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Community-based peer health coach intervention for Cardiovascular Disease (Vet-COACH Trial)

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Led By Karin M. Nelson, MD MSHS
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline to follow-up at 1 year
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Vet-COACH Trial Summary

This trial will test if having a Veteran peer health coach will help Veterans with high blood pressure and at least one other CVD risk factor to better control their blood pressure. The intervention will deliver brief health messages and discuss goal setting and action planning around health behavior changes that can decrease CVD risk.

Eligible Conditions
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • High Cholesterol
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Obesity

Vet-COACH Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline to follow-up at 1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline to follow-up at 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Reduction in systolic blood pressure
Secondary outcome measures
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c).
Number of outpatient clinic visits, ER visits and hospitalizations in the previous year
+4 more
Other outcome measures
Blood Pressure Self Management Behaviors
Caregiver Support
Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS) Clinician & Group Survey and Reporting Kit (Four-Point Scale)
+13 more

Vet-COACH Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Peer health coach intervention groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive a home-visit peer health coach intervention to promote health outcomes and behavior change among Veterans with multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Group II: Control groupActive Control1 Intervention
Participants who meet the same eligibility criteria as participants in the intervention group will be randomly assigned to receive no intervention. Participants will continue to receive their regular, usual primary care.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,610 Previous Clinical Trials
3,304,920 Total Patients Enrolled
Karin M. Nelson, MD MSHSPrincipal InvestigatorVA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any available slots to join this medical research?

"It appears that, according to the information posted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research trial is no longer seeking participants. It was first listed in May of 2017 and last edited in February 2022; however there are currently 2070 other studies actively recruiting people for their trials."

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Recent research and studies
Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal
Veteran Peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health (vet-coach); Design and Rationale for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Support Among Veterans with Poorly Controlled Hypertension and Other CVD Risks
Nelson, Karin, Tiffanie Fennell, Kristen E. Gray, Jennifer L. Williams, Marie C. Lutton, Julie Silverman, Kamala Jain, et al.. 2018. “Veteran Peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health (vet-coach); Design and Rationale for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Support Among Veterans with Poorly Controlled Hypertension and Other CVD Risks”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2018.08.011.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Veteran Peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health
2017. "Veteran Peer Coaches Optimizing and Advancing Cardiac Health". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02697422.
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