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A Study to Improve Physician-Youth Communication and Medical Decision Making

NCT05835063 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2025-06-18

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Summary

The goal of this study is improving patient-centered communication for young people with advanced heart disease.

Conditions

  • Heart Failure NYHA Class II
  • Heart Failure NYHA Class III
  • Heart Failure NYHA Class IV

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

We Chatt communication tool

This arm involves the collaborative completion of a 2-page communication preferences document between a primary physician and an adolescent/young adult patient. Physicians will participate in a 1-hour training led by study principal investigator featuring didactic, multimedia, and experiential-based learning to support the facilitation of the WE CHATT intervention with patients.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual/standard care

Usual/standard care will be provided. Physicians randomized to the control arm will not receive training in the WE CHATT communication intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Melissa Cousino, PhD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-14
Primary Completion
2024-06-07
Completion
2024-06-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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