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Randomized, Controlled Study on Short-term Psychotherapy After Acute Myocardial Infarction

NCT00769366 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2017-05-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Psychosocial factors play an important role in the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but it is not known if psychotherapy is beneficial after the contemporary treatment of AMI consisting of medical and interventional therapy.

The investigators have designed a randomized, controlled study to assess the effects of short-term psychotherapy (STP) on the clinical outcomes of patients who have undergone an emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) post-AMI.

Conditions

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychotherapy

humanistic-existential psychotherapy conducted in individual and group meetings

DRUG

Medical therapy

Optimal medical therapy after Acute myocardial infarction

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • San Filippo Neri General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-02
Primary Completion
2011-11-01
Completion
2016-11-01

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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