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CONNECT Study - Clinical Evaluation Of Remote NotificatioN to rEduCe Time to Clinical Decision
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Remote Management and In-Office Care for Arrhythmia and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 2,009 participants across 127 sites.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the ability of clinicians to receive and review information from patients implanted with a heart device over the internet (remote care) is comparable to patients who are seen in-office for routine visits to check the status of their device.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The Remote Management method of treating patients consists of 3 components: CareAlerts: Device alerts that are triggered by either device integrity issues or arrhythmic issues with the patient (e.g. multiple shocks delivered for a ventricular arrhythmia, more than 12 hours of atrial arrhythmias occurring in a day) Conexus: the device feature which allows the device to wirelessly transmit information (possibly triggered by a CareAlert) to a patient monitor that is hooked up a patient's phone line CareLink: the Medtronic system which allows device data to be transmitted from a patient's monitor through the phone line to ultimately be displayed on a secure website for viewing by the patient's physician. The combination of these 3 components allow the patient's device to transmit information relating to either a device issue or patient issue to be viewed by a clinician without the patient having to take direct action.
Routine in-office care