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CASA: Care and Support Access in HIV Disease

NCT02136680 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 197

Last updated 2019-06-04

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Summary

This is an investigator-initiated study to measure the impact of an educational intervention on the basic palliative approach for a multidisciplinary staff team at an outpatient HIV clinic. The study aims to: 1) refine a curriculum for non-palliative care clinicians caring for persons living with HIV disease early in the disease trajectory; 2) assess the impact of the palliative approach educational intervention on outcomes for 2 target populations: a) patients (mental health, quality of life, health-related quality of life and secondarily, retention in care and viral suppression) and b) staff (burn-out and caregiving stress). It is hypothesized that training outpatient HIV staff in palliative care competencies will improve care provided that might, in turn, improve clinical outcomes for HIV patients receiving care at that clinic. Quantitative data will be augmented by qualitative interviews of selected staff and patients at both clinics in the final year of the study to appreciate response to the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CASA Education

Basic palliative care competencies for outpatient use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • New York University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Maryland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carla S Alexander, MD · University of Maryland School of Medicine-Institute of Human Virology

  • Victoria H Raveis, PhD · New York University, College of Dentistry - Psychosocial Research Unit on Health, Aging and the Community

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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