RECRUITING

Preventing Tipping Points in High Comorbidity Patients: A Lifeline From Health Coaches

Study Overview

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Description

This pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial (cRCT) aims to evaluate the comparative effectiveness (CER) of two approaches to preventing destabilization ("tipping points") that lead to unplanned hospitalization and increased disability. The cRCT compares the outcomes of patients randomized in clusters by site within four Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) networks in New York City (NYC) and Chicago to either: 1) the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH); or 2) the Patient Centered Home plus a health coaching intervention that employs a positive affect/self-affirmation intervention to help motivate patients to succeed at implementing self-management by setting life goals (experimental). This RCT embeds novel effective interventions within large FQHC networks, namely, Community Healthcare Network and the Family Health Centers of New York University (NYU) Langone in NYC and Erie Family Health Centers and Friend Family Health Center in Chicago, serving patients with multiple chronic diseases or high comorbidity. This CER study compares two PCMH-based strategies and will provide a manualized training system that can be disseminated and implemented across the national FQHC networks, with over 9,000 delivery sites that serve nearly 25 million low-income and minority patients, and can be implemented in a wider range of practice settings, organization types and population characteristics. Among 1920 adult patients with a Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥4 who are established primary care patients of 16 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in NYC (8 FQHCs) and Chicago (8 FQHCs) this pragmatic cRCT aims to evaluate the effectiveness of two approaches to preventing destabilization that leads to unplanned hospitalization and increased disability. This Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) study builds on the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRNs) in NYC and Chicago. Patients will be identified via electronic health records (EHRs) and their outcomes assessed through comprehensive, longitudinal, electronic health records that are aggregated by these PCORnet CDRNs.

Official Title

Preventing Tipping Points in High Comorbidity Patients: A Lifeline From Health Coaches

Quick Facts

Study Start:2019-11-20
Study Completion:2025-12-01
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04176510

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Established patients of the participating Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs)
  2. * Charlson comorbidity index ≥4
  1. * Metastatic cancer,
  2. * End stage renal disease on dialysis
  3. * Post-transplant
  4. * Severe mental illness
  5. * Drug/alcohol abuse
  6. * Cannot communicate in English or Spanish.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Anisa Mian, MPH
CONTACT
2123820699
tp@cdnetwork.org
TJ Lin, MPH
CONTACT
2123820699
tlin@cdnetwork.org

Principal Investigator

Jonathan N Tobin, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Clinical Directors Network
Mary Charlson, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Andrea Cassells, MPH
STUDY_DIRECTOR
Clinical Directors Network
Anisa Mian, MPH
STUDY_DIRECTOR
Clinical Directors Network

Study Locations (Sites)

Friend Health, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois, 60615
United States
Erie Family Health Centers
Chicago, Illinois, 60622
United States
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Brooklyn, New York, 11220
United States
Community Healthcare Network
New York, New York, 10010
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Clinical Directors Network

  • Jonathan N Tobin, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Clinical Directors Network
  • Mary Charlson, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • Andrea Cassells, MPH, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Clinical Directors Network
  • Anisa Mian, MPH, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Clinical Directors Network

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2019-11-20
Study Completion Date2025-12-01

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2019-11-20
Study Completion Date2025-12-01

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Comorbidity
  • Self-Management
  • Charlson Comorbidity Index
  • Health Coach

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Comorbidity
  • Self-Management