Status:
COMPLETED
Cost and Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure
Lead Sponsor:
Emory University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Chronic Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is designed to understand the impact of providing patient-specific cost at the time of the clinical encounter on decision-making for heart failure medications. The researchers will provide ...
Detailed Description
For many years, medical treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) was defined by a combination of low-cost, generic medications. Recently, new medications have demonstrated red...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of HFrEF (ejection fraction \< 40%)
- Outpatient clinical encounter with cardiologist (virtual or in-person)
Exclusion
- Advanced HF therapy (LVAD or transplant or undergoing active workup or listing for these therapies; home inotrope usage)
- Patient currently in hospice care or with known life expectancy under 1 year
- Dialysis-dependence or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 30 (due to medication contraindications)
- Pregnancy (because many guideline-recommended drugs, including those with associated high costs, are not approved for use in pregnancy)
- Non-English speaking (because of the absence of non-English speaking research staff to communicate with non-English speaking patients and to qualitatively analyze/code audio-recorded data)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 15 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
247 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04793880
Start Date
June 1 2021
End Date
November 15 2023
Last Update
December 15 2023
Active Locations (4)
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1
UCHealth Heart and Vascular Center Clinics
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
2
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
3
Emory Clinic, Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
4
Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342