Pulmonary Specialist-Health Coach Consult Model Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: COPD Asthma

In brief

The Pulmonary Specialist-Health Coach Consultation (PuSHCon) study examines the implementation of health coach-assisted consultations to improve access to specialist care and implementation of specialist recommendations for patients with COPD, asthma, and asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) for low-income and vulnerable patients seen at public health clinics. Three hundred sixty (360) patients from ten clinics will be enrolled in the study and randomized at the individual level to receive health coaching or usual care; 180 patients will receive usual care and 180 patients will receive the PuSHCon model.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03695276

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

328

Starts

2020-10-20

Expected to finish

2025-01-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English or Spanish speaking
• At least 18 years of age
• Diagnosed with asthma or COPD
• Experiencing uncontrolled symptoms or exacerbations

You may not qualify if…

• Do not plan to attend primary care clinic for at least 3 months
• Already engaged in pulmonary specialty care (defined as at least one visit in last 12 months)
• Cognitive dysfunction that would prevent interaction with a health coach
• Not having a phone at which the participant can be reached

Where it is running

• St. Anthony Medical Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States
• Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States
• Potrero Hill Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Family Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Mission Neighborhood Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Richard H. Fine People's Clinic (General Medicine Clinic) — San Francisco, California, United States
• Maxine Hall Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Ocean Park Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Southeast Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Castro Mission Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Silver Avenue Family Health Center — San Francisco, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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