Patient reported outcomes measures are infrequently used in clinical studies of heart transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical trials in heart transplantation (HT) recipients have largely focused on objective outcomes such as survival; however, there is a paucity of data regarding the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in these studies. We aimed to characterize the use of PROMs in registered clinical studies of HT recipients.

Methods

All clinical studies of adult HT recipients were queried from ClinicalTrials.gov and stratified by inclusion of PROMs. Studies reporting PROMs were identified via specific search terms using the "outcomes measures" field. Summary statistics compared characteristics of studies with and without PROMs.

Results

Between November 1999 and August 2022, 227 studies of HT recipients were registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. PROMs were includ

SUBMITTER: Austin MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349310 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature