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Home Health Aide Support Tools for Heart Failure

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MS

Research Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Speak English or Spanish

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 90 days

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study whether an intervention can help home health aides better care for adults with heart failure, and improve the patient's overall health.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for home health aides with at least one year of experience, working at VNS Health Partners in Care, who speak English or Spanish and are caring for adults diagnosed with heart failure.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests whether a virtual training course and a mobile health (mHealth) app can boost the knowledge and confidence of home health aides in treating heart failure patients, potentially reducing emergency visits and hospital readmissions.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational interventions rather than medical treatments, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, participants may experience increased workload or stress due to additional learning requirements.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I can communicate in English or Spanish.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 90 days

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~90 days

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 90 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Heart Failure Caregiving Self-efficacy

Change in Heart Failure Knowledge

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Intention to Leave

Change in Job Satisfaction

Other outcome measures

Number of readmissions to the hospital

Number of visits to the emergency department

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Intervention armExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Home health aides in the intervention arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course and a communication-based messaging app.

Group II: Enhanced usual careActive Control1 Intervention

Home health aides in the enhanced usual care arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

mHealth app

2021

N/A

~100

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLead Sponsor

1,055 Previous Clinical Trials

1,316,191 Total Patients Enrolled

9 Trials studying Heart Failure

222,757 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)NIH

3,838 Previous Clinical Trials

47,851,550 Total Patients Enrolled

206 Trials studying Heart Failure

677,344 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MSPrincipal InvestigatorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

2 Previous Clinical Trials

1,254 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Heart Failure

1,154 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

Media Library

mHealth app Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04239911 — N/A

Heart Failure Research Study Groups: Enhanced usual care, Intervention arm

Heart Failure Clinical Trial 2023: mHealth app Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04239911 — N/A

mHealth app 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04239911 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there still opportunities to join this experiment?

"Affirmative, the relevant information on clinicaltrials.gov suggests that this medical trial is currently enrolling eligible participants. This research project was initially posted 16th of May 2022 and has been recently updated on 24th June 2022. The study requires 104 patients to be recruited from one site only."

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How many individuals have volunteered for this trial thus far?

"Affirmative, the clinicaltrials.gov website indicates that this study is actively recruiting participants. It was initiated on May 16th 2022 and most recently updated June 24th 2022; 104 subjects are needed to be enrolled at one trial site."

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Am I eligible to join this clinical investigation?

"104 individuals who have heart failure and aged between 18 to 75 can join this trial."

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Are persons below the age of 40 capable of participating in this experiment?

"According to the inclusion criteria, potential participants must be between 18 and 75 years of age. Separately, there are 22 trials for minors and 693 studies targeting geriatric patients."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure

2022. "Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04239911.

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