A Care Management Intervention for Non-cardiac Chest Pain

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Conditions studied: Chest Pain

In brief

The investigators developed and implemented an eight-week multicomponent care management intervention for non-cardiac chest pain. Team members including a cardiologist, nurse, and psychiatrist. Impressions and recommendations were shared with the patient's primary care physician. Measures of chest pain severity, frequency and impact and measures of psychological health and health-related quality of life were completed at baseline and intervention completion.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04904198

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

3

Starts

2019-03-22

Expected to finish

2020-01-08

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of non-cardiac chest pain, defined as chest pain recurring at least once per week for two weeks with at least two of the following objective tests: (1) electrocardiogram without ischemic changes; (2) negative cardiac enzymes; (3) non-ischemic cardiac stress test.
• Primary care physician affiliated with the institution

You may not qualify if…

• History or subsequent diagnosis of cardiac disease
• Objectively diagnosed alternative medical etiology of chest pain (e.g., gastroesophageal disease)
• Resolution of chest pain prior to enrollment
• Cognitive impairment, assessed using a six-item screen
• Inability to communicate in English
• Lack of telephone access (precluding weekly phone call participation).

Where it is running

• Jeff Huffman — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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