Status:
TERMINATED
Telephone Intervention in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Diabetes
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Collaborating Sponsors:
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Conditions:
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
45+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Hypothesis To investigate whether telephone counselling by nurse educator between clinic visits with particular emphasis on adherence to medications and lifestyle modification in patients with coronar...
Detailed Description
Study-design A 2-year multicentre, randomised controlled open study involving 5 HA hospitals in Hong Kong. Subjects and method One thousand two hundred and sixteen patients admitted to hospital with ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients admitted to the 5 HA hospitals with principle diagnosis of CHD, age 45 years for male and 55 for female
- Presence of diabetes according to the 1998 WHO criteria and no history of unprovoked ketosis and not requiring continuous insulin treatment within 1 year of diagnosis
Exclusion
- Patients with terminal malignancy or other life-threatening diseases with less than 3-month expected survival
- Telephone contact not available
- Patients with a mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study
- Patients who speak non-Cantonese dialect or different language or have conditions that prevent effective communications e.g. patients who are deaf and mute
- Patients who live in nursing home with supervised treatment
- Patients who have participated in another intervention study during the last 1 month and who are enrolled in any intervention studies.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
137 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00816010
Start Date
July 1 2008
End Date
November 1 2010
Last Update
February 22 2012
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5 public hospitals in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong