Center for Stroke Disparities Solution - Community Transitions Intervention

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension, Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack

In brief

The Stroke CTI study is a 3 arm randomized, controlled trial designed to assess the effectiveness of a nurse practitioner (NP) only and a NP and health coach (HC) community transitions intervention (CTI) in reducing secondary stroke risk by helping patients lower their systolic blood pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01918891

Run by

Visiting Nurse Service of New York

People needed

495

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-01

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Newly admitted to the VNSNY post acute care program
• 21 years of age or older
• Black and/or Hispanic
• Speaks English or Spanish
• History of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)
• Hypertension diagnosis
• Average screening systolic BP >= 140 mmHg
• Is available to participate in intervention activities during the study timeframe if randomized to treatment group

You may not qualify if…

• Dialysis
• End stage renal disease
• Kidney transplant
• Severe heart failure
• Significant cognitive impairment. Unable to provide informed consent, accurate self-report, and/or unable to participate effectively in intervention
• Significant verbal speech impairment. Unable to participate in intervention telephone sessions
• Patients with upper arm circumference outside of valid use parameters for the automated device used for eligibility screening

Where it is running

• Visiting Nurse Service of New York — New York, New York, United States

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