in the Elderly) study, follows older patients hospitalized for acute heart failure to better understand their outcomes and what factors predict recovery or decline. It is an observational study — no experimental treatments are given. **You may be eligible if...** - You are over 65 years old - You have been hospitalized for acute heart failure (a sudden worsening of heart failure requiring hospital care) - You are willing to sign an informed consent form **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have significant heart valve disease that was present at the time of the hospitalization - You have a cancer or serious systemic condition that gives you less than one year to live - You have an active, known infectious disease Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERusual care

The aim is to set up a collection of clinical and instrumental data of usual care from patients hospitalized for acute heart failure aged ≥ 65; at the time of admission and after 6-12 and 18 months from the event (admission).