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Atrial Fibrillation (AF)NCT07896863

Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Comorbidity in Rural China (MOVE-AF HF)

A study testing Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care Group and Routine Management Group in people with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Heart Failure, run by Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

AF and HF frequently coexist and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. In rural areas, limited access to echocardiography, NT-proBNP testing, and specialist care may hinder the early identification and appropriate management of HF among patients with AF. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Heart Failure
What is being tested?
Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care Group and Routine Management Group
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,200 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
10 Oct 2026to 30 Jun 2028
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Permanent residents with local household registration at the primary level in Donghai County, aged ≥ 65 years;
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) confirmation of AF or possession of a diagnostic certificate for AF issued by a specialist;
  • Management by a village clinic near the participant's place of residence;
  • Ability to understand the study procedures and provide written informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Expected life expectancy of less than 3 months.
  • Severe renal insufficiency (Ccr < 30ml/min) or ongoing dialysis treatment.
  • Cardiac insufficiency secondary to correctable causes, including hyperthyroid heart disease, anemic heart disease, or uncorrected congenital heart disease.
  • Indications for pacemaker implantation without having undergone implantation.
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) complicated by type II respiratory failure.
  • Special populations, including patients with mental illnesses.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

China1 site
  • Donghai County People's Hospital

    Lianyungang, Jiangsu, 222300

Other trials in China

About this study

AF and HF frequently coexist and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. In rural areas, limited access to echocardiography, NT-proBNP testing, and specialist care may hinder the early identification and appropriate management of HF among patients with AF. Mobile clinics may help overcome these barriers by bringing diagnostic testing and specialist support directly to rural communities.

This cluster-randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate a mobile clinic-supported, village doctor-led model for HF screening and integrated management among older patients with AF in rural China. Mobile clinics equipped with echocardiography and NT-proBNP testing will support HF screening, and subsequent management will be tailored according to HF status. The study will evaluate whether this model can improve the detection of HF and reduce adverse cardiovascular events compared with routine management.

Read the detailed description

AF and HF frequently coexist and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. In rural areas, limited access to echocardiography, NT-proBNP testing, and specialist care may hinder the early identification and appropriate management of HF among patients with AF. Mobile clinics may help overcome these barriers by bringing diagnostic testing and specialist support directly to rural communities.

This is an open-label, cluster-randomized, parallel-group controlled trial conducted in rural village clinics in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province, China. Village clinics will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either a mobile clinic-supported, village doctor-led integrated management group or a routine management group.

In the intervention group, mobile clinics equipped with echocardiography and NT-proBNP testing will provide HF screening. Based on HF status, village doctors and specialists will provide stratified management, including AF management based on the ABC pathway and optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy for HF when appropriate. The control group will receive routine management according to the National Basic Public Health Service standards.

The study will evaluate the rate of newly detected HF at 6 months and a composite cardiovascular outcome at 18 months, including cardiovascular death, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, hospitalization for worsening HF or acute coronary syndrome, and AF-related emergency department visits.

Being tested
Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care Group, Routine Management Group
Medical subject headings
Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care GroupBehavioural

    The intervention consists of mobile clinic-supported HF screening and village doctor-led integrated management for patients with AF. Mobile clinics equipped with echocardiography and NT-proBNP testing will provide HF screening. Management will be stratified according to HF status. Patients without HF will receive integrated AF management based on the ABC pathway, while patients with HF will additionally receive guideline-directed HF management, including optimization of GDMT. Specialists will conduct regular assessments and medication adjustments (once every 3 months), and village doctors will provide ongoing follow-up, medication review, risk-factor management, and health guidance.

  • Routine Management GroupBehavioural

    Participants in the control group will receive routine chronic disease management according to the National Basic Public Health Service standards. Village doctors will provide regular follow-up, general health education, medication documentation, and routine referral services. Participants will continue to receive clinically indicated care but will not receive the mobile clinic-supported HF screening or structured guideline-based management provided to the intervention group.

Study groups in NCT07896863
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care GroupExperimentalParticipants in this group will receive mobile clinic-supported, village doctor-led integrated management. Mobile clinics equipped with echocardiography and NT-proBNP testing will provide HF screening for patients with AF. Based on HF status, village doctors and specialists will provide stratified management, including AF management according to the ABC pathway and optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy for HF when appropriate. Specialist-supported mobile clinics will provide regular assessment and medication adjustment (once every 3 months), while village doctors will conduct ongoing follow-up and health management.
Receives: Behavioral: Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care Group
Routine Management GroupActive comparatorParticipants in this group will receive routine chronic disease management according to the National Basic Public Health Service standards. Village doctors will provide regular follow-up, general health education, medication documentation, and routine referral services. Participants will not receive mobile clinic-supported HF screening or the structured guideline-based management provided to the intervention group.
Receives: Behavioral: Routine Management Group

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Primary Outcome of Phase 1: New-incident heart-failure diagnosis

    (1) HFrEF - symptomatic cardiac dysfunction with LVEF < 50%; (2) HFpEF - symptoms of HF with LVEF ≥ 50% and echocardiographic evidence of structural or functional cardiac abnormalities; or (3) hospitalisation with heart failure as a primary cause.

    Measured: 6 months after baseline

  2. Primary Outcome of Phase 2: Composite Cardiovascular Outcome

    The composite outcome includes cardiovascular death, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, hospitalization for worsening heart failure or acute coronary syndrome, and emergency department visits due to atrial fibrillation.

