Trial reportThorax2016
Randomised crossover trial of telemonitoring in chronic respiratory patients (TeleCRAFT trial).
Trial report in Thorax, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Implementation of Telemonitoring in the Management of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure and Respiratory Failure/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Using Technology to Engage Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in a Home a Home Exercise Program.
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Unburdening healthcare systems through telenursing in chronic respiratory disease management: a systematic review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- Benefits and Challenges of Remote Patient Monitoring as Perceived by Health Care Practitioners: A Systematic Review.The Permanente journal · 2023Pooled it
- Self-management interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Factors influencing the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring interventions: a realist review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Telehealth interventions: remote monitoring and consultations for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Telehealth in palliative care is being described but not evaluated: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2019Pooled it
- Trial
- Promoting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Wellness through Remote Monitoring and Health Coaching: A Clinical Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2022Trial
- Telehealth mitigates COPD disease progression compared to standard of care: a randomized controlled crossover trial.Journal of internal medicine · 2021Trial
- Perceptions on use of home telemonitoring in patients with long term conditions - concordance with the Health Information Technology Acceptance Model: a qualitative collective case study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2017Trial
- ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Mobile health for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a bibliometric analysis based on integrated databases (2000-2025).Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Relevance of telemonitoring algorithms for the management of home noninvasive ventilation.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Digital health technologies for improving the management of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- Clinical review of non-invasive ventilation.The European respiratory journal · 2024Review
- The role of telemonitoring in patients on home mechanical ventilation.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Review
- Quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory failure on home mechanical ventilation.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Review
- Highlights from the Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation 2022 Conference.ERJ open research · 2023Article
- Impact of remote vital sign monitoring on health outcomes in acute respiratory infection and exacerbation of chronic respiratory conditions: systematic review and meta-analysis.ERJ open research · 2023Review
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12 authors.
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Abstract
designRandomised crossover trial with 6 months of standard best practice clinical care (control group) and 6 months with the addition of telemonitoring.
participants68 patients with chronic lung disease (38 with COPD; 30 with chronic respiratory failure due to other causes), who had a hospital admission for an exacerbation within 6 months of randomisation and either used long-term oxygen therapy or had an arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) of <90% on air during the previous admission. Individuals received telemonitoring (second-generation system) via broadband link to a hospital-based care team. OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome measure was time to first hospital admission for an acute exacerbation. Secondary outcome measures were hospital admissions, general practitioner (GP) consultations and home visits by nurses, quality of life measured by EuroQol-5D and hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale, and self-efficacy score (Stanford).
resultsMedian (IQR) number of days to first admission showed no difference between the two groups—77 (114) telemonitoring, 77.5 (61) control ( p=0.189). Hospital admission rate at 6 months increased (0.63 telemonitoring vs 0.32 control p=0.026). Home visits increased during telemonitoring; GP consultations were unchanged. Self-efficacy fell, while HAD depression score improved marginally during telemonitoring.
conclusionsTelemonitoring added to standard care did not alter time to next acute hospital admission, increased hospital admissions and home visits overall, and did not improve quality of life in chronic respiratory patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02180919 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
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