Status:

COMPLETED

Educational Videos to Improve Patient Decision Making and Race Disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medtronic

Conditions:

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

19+ years

Brief Summary

The investigators will examine whether an educational video increases patient knowledge about heart failure and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest and leads to greater satisfaction with information pro...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Class I primary prevention indications for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). These include:
  • Patients with ejection fraction \<35% due to prior myocardial infarction (MI) who are at least 40 days post-MI and with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or III;OR
  • Patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) who have an LVEF \< 35% and who meet criteria for NYHA functional class II or III; OR
  • Patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to prior MI who are at least 40 days post-MI, have an left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<30% and are in NYHA functional class I-III; OR
  • Patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) due to prior MI, LVEF \<40%, and with inducible ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained VT at electrophysiological study; AND
  • Self identified race as black/African American or white/Caucasian

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2010

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    April 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    59 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00918125

    Start Date

    November 1 2010

    End Date

    April 1 2012

    Last Update

    October 19 2015

    Active Locations (2)

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    Alamance Regional Medical Center

    Burlington, North Carolina, United States, 27215

    2

    Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27715