Actively Recruiting
Internet-based Behavioral Intervention Following ACS
Led by Karolinska Institutet · Updated on 2025-09-16
176
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
190 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
K
Karolinska Institutet
Lead Sponsor
K
Karolinska University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this study is to evaluate if an online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) protocol customized for patients following Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), reduce cardiac anxiety, enhance Quality of Life (QoL), and promote increased physical activity while controlling for caregiver attention, utilizing an active control group receiving internet-based cardiac lifestyle intervention.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Internet-based Behavioral Intervention Following ACS
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Experienced Acute Coronary Syndrome at least 6 months ago (type 1 MI STEMI/NSTEMI or unstable angina)
- Age 18 years or older
- Significant cardiac anxiety causing distress or interfering with daily life (Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire score ≥18)
- Able to read and write in Swedish
You will not qualify if you...
- Heart failure New York Heart Association class IV or ejection fraction ≤30%
- Significant valvular heart disease
- Planned coronary artery bypass surgery or percutaneous interventions
- Any medical restriction to physical exercise
- Severe medical illness or acute life-threatening disease (e.g., cancer)
- Grade 3 hypertension (blood pressure ≥180 systolic and/or 110 diastolic)
- Severe mental illness requiring urgent psychiatric care or risk of suicide
- Alcohol or substance use disorder that would prevent completing the study
- Currently receiving psychological treatment
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden, 11635
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Josefin Särnholm, Lic psychologist, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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