OFICA - National French Observatory of Acute Heart Failure 
Head :
Logeart Damien, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisiere Saint Louis, INSERM U942, Université Paris 7
Last update : 03/01/2020 | Version : 2 | ID : 8703
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | National French Observatory of Acute Heart Failure |
| Sign or acronym | OFICA |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Cardiology Geriatrics |
| Health determinants |
Genetic Medicine |
| Keywords | acute pulmonary oedema, longitudinal information, heart failure, LVEF, HF, hospitalisation, treatment, comorbidity, prevalence |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Logeart |
| Surname | Damien |
| Address | Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 Rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris |
| Phone | +33 (0)1 49 95 66 08 |
| ofica@sfcardio.fr | |
| Unit | AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisiere Saint Louis, INSERM U942, Université Paris 7 |
| Organization | APHP |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Private |
| Details | French Cardiology Society, Ménarini and Servier Laboratories. |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Société Française de Cardiologie |
| Organisation status |
Private |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Longitudinal study (except cohorts) |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A selection of health institutions and services |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | All patients that fulfil the inclusion criteria and admitted to one of the centres participating in the study from 12 March 2009. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective |
To assess the characteristics of patients admitted for acute or decompensated heart failure, their treatment course and practices regarding their treatment until discharge, and to measure the impact of these data on prognosis at 3 months.
To obtain epidemiological data, evaluate practices in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic treatment and to provide answers to clinicians' questions. |
| Inclusion criteria |
- Male or female;
- Over 18 years old; - In hospital on the day of enrolment, i.e., hospitalised on the same day or days before; - Principal diagnosis or associated acute heart failure; - Informed consent. Exclusion criteria: - Heart surgery; - Scheduled hospitalisation; - Diagnosis of acute heart failure reversed in favour of an alternative diagnosis before discharge from hospital; - Patients that refused to participate. |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) Great age (80 years and more) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
National |
| Detail of the geography area | France (170 public and private centres). |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 03/2009 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 03/2010 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 1,818 patients in 170 centres. |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Biological data Administrative data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Direct physical measures Medical registration |
| Details of collected clinical data | Heart failure (electrocardiogram), treatment before admission, history, risk factors, comorbidity. |
| Biological data (detail) | BNP, + NT-proBNP, creatinine, CRP. |
| Administrative data (detail) | Hospital admission, treatment plan. |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality Health care consumption and services |
| Care consumption (detail) |
Hospitalization Medicines consumption |
| Procedures | |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Details on monitoring of participants | Follow-up at 3 months (re-hospitalisation, treatment plan since initial hospitalisation and ongoing treatment). |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | http://tinyurl.com/Hal-OFICA |
| Description | List of publications in HAL |
| Link to the document | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ofica&cmd=correctspelling |
| Description | List of publications in Pubmed |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | Through publications. Contact the scientist in charge for further information on data. |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
