NCT01836354

Brief Summary

DESERVE is a discharge education study using health workers to enroll and randomly assign 800 subjects diagnosed with TIA, or mild stroke to either risk factor education or usual care. Those patients assigned to education will receive stroke preparedness education plus risk factor reduction education, and help accessing follow up care with health workers. Those patients assigned to usual care will receive written stroke preparedness education. This protocol will evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention to reduce blood pressure, and individual stroke risk factors and future stroke risk.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
552

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2012

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2012

Completed
9 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 17, 2013

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 19, 2013

Completed
3.1 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2016

Completed
3.4 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

November 1, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

February 17, 2020

Status Verified

February 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

3.8 years

First QC Date

April 17, 2013

Last Update Submit

February 12, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

strokeinteractive educational interventionacute ischemic stroketransient ischemic attack

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Blood Pressure

    change in overall blood pressure

    6 months and 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Secondary Incident

    up to 3 years

Study Arms (2)

DESERVE education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Intervention group will receive education on stroke preparedness plus risk factor reduction education, and help accessing follow up care with health workers.

Behavioral: DESERVE education

Usual Care

NO INTERVENTION

The usual care group will only receive written preparedness education, which is the standard care for the hospital.

Interventions

Those patients assigned to education will receive stroke comprehensive intervention which focuses on three main areas, Risk perception, Medication Adherence, and Patient-Physician Communication. We will test whether phone calls and visits with a health worker after discharge, videos and a workbook are linked to better control of blood pressure and other risk factors

DESERVE education

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Diagnosed with mild ischemic cerebral infarction or mild intracerebral hemorrhage (NIHSS \< 5) or TIA based on a clinical definition of focal neurologic deficits consistent with a single vascular territory of the brain
  • Aged greater than 18 years at onset of event
  • Resident of NY Metropolitan community in home with land or cell phone.
  • Vascular risk factors including HTN history or elevated blood pressure (\>130/85 mmHg) at the time of discharge, smoking, diabetes or metabolic syndrome
  • Discharge to home
  • English or Spanish Speaker

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients unable to give informed consent
  • Discharged to long-term nursing home or requiring 24 hour care.
  • A Modified Rankin score \> 2 at baseline
  • Pre-stroke dementia history.
  • Patients with end stage cancer, or other medical conditions resulting in mortality less than 1 year.
  • Patient does not speak English or Spanish.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, New York, 10016, United States

Location

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, 10029, United States

Location

Columbia University

New York, New York, 10032, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

  • Crocker TF, Brown L, Lam N, Wray F, Knapp P, Forster A. Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Nov 23;11(11):CD001919. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001919.pub4.

  • Goldmann E, Jacoby R, Finfer E, Appleton N, Parikh NS, Roberts ET, Boden-Albala B. Positive Health Beliefs and Blood Pressure Reduction in the DESERVE Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 May 5;9(9):e014782. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014782. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

  • Boden-Albala B, Goldmann E, Parikh NS, Carman H, Roberts ET, Lord AS, Torrico V, Appleton N, Birkemeier J, Parides M, Quarles L. Efficacy of a Discharge Educational Strategy vs Standard Discharge Care on Reduction of Vascular Risk in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: The DESERVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Jan 1;76(1):20-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.2926.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Ischemic StrokeHemorrhagic StrokeStrokeIschemic Attack, Transient

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular DisordersBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesVascular DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesBrain Ischemia

Study Officials

  • Bernadette Boden-Albala, DrPH

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 17, 2013

First Posted

April 19, 2013

Study Start

August 1, 2012

Primary Completion

June 1, 2016

Study Completion

November 1, 2019

Last Updated

February 17, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

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