    Measured: 18 months after baseline

  3. Primary Outcome of Extension Study: Composite cardiovascular outcome

    Composite cardiovascular endpoint, including cardiovascular death, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, hospitalization for worsening heart failure or acute coronary syndrome, and emergency visits due to atrial fibrillation.

    Measured: 36 months after baseline

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. The proportion of patients who met all the three criteria for the ABC pathway adherence

    Proportion of participants meeting all three ABC criteria. 'A' (avoid stroke): appropriate oral anticoagulation according to guideline indications, defined as use of an appropriately dosed direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin with time in therapeutic range >65%.Patients who were not properly treated with OACs are considered as 'A non-compliant'. 'B' (Better functional status): Patients with an EHRA score of I or II are considered to have good control of AF symptoms ('B compliant'). On the contrary, those with an EHRA score of III or IV were defined as 'B non-compliant', which means their symptoms were insufficiently controlled. 'C' (comorbidity and cardiovascular risk-factor management): 'C criterion compliant' implies that all the considered risk factors and comorbidities were well controlled or optimally treated. Otherwise, patients were considered as 'C non-compliant'.

    Measured: 6 months

  2. GDMT medication utilization rate

    The proportion of patients who are eligible for guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and actually receive GDMT. Single-class prescription rate: Prescription rate for a given GDMT drug class = (number of patients prescribed that drug class) / (number of patients eligible for that drug class) × 100%. At least one GDMT class prescription rate: At least one GDMT prescription rate = (number of patients prescribed at least one GDMT drug class) / (total number of patients eligible for GDMT) × 100%. Quadruple GDMT prescription rate: Quadruple therapy prescription rate = (number of patients simultaneously prescribed ARNI/ACEI/ARB + β-blocker + MRA + SGLT2 inhibitor) / (number of patients eligible for all four drug classes) × 100%.

    Measured: 6 months

  3. Incidence and Time to Cardiovascular Death

    Cardiovascular death was defined as death attributable to myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, cardiac perforation or tamponade, or other deaths of cardiac origin. Death caused by ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, peripheral embolism, and pulmonary embolism was also classified as cardiovascular deathTime

    Measured: 18 months

  4. Incidence and Time to Ischemic or Hemorrhagic Stroke

    All strokes: ischemic or hemorrhagic Stroke

    Measured: 18 months

  5. Incidence and Time to Hospitalization for Worsening Heart Failure or Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Hospitalization due to worsening heart failure or acute coronary syndrome during follow-up.

    Measured: 18 months

  6. Incidence and Time to Emergency visit due to Atrial Fibrillation

    Occurrence of an emergency department visit due to atrial fibrillation during follow-up

    Measured: 18 months

  7. All-Cause Mortality

    Death from any cause during the follow-up period.

    Measured: 18 months

  8. The proportion of patients who met all the three criteria for the ABC pathway adherence

    Proportion of participants meeting all three ABC criteria. 'A' (avoid stroke): appropriate oral anticoagulation according to guideline indications, defined as use of an appropriately dosed direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin with time in therapeutic range >65%.Patients who were not properly treated with OACs are considered as 'A non-compliant'. 'B' (Better functional status): Patients with an EHRA score of I or II are considered to have good control of AF symptoms ('B compliant'). On the contrary, those with an EHRA score of III or IV were defined as 'B non-compliant', which means their symptoms were insufficiently controlled. 'C' (comorbidity and cardiovascular risk-factor management): 'C criterion compliant' implies that all the considered risk factors and comorbidities were well controlled or optimally treated. Otherwise, patients were considered as 'C non-compliant'.

    Measured: 18 months

  9. GDMT medication utilization rate

    The proportion of patients who are eligible for guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and actually receive GDMT. Single-class prescription rate: Prescription rate for a given GDMT drug class = (number of patients prescribed that drug class) / (number of patients eligible for that drug class) × 100%. At least one GDMT class prescription rate: At least one GDMT prescription rate = (number of patients prescribed at least one GDMT drug class) / (total number of patients eligible for GDMT) × 100%. Quadruple GDMT prescription rate: Quadruple therapy prescription rate = (number of patients simultaneously prescribed ARNI/ACEI/ARB + β-blocker + MRA + SGLT2 inhibitor) / (number of patients eligible for all four drug classes) × 100%.

    Measured: 18 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Oct 2026
  2. Study start10 Oct 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1,200 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07896863
Sponsor's protocol ID
LSKY 2026-134-01
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
4 Oct 2026
Last updated
27 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Chu M, Zhang S, Gong J, Yang S, Yang G, Sun X, Wu D, Xia Y, Jiao J, Peng X, Peng Z, Hong L, Wang Z, Li M, Lip GYH, Chen M; MIRACLE-AF Investigators. Telemedicine-based integrated management of atrial fibrillation in village clinics: a cluster randomized trial. Nat Med. 2025 Apr;31(4):1276-1285. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03511-2. Epub 2025 Feb 21.

    PubMed 39984634

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Mobile Clinic-Supported, Village Doctor-Led Screening and Integrated Care Group and Routine Management Group in people with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Heart Failure, run by Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Hongmei Zhou (+86 13961325123, 1109873714@qq.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Primary Outcome of Phase 1: New-incident heart-failure diagnosis (time frame: 6 months after baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07896863, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Oct 2026.

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