The evaluation of guidelines on referral of patients with suspected heart failure for echocardiography.

ISRCTN	ISRCTN46767423
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN46767423
Secondary identifying numbers	PSI B-28

Submission date: 23/01/2004
Registration date: 23/01/2004
Last edited: 17/11/2009

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Circulatory System

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Gill Grimshaw
Scientific

Eli Lilley National Clinical Audit Centre
Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care
University of Leicester
Leicester General Hospital
Leicester
LE5 4PW
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)116 2584394
Email	Gill.Grimshaw@warwick.ac.uk

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Other
Scientific title
Study objectives	The objective of the study is to determine, by means of an randomised control trial, the effectiveness of local guidelines for use of hospital based echocardiography on general practitioners' management of patients with heart failure and on patient outcome.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Heart disease
Intervention	Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Effectiveness of guidelines measured as changes in number of cases of suspected heart failure receiving appropriate diagnostic tests, costs of investigations and drugs, prescribing patterns and patient bourne costs.
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/04/1997
Completion date	01/12/2000

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Other
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	General practices within Leicestershire with computerised prescribing registers will be admitted to the study.
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/04/1997
Date of final enrolment	01/12/2000

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Eli Lilley National Clinical Audit Centre

Leicester
LE5 4PW
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Government

The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.doh.gov.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/12/2002		Yes	No