NCT05293730

Brief Summary

Participants in Electronic Frailty Integrated with Social Needs (eFRIEND) will randomize to receive regularly scheduled in-person and telehealth contacts with a community health worker (CHW) or continue to receive standard of care. The purpose of this research is to use CHW to help older adults because there may be some resources that could benefit them that they are not aware of or for which they need help applying.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

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

Enrollment
2,050

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2022

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 14, 2022

Completed
10 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 24, 2022

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 6, 2022

Completed
1.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 12, 2024

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 12, 2024

Completed
Last Updated

July 3, 2024

Status Verified

April 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

1.7 years

First QC Date

March 14, 2022

Last Update Submit

June 28, 2024

Conditions

Keywords

Community Health Care Workerelderlyassistanceat home care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Number of ED Visits or Inpatient Hospitalizations

    Healthcare encounters will be tracked using the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

    Month 6

  • Number of ED Visits or Inpatient Hospitalizations

    Healthcare encounters will be tracked using the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

    Month 12

Secondary Outcomes (19)

  • Number of Completed Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs)

    Month 6 and Month 12

  • Usage of Advance Care Planning (ACP)

    Month 6 and Month 12

  • Acceptability of Program

    Month 6 and Month 12

  • Participant Uptake of Home Health Services--Total Number

    Month 6 and Month 12

  • Participant Uptake of Home Health Services--Proportion

    Month 6 and Month 12

  • +14 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Community Health Worker (CHW)-Led Hybrid In-Person/Telehealth Program Pathway (eFRIEND)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the eFRIEND arm will receive regularly scheduled in-person and telehealth contacts with a CHW.

Behavioral: eFRIEND

Usual Care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Usual care group will be monitored passively for outcomes under a waiver of informed consent

Other: Usual Care

Interventions

eFRIENDBEHAVIORAL

eFRIEND is a 6-month CWH-led intervention. All CHW will be part of the research team to ensure successful recruitment and interaction with patients, and all CHW will be certified and have participated in the North Carolina Community Health Worker Standardized Core Competency Training.

Community Health Worker (CHW)-Led Hybrid In-Person/Telehealth Program Pathway (eFRIEND)

Routine treatment in primary care

Usual Care

Eligibility Criteria

Age65 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsOlder Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Frail based on the electronic Frailty Index (eFI\>0.21)
  • Live in Forsyth County, NC
  • Linked to any Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) registry
  • Have a Primary Care Provider (PCP) in Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (AHWFB) system, and have seen their PCP or someone else in the clinic of their PCP within the last 12 months

You may not qualify if:

  • Diagnosis code for dementia in the past 2 years
  • Does not speak English

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Helping Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social BehaviorBehavior

Study Officials

  • Kathryn E. Callahan, MD

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 14, 2022

First Posted

March 24, 2022

Study Start

September 6, 2022

Primary Completion

May 12, 2024

Study Completion

May 12, 2024

Last Updated

July 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Our study, is a Pragmatic Trial of the impact of the Electronic Frailty Integrated with Social Needs (eFRIEND) on high cost, high burden healthcare use of older adults in Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, agrees to share study data that fulfill the ICMJE requirements starting after the first 3 months after our study has started and 36 months after our first article publication. We agree to provide data to researchers who can provide our lab with a methodologically sound proposal, and who need our data to help achieve aims outlined in their proposal. The study's data will be comprised of individual participant data that underlie the results reported in our publication. Participant data will be deidentified and can be used in text, tables, figures, and appendices, after approval from the study's primary investigator.

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL
Time Frame
Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication
Access Criteria
The requests must include a proposal with clear aims as to why and how the data will be used. If proposal is approved, a data access agreement will need to be signed and will only be accessible for a 36-month period. All requests to gain access to the data will need to be sent to the study's project manager, Renee Woodard, (renee.woodard@wakehealth.edu), with the study's primary investigator copied, Kate Callahan, MD, MS, (kecallah@wakehealth.edu).

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