Terminated Wearable Heart Failure Monitoring Trial Offers Lessons for Digital Health Implementation in Cardiology
247 Health News Editorial
·12 Apr 2026
·4 min read
·clinical-trialsThe NanoSense trial investigating SimpleSENSE wearable heart failure monitoring was terminated early after enrolling only 13 of 500 planned participants. This experience offers valuable lessons for implementing digital health technologies in cardiovascular care.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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