Congestive Heart Failure Outreach Program

NCT00371085 | Completed Phase 4

• 1 other identifier: EPICORE 2006-003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 539
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Heart failure is a very common condition and is one of the main reasons people are admitted to hospital. There are many things people with heart failure can do to manage their condition at home. Unfortunately many people do not have enough information to do this and need to come back to the hospital because their heart failure got worse. This study will look at different ways to help people learn more about heart failure and how to manage their condition at home.

Conditions

Heart Failure

Keywords

heart failure; quality improvement; patient education; health care economics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Differences in clinical outcomes, as measured by cardiovascular hospitalizations and emergency room presentations, between video-based education and usual care groups.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Differences in all-cause hospitalizations between groups

  6 months

• Differences in CHF-related hospitalizations between groups

  6 months

• Differences in total number of in-hospital days between groups

  6 months

• Change in CHF knowledge levels from the initial in-hospital patient contact to the end of the 6 month follow-up between the two groups

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Video-based patient education on heart failure self care

Behavioral: education

Interventions

education BEHAVIORAL

Video-based educational program for heart failure focus on daily weights, medication taking, and salt restriction

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• patient in hospital or emergency room with symptomatic CHF confirmed by a physician.
• patient seen in an outpatient clinic with symptomatic CHF confirmed by a physician, AND hospitalized within the previous 6 months for heart failure.
• age greater than 18 years.

You may not qualify if:

• asymptomatic CHF
• life expectancy \< 6 months
• receiving chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
• unable to communicate (non-English speaking, intubated, etc)
• demented or a mental illness which precludes participation
• receives professional assistance for self-care activities including meals or medications (e.g. nursing home)
• previously enrolled in this study
• participation in another heart failure study, or
• declined to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: collaborator
• Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Alberta Hospital & others in Canada (contact PI)

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2C8, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Failure

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Ross T Tsuyuki, Pharm D, MSc

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 4
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2006
• First Posted: September 1, 2006
• Study Start: October 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: September 23, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-09

Locations

CA (1)