Status:
COMPLETED
Study to Assess if Internet-Based Tailored Advice Could Modify Behaviour to Improve Health
Lead Sponsor:
The George Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
Lipid and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Service, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Conditions:
Hypercholesterolemia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this trial is to find out if a special website might help people discover if they have high cholesterol and then enable them to manage their cholesterol more appropriately. The primary ...
Detailed Description
The Internet-based Cholesterol Assessment Trial (I-CAT) is a masked, randomised, controlled trial that will include at least 3,700 consumers followed for between 8 and 16 weeks. All consumers that par...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The eligibility criteria for index cases will be:
- Internet access
- Informed consent
- Resident in Australia
- Prepared to answer some simple baseline questions about health
- Prepared to return to the site on up to two occasions over the following 8-16 weeks to answer some brief follow-up questions, and
- Not referred to the site by a friend of a relative already enrolled in the study (since they would then be a 'friend or relative' - see below).
- A friend or relative of the index cases will be required to fulfil the same eligibility criteria except that they:
- Will be provided with a modified information sheet and consent form congruent with their level of participation in the study
- Will have been referred to the service by an index case, and
- Will only be required to visit the site on one more occasion (after 8 weeks) to answer some brief follow-up questions.
Exclusion
- • Individual who is not residing in Australia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
3708 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00220974
Start Date
October 1 2004
End Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
February 13 2009
Active Locations (1)
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The George Institute for International Health
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 2050