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Improving Symptoms and Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure: Pilot Study

NCT01581008 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2018-08-31

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Summary

The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the pilot implementation of two palliative care interventions in veterans with chronic heart failure at the Denver VA Medical Center. This is a study of behavioral and care strategy interventions and involves no investigational drugs or devices.

Conditions

  • Chronic Heart Failure (CHF)

Interventions

OTHER

Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness

A palliative symptom management and psychosocial care intervention named Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness (CASA) that includes (a) evidence-based palliative symptom management of breathlessness, fatigue, and pain, provided by a nurse; (b) a 6-session structured psychosocial care protocol targeting depression and adjustment to illness, supplemented by informal (family) caregiver assessment and support, provided by a social worker or psychologist; and (c) brief weekly team meetings with the nurse, social worker/psychologist and a palliative care specialist, cardiologist, and primary care provider.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychospiritual

A psychospiritual intervention that is home-based, self-guided, and requires minimal resources. It will be delivered in written modular form via US Mail along with brief weekly telephone support.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Iowa

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • David Bekelman, MD MPH · VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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