Status:

COMPLETED

Coping Skills and Heart Failure: Outcomes and Mechanisms

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate whether heart failure patients receiving a 16 week telephone delivered, intervention using cognitive behavior therapy to facilitate self-management of heart failure will have ...

Detailed Description

Over 5 million Americans suffer from heart failure (HF), with an associated annual health care cost in excess of $33 billion. With 500,000 new cases developing each year, HF is the only major cardiova...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men or women aged 21 years or older
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class I-IV HF of at least 3-months duration
  • Left ventricular Ejection Fraction (EF) \< 40% by left ventricular angiography, nuclear wall motion study, or echocardiography, within 6 months of study enrollment
  • Undergoing treatment with a stable medication regimen.

Exclusion

  • Myocardial Infarction (MI), Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty(PTCA), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) within 3 months of enrollment
  • HF due to correctable cause or condition such as uncorrected primary valvular disease
  • Alcohol or drug abuse within 12 months
  • Illness such as malignancies that are associated with a life-expectancy of \< 12 months
  • Current pregnancy
  • Inability to provide informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

190 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00873418

Start Date

March 1 2009

End Date

February 1 2016

Last Update

March 31 2017

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710