Implementation and Interaction of Clinician And Patient-facing Tools Aiming to Intensify Neurohormonal Medicines for Heart Failure

Description

An increasing number of guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) have been developed for patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). When used in combination at recommended doses, patients often experience significant improvements in cardiac function, quality of life, and survival.1,2 However, GDMT underuse occurs for the vast majority of patients with HFrEF. Two recent trials demonstrated improved GDMT prescribing during a clinic visit, each using automated delivery of a patient-centered decision support tool to promote a proactive and holistic approach to prescribing: EPIC-HF (NCT03334188) tested a brief video and checklist document sent to patients just prior to a clinic visit encouraging them to work with their clinicians to make at least 1 positive change to their GDMT; PROMPT-HF (NCT05433220) tested tailored electronic health record (EHR) alerts for GDMT intensification delivered to clinicians during clinic visits. The current I-I-CAPTAIN-HF study aims to broadly implement and test the EPIC-HF patient-facing and PROMPT-HF clinician-facing tools for HFrEF medication intensification at 5 health systems around the country through a pragmatic cluster-randomized implementation-effectiveness trial. This will occur through an initial phase of adaptation of the 2 tools at each health system. Once ready, the 2 tools will be tested using a 2x2 randomization at the clinician-level. In parallel, formal assessment of the implementation of EPIC-HF and PROMPT-HF will work to understand the most effective means of intervention design and delivery, as well as adaptations due to contextual factors to optimize use.

Conditions

Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

An increasing number of guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) have been developed for patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). When used in combination at recommended doses, patients often experience significant improvements in cardiac function, quality of life, and survival.1,2 However, GDMT underuse occurs for the vast majority of patients with HFrEF. Two recent trials demonstrated improved GDMT prescribing during a clinic visit, each using automated delivery of a patient-centered decision support tool to promote a proactive and holistic approach to prescribing: EPIC-HF (NCT03334188) tested a brief video and checklist document sent to patients just prior to a clinic visit encouraging them to work with their clinicians to make at least 1 positive change to their GDMT; PROMPT-HF (NCT05433220) tested tailored electronic health record (EHR) alerts for GDMT intensification delivered to clinicians during clinic visits. The current I-I-CAPTAIN-HF study aims to broadly implement and test the EPIC-HF patient-facing and PROMPT-HF clinician-facing tools for HFrEF medication intensification at 5 health systems around the country through a pragmatic cluster-randomized implementation-effectiveness trial. This will occur through an initial phase of adaptation of the 2 tools at each health system. Once ready, the 2 tools will be tested using a 2x2 randomization at the clinician-level. In parallel, formal assessment of the implementation of EPIC-HF and PROMPT-HF will work to understand the most effective means of intervention design and delivery, as well as adaptations due to contextual factors to optimize use.

Implementation and Interaction of Clinician And Patient-facing Tools Aiming to Intensify Neurohormonal Medicines for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: I-I-CAPTAIN-HF

Implementation and Interaction of Clinician And Patient-facing Tools Aiming to Intensify Neurohormonal Medicines for Heart Failure

Condition
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Walnut Creek

Sutter Health, Walnut Creek, California, United States, 94596

Aurora

University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

New Haven

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

Chicago

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Salt Lake City

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Clinician (MD, PA, NP) who practices in cardiology outpatient clinics
  • * Regularly sees patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) \</=40%, where their panel of patients over the last year included at least 25 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
  • * Age \> 18 years
  • * LVEF \</=40% on most recent cardiology imaging study
  • * Has had a routine cardiology outpatient clinic appointment in the previous 12 months
  • * Not on all 4 pillars of GDMT at optimal doses: (1) beta blockers, (2) angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor/angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angio-tensin receptor blocker, (3) aldosterone receptor antagonists, (4) sodium-glucose co-transporter
  • * Has a left ventricular assist device
  • * Under evaluation for or listed for transplant (or s/p transplant)
  • * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 15
  • * On IV inotropes
  • * On hospice care
  • * Non-English or Non-Spanish speaking

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Colorado, Denver,

Larry A Allen, MD, MHS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Colorado, Denver

Study Record Dates

2028-09-01