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Taking Care of Us for Heart Failure (TCU Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Boston College
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 5 months baseline
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TCU Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new way to help heart failure patients and their caregivers, to see if it's more effective than usual education and counseling.

TCU Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~5 months baseline
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 5 months baseline 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 quality of life scores in couples in the TCU vs SUPPORT condition assessed by the 10-item PROMIS Global Health Short Form measure
Secondary outcome measures
Change in care strain scores in spouses in the TCU vs SUPPORT condition as assessed by the 16-item Multidimensional Caregiver Strain Index.
Change in collaboration scores in couples in the TCU vs SUPPORT condition as assessed by the 6-item Collaboration in Chronic Illness measure.
Change in communication scores in couples in the TCU vs SUPPORT condition as assessed by the 11-item Dyadic Coping Scale.
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Other outcome measures
Change in satisfaction scores in couples in the TCU vs SUPPORT condition as assessed by the Satisfaction and Advantages/Drawbacks measure.

TCU Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Taking Care of UsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Taking Care of Us involves seven sessions delivered via Zoom to couples over approximately two months. Sessions last approximately 45-60 minutes and are delivered by a trained interventionist. The program is a communication-based, relationship-focused intervention that is strengths-based and fosters new skills to support couples managing heart failure. The goals of the program are to 1) target the couple with heart failure as a team; 2) increase shared appraisal within the couple; 3) improve communication skills within the couple; 4) improve collaboration within the couple and dyadic management of heart failure; 5) improve confidence within the couple; and 6) improve both individual and dyadic health and well-being.
Group II: SUPPORTActive Control1 Intervention
The SUPPORT program involves three sessions delivered via Zoom to couples over approximately two months. Sessions last approximately 45-60 minutes and are delivered by a trained interventionist. This arm is an educational intervention to support management of heart failure.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Taking Care of Us
2021
N/A
~90

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Boston CollegeLead Sponsor
37 Previous Clinical Trials
47,229 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,669 Previous Clinical Trials
28,005,024 Total Patients Enrolled
42 Trials studying Heart Failure
213,225 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Taking Care of Us: A Dyadic Intervention for Heart Failure Couples
Karen Lyons 2021. "Taking Care of Us: A Dyadic Intervention for Heart Failure Couples". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04737759.
~24 spots leftby Apr 2025
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