Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Care of Patients With Heart Failure

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Conditions:

Depression

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Heart failure (HF) affects more than 5 million Americans and is a major source of morbidity and mortality. Despite optimal management, over half of patients with HF suffer from pain, dyspnea, fatigue,...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HF as primary Dx or symptomatic/active HF
  • During index hospitalization or within the prior 6 months
  • Age \> 18
  • Admit from: hospital, skilled nursing, home
  • Medicine, Cardiology, and Heart Failure Services
  • Co-morbidities can include end-stage renal disease, metastatic cancer, ICU/CCU care patients if able to consent and complete survey
  • English speaking
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Non-English speaking
  • Previous consult by Palliative Care Service
  • Pulmonary HTN
  • Right Heart Failure
  • LVAD
  • PCI or CABG patient within this admission
  • AS with planned surgical intervention
  • Pre/post heart transplant
  • Pre/post organ transplant within this admission
  • Dementia (unable to consent)
  • Homeless
  • Active drug user
  • Hospice enrolled patient
  • GeriTraCC patients
  • Does not have a UCSF physician
  • Lives outside of the SF Bay Area

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2012

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    30 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01461681

    Start Date

    March 1 2012

    End Date

    December 1 2013

    Last Update

    May 14 2014

    Active Locations (2)

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    UCSF Medical Center

    San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

    2

    University of California San Francisco Medical Center

    San Francisco, California, United States, 94143