Healing and Empowering Alaskan Lives Towards Healthy-Hearts Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tobacco Dependence

In brief

This study aims to identify effective and cost-effective interventions for tobacco use and other risk behaviors for cardiovascular disease among Alaska Native people in rural villages. In a randomized controlled trial, the study will compare interventions using telemedicine to promote the American Heart Association's identified ideal health behaviors (nonsmoking and physical activity) relative to ideal health factors (managing cholesterol and blood pressure).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02137902

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

299

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-02-14

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Smoking > 5 cigarettes/day and > 100 cigarettes in one's lifetime
• Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or established vascular disease
• Fluent in English language

You may not qualify if…

• Dementia or other brain injury
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Currently engaged in tobacco treatment or using cessation pharmacotherapy

Where it is running

• Norton Sound Health Corporation — Nome, Alaska, United States
• Stanford Hospital and Clinics — Stanford, California, United States

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