Personalized Digital Remote Monitoring for Elderly Patients

Launched by EPOCA U&I · Feb 20, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a new system called the EPOCA Remote Monitoring System (RMS), designed to help elderly patients who have multiple chronic health issues, like diabetes or heart disease. The main goal is to see if using this remote monitoring system can improve care for these patients, reduce the number of times they need to go to the hospital unexpectedly, and improve their overall quality of life. Researchers will also check if this system helps patients live longer compared to those receiving regular care.

To participate in this trial, you need to be 75 years or older and have at least three chronic health conditions. You should have also been hospitalized or had a fall in the last year. If eligible, you'll be randomly assigned to either use the EPOCA RMS with special devices that help monitor your health or continue with standard care for a year. Throughout the study, researchers will collect information to see how well the EPOCA RMS works. This study is important because it could lead to better support for elderly patients and fewer emergency hospital visits.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age ≥ 75 years,
• • Three or more chronic pathologies (e.g., diabetes, heart disease, depression, cancer, respiratory failure, renal failure, dementia),
• • Hospitalization or fall at least once in the previous year (Y-1),
• • Recently discharged from the emergency department (within 24 hours),
• • Patients, with or without caregivers, who accepted to participate and provided informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients discharged to or having been institutionalized in nursing homes (EHPAD),
• • Patients enrolled in another clinical trial
• • Suicidal or hetero-aggressive risk in a patient alone at home,
• • Homeless patients,
• • Patients protected by the following French legal measure: "sauvegarde de justice"