Status:
COMPLETED
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Community-based Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention Program
Lead Sponsor:
Group Health Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
McMaster University
Conditions:
Vascular Disease
Diabetes
Eligibility:
All Genders
30+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
VIP is a demonstration project with a goal to decrease modifiable risk factors for those with a higher risk of having a vascular event such as a heart attack or stroke or of developing vascular diseas...
Detailed Description
This Northern Ontario, community-based demonstration project is a multi-disciplinary, primary care provider-based collaboration. The goals of the project are to: 1. Decrease the modifiable risk facto...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men \>30 years of age
- Women \> 40 years of age
- History of vascular disease (as defined in Study Design, page 8)
- Framingham Risk Score \>/= 12 %
- Capable of giving informed consent
- Ability and willingness to complete questionnaires and have study procedures done
- Willingness to belong to either the intervention or standard care arm
Exclusion
- FRS \<12% (low risk) -- enrolled into the cohort arm (not randomized. Follow-up at study end only.)
- Any condition that will prevent the patient from participating in and completing the study
- Unable to come to the Group Health Centre for appointments
- Any factor likely to limit protocol compliance
- Unwilling to permit VIP staff to contact their primary physicians to communicate information about the study and the participant's data and treatment assignment
- Previous randomization into this study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
422 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00236210
Start Date
August 1 2004
End Date
July 1 2006
Last Update
August 4 2009
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Group Health Centre
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, P6B 1Y5