Psychoeducational Intervention for ICD Patients (PEACE)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Ventricular Arrhythmias

In brief

The overall purpose of this study is to test the effects of a nurse managed psychoeducational intervention, consisting of symptom management training (SMT) and cognitive-behavioral intervention (CBI), during the first year after ICD implantation using a 3 group randomized clinical trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00146679

Run by

Emory University

People needed

246

Starts

2001-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-10

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All subjects must have a nonthoracotomy insertion
• Have a primary cardiac etiology of their ventricular arrhythmia (coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, valve dysfunction, or combination)
• Be fluent in English
• Live within a 75 mile radius of the coordinating center
• Be accessible by telephone
• Only those receiving their first ICD, not replacement generators, will be entered.

You may not qualify if…

• Being evaluated or on a waiting list for heart transplantation
• Congenital disease or long QT syndrome
• Disorientation documented in the pre-implantation hospitalization period
• History of psychiatric disorder or progressively debilitating comorbidity that would confound outcome measures

Where it is running

• Crawford Long Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Piedmont Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Emory University Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• St. Joseph's Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Atlanta VA Medical Center — Decatur, Georgia, United States

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