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Collaborative Care for Heart Failure Patients With the Metabolic Syndrome

NCT00293852 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 114

Last updated 2020-03-03

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Summary

Heart failure is a condition where the heart does not pump enough blood to the rest of the body. People with heart failure may have another condition called the "metabolic syndrome"( having excess fat in the belly, high blood pressure, high fat in the blood, low level of good cholesterol and high blood sugar). People who have both heart failure and the metabolic syndrome often see many doctors. A new clinic has been formed at Ben Taub General Hospital that includes a specialist in heart failure (cardiologist) and in the metabolic syndrome (endocrinologist) as well as patient teaching. The goal of this study is to randomize patients with the metabolic syndrome who are admitted to the hospital for heart failure to this clinic (collaborative care) versus the usual doctor appointments (usual care). The purpose of this study is to see if collaborative care is better medical care than usual care. Specifically, we will see if patients in collaborative care will have:

1. fewer admissions to hospitals for illness
2. better blood pressure, sugar, fat and heart failure control
3. better patient satisfaction and knowledge about their diseases
4. lower levels of inflammation.

Conditions

  • Heart Failure, Congestive
  • Metabolic Syndrome X

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Outpatient clinic follow-up

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Allison M. Pritchett, M.D. · Baylor College of Medicine

  • Ramaswami Nalini, M.B.B.S · Baylor College of Medicine

  • Ashok Balasubramanyam, M.D. · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2009-10-14
Completion
2015-12-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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