NCT06791850Recruiting
Sustaining Home Heart Failure Palliative Care in Rural Appalachia
Sustaining Home Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure (HF) and Their Family Caregivers in Rural Appalachia: A Mixed Methods Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this mixed methods randomized controlled trial is to test the integrated nurse-led intervention bundle for family home care management of end-stage heart failure and palliative care in rural Appalachia. This intervention bundle is designed to address rural disparities in access to health care, with the help of the faith-based nurses and local volunteer visiting neighbors.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 208 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Jan 2025
- Start date
- Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- Apr 2028
- Lead sponsor
- West Virginia University
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT06791850
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 208
- From Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, Apr 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Already received or are on a waiting list for a heart transplant or left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
Other illness
- Diagnosed with a terminal illness or dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease
Who the study is looking for
- Adult patients' age between 50 to 80 years with advanced HF (NYHA III or IV), diagnosed by physician
- Caregivers' age between 45 to 80 years.
- Alert and consent to participate
- Able to read and understand English
Age in the registry: 45 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Morgantown | United States | Recruiting |
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