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Enhancing Recovery After Cardiac Surgery

NCT00522717 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 808

Last updated 2015-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients recovering from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have high rates of depression, and depression is associated with higher risk of complications and death. Recent discoveries show that depression involves changes in certain molecules in the blood, which are also involved in progressive coronary artery disease (CAD) and its complications. This study will evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a treatment for depression on these biological markers among CABG patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Subjects receive CBT in the home for 8 weeks with blood draws every other week during therapy.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Subjects receive Usual Care for 8 weeks followed by CBT

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lynn Doering, RN, DNSc · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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