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Preventing Heart Disease in Underserved Patients

NCT00778804 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 465

Last updated 2008-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will evaluate the impact of an internet based telemedicine system on cardiovascular risk profile of underserved patient populations. It is our hypothesis that a treatment plan and frequent communication via an internet based Telemedicine system will improve the cardiovascular risk profile of underserved patient populations at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Our primary endpoint is a reduction over one year in the 10-year CVD risk score (ATP III risk model).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

telemedicine

Weekly transmission of health status (weight, activity, BP etc.) via the Internet with feeedback and reinforcement

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Geisinger Clinic

    collaborator OTHER

  • Insight Telehealth Systems

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Pennsylvania Department of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alfred A Bove, MD, PhD · Temple University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-02-28
Completion
2007-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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