Patient NAVIgation to Reduce Readmissions Among Black Men With Heart Disease

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Conditions studied: Heart Diseases

In brief

The investigators are asking subjects to take part in the Patient NAVIgation to Reduce Readmissions among Black Men with Heart Disease (NAVI-HF) research study. This research study will test how well trained laypeople working as patient navigators will help patients recently hospitalized for heart failure avoid future hospitalizations. NAVI-HF is a new program sponsored by funding from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. People who enter into the study will work with a patient navigator to undergo the full program or work with a trained layperson to receive general education on heart disease treatment and prevention. The purpose of the study is to determine whether a patient navigation program will be effective in reducing the number of hospitalizations in the future for program participants. This study will enroll 416 participants from UAB.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02340364

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

301

Starts

2015-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-31

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 90. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African American
• Male
• Age = 30 or older
• Inpatient admission at UAB Hospital or UAB Medical West with a diagnosis of heart disease as a principle or one of the first 3 diagnosis.
• Residence in Jefferson or Shelby Counties, Alabama within 45 miles of UAB Hospital.
• English Speaking
• Physically and cognitively able to listen to 30-minute video undergo a home visit and telephone contacts over several weeks.

You may not qualify if…

• Heart transplant or awaiting heart transplant (admitted to UAB Advanced HF/Transplant Service).
• Currently participating in another clinical research study with an overlapping intervention.
• Current or anticipated long term (>2 weeks) residence in a skilled nursing facility.
• Patients who indicated that they were unwilling to make lifestyle changes now or in the near future.
• Patients whose symptoms may be eliminated by surgery (e.g., severe aortic stenosis) or who had undergone surgery (e.g., coronary artery bypass grafting valvular replacement/repair) in the last month.

Where it is running

• UAB Medical West — Bessemer, Alabama, United States
• UAB — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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