Addressing Pain Through Navigator-Led Palliative Care Optimized for Heart Failure (ADAPT-HF)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Illness, NYHA Class II-IV Heart Failure

In brief

Using the MOST framework, factorial pilot design, and an iterative, community-based process, the purpose of this study is to pilot test to further develop and refine a palliative care (PC) intervention addressing pain of Black adults (age \> 18) with advanced HF. Thirty-six persons with advancing heart failure (HF) will be randomized to receive one of 16 conditions (different combinations of navigator coach-delivered PC pain intervention components).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06270875

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

10

Starts

2024-10-02

Expected to finish

2026-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18
• African American
• Diagnosis of advanced heart failure (New York Heart Association Class II-IV or American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Stage C-D)
• English speaking
• Willing to participate
• Primary residence in CAPC East South Central or West South Central regions* (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Self-endorses pain in the last month
• Willing to participate in intervention and data collection

You may not qualify if…

• Age <18
• Not African American
• Ineligible HF classification
• Self-reported, untreated severe mental illness
• Dementia
• Active Suicidal Ideation
• Active substance abuse
• Uncorrected hearing loss
• Unable to respond in English

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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