Implant-based multi-parameter telemonitoring of patients with heart failure and a defibrillator with vs. without cardiac resynchronization therapy option: a subanalysis of the IN-TIME trial

Geller, Johann Christoph; Lewalter, Thorsten; Bruun, Niels Eske; Taborsky, Milos; Bode, Frank; Nielsen, Jens Cosedis; Stellbrink, Christoph; Schön, Steffen; Mühling, Holger; Oswald, Hanno; Reif, Sebastian; Kääb, Stefan; Illes, Peter; Proff, Jochen; Dagres, Nikolaos und Hindricks, Gerhard (2019): Implant-based multi-parameter telemonitoring of patients with heart failure and a defibrillator with vs. without cardiac resynchronization therapy option: a subanalysis of the IN-TIME trial. In: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Bd. 108, Nr. 10: S. 1117-1127

Abstract

Aims In the IN-TIME trial, automatic daily implant-based multiparameter telemonitoring significantly improved clinical outcomes in patients with chronic systolic heart failure and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). We compared IN-TIME results for ICD and CRT-D subgroups. Methods Patients with LVEF <= 35%, NYHA class II/III, optimized drug treatment, no permanent atrial fibrillation, and a dual-chamber ICD (n = 274) or CRT-D (n = 390) were randomized 1:1 to telemonitoring or no telemonitoring for 12 months. Primary outcome measure was a composite clinical score, classified as worsened if the patient died or had heart failure-related hospitalization, worse NYHA class, or a worse self-reported overall condition. Results The prevalence of worsened score at study end was higher in CRT-D than ICD patients (26.4% vs. 18.2%;P = 0.014), as was mortality (7.4% vs. 4.1%;P = 0.069). With telemonitoring, odds ratios (OR) for worsened score and hazard ratios (HR) for mortality were similar in the ICD [OR = 0.55 (P = 0.058), HR = 0.39 (P = 0.17)] and CRT-D [OR = 0.68 (P = 0.10), HR = 0.35 (P = 0.018)] subgroups (insignificant interaction, P = 0.58-0.91). Conclusion Daily multiparameter telemonitoring has a potential to reduce clinical endpoints in patients with chronic systolic heart failure both in ICD and CRT-D subgroups. The absolute benefit seems to be higher in higher-risk populations with worse prognosis.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1861-0684
• Sprache: Englisch