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NCT04393636: DCC
Digital Cardiac Counseling Trial: DCC Trial
NA trial testing Digital cardiac Counseling in Cardiovascular Diseases in 394 participants. Completed in 22 March 2024.
22 March 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 394 |
| Start date | 5 June 2020 |
| Primary completion | 22 March 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 22 March 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Netherlands |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Digital cardiac Counseling
Conditions studied
- Cardiovascular Diseases — all drugs for Cardiovascular Diseases →
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor — all drugs for Cardiovascular Risk Factor →
Sponsor
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Cardiovascular Diseases or Cardiovascular Risk Factor. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Most patients undergoing a cardiovascular procedure need an ICU-bed during the hospitalization and therefore it is possible that for the unforeseen future, because of the Covid-19 crisis, many patients will stay on the waiting list for many months to come. There are some studies showing an increased mortality associated with an increased waiting time for the patients on the waiting list for an elective cardiac surgery. However, there is no data on the evolution of the morbidity, the quality of life and the symptomatology of the patients waiting for an elective operation. Also it is not clear whether the period of waiting for an elective cardiovascular operation would impact the morbidity or the mortality of the planned operation at later stage. Furthermore, there is a plethora of studies on risk factors associated with the perioperative morbidity and mortality in general. Therefore, the rationale of the current study is to evaluate whether Digital Cardiac Counseling (DCC) would improve outcomes of the patients waiting for an elective cardiac operation. At the DCC platform, there will be assessments of cardiovascular symptoms, Covid-19 prevention for cardiovascular patients, smoking cessation, anxiety relief, exercise stimulation, pulmonary rehabilitation and diet adjustments. This will be done by means of questionnaires and E-consults.
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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The Effect of Teleprehabilitation on Adverse Events After Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Scheenstra B, van Susante L, Bongers BC, Lenssen T, et al · · 2025 · cited 12× · PMID 39396714 · DOI 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.064 -
Personalized teleprehabilitation in elective cardiac surgery: a study protocol of the Digital Cardiac Counselling randomized controlled trial.
Scheenstra B, Mohansingh C, Bongers BC, Dahmen S, et al · · 2021 · cited 6× · PMID 36713609 · DOI 10.1093/ehjdh/ztab041 -
Monitoring cardiac symptoms during teleprehabilitation prior to coronary artery bypass grafting: a digital cardiac counselling trial subanalysis.
van Susante L, van Mierlo R, Scheenstra B, van 't Hof A, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42238294 · DOI 10.1093/ehjdh/ztag076
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT04393636
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04393636 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Last refreshed: 8 July 2024
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