Mental Stress Reduction in Defibrillator Patients

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Arrhythmia, Anger, Stress

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a 10 week program of Stress Management versus control Patient Education sessions on cardiac responses to mental stress in veterans with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00624520

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

129

Starts

2008-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-22

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age >21 years,
• ICD Implantation,
• > 3 months following ICD implantation,
• willingness to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Episodes within prior 3 months of: acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infraction, Coronary Artery By-pass Graft surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, hospital admission any cause,
• severe mental illness,
• life expectancy < 1 year,
• hyperkalemia,
• hypokalemia,
• hypomagnesemia,
• hypermagnesemia,
• unwillingness to give informed consent

Where it is running

• Wlliam S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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