Cardiovascular DiseasesNCT00217919
Reducing Risk Factors in Peripheral Arterial Disease
A study testing Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention in people with Cardiovascular Diseases and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, run by Northwestern University at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to compare a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention to usual care to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 21 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- What is being tested?
- Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 355 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Feb 2006to Nov 2009
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 21 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Life expectancy greater than 1 year
- Has a telephone
- English-speaking
- Willing to use acceptable methods of contraception
- Have a primary care physician
Who cannot join
- Currently undergoing cancer treatment or plans to begin treatment
- Psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment
- Intolerance to two or more cholesterol-lowering drugs
- Plans to move out of the area within one year of study entry
- Wheel-chair bound or unable to walk outside of home
- Below- or above-knee amputation
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- Unstable angina
- Current foot ulcers
- LDL-C less than 70 mg/dl at baseline
- Debilitating chronic obstructive lung disease
- Major surgery within 3 months prior to study entry or plans to undergo major surgery within 1 year of study entry
- Current participation in another clinical trial. A six month period will be required after completing another clinical trial before an individual can become eligible for the current trial.
- Ischemic rest pain
- Pregnancy or plan to become pregnant
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655
About this study
The purpose of this study is to compare a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention to usual care to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Read the detailed description
BACKGROUND:
Patients with PAD have a 3- to 4-fold higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared to patients without PAD. Risk of future cardiovascular events is comparable between patients with PAD and coronary artery disease (CAD). While improved atherosclerotic risk factor treatment has reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with CAD, such treatment in patients with PAD remains suboptimal. Intensity of cholesterol-lowering therapy, specifically, is significantly poorer in patients with PAD as compared to CAD. Data show that fully 69 percent of patients with PAD from a non-invasive vascular laboratory in Chicago did not have the recommended LDL-C level of less than 100 mg/dl. Our data from a national survey indicate that physicians believe atherosclerotic risk factor treatment is less important for patients with PAD than for patients with CAD. Our data also show that many patients with PAD are unaware of their increased risk of cardiovascular events and under-appreciate the importance of risk factor treatment in PAD. These findings likely contribute to risk factor under-treatment in patients with PAD. Clinical trials such as this are needed to demonstrate whether PAD risk factors can be reduced. If effective, this clinical trial will also encourage clinicians to adopt the proven intervention to lower cardiovascular risks in patients with PAD
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
This randomized, controlled clinical trial will test the ability of a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention as compared to usual care to reduce LDL-C levels in patients with PAD. The study involves patients with PAD who have LDL-C levels greater than 100 mg/dl at baseline identified from non-invasive vascular laboratories in Chicago, IL and Worcester, MA. For their primary specific aim, the investigators hypothesize that subjects randomized to the intervention condition will achieve a reduction in LDL-C of at least 11.1 mg/dl greater than the reduction in LDL-C for subjects randomized to the usual care condition at 12-month follow-up. In their secondary aim, they will determine whether the telephone counseling intervention increases the proportion of PAD patients with LDL-C less than 100 mg/dl as compared to the usual care condition at 12-month follow-up. To identify the mediators of the intervention, in their exploratory aims they will determine whether patients in the intervention condition achieve greater increases (improvement) in specific behavioral and knowledge and attitude mediators that will be targeted by the intervention, as compared to patients in the usual care condition.
- Being tested
- Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention
- Medical subject headings
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Peripheral Vascular Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling InterventionBehavioural
A trained health counselor will conduct the TC sessions, which will occur every 6 weeks (total 8 calls). We expect the initial call to last 30 minutes, with subsequent calls lasting 20 minutes. Our intervention for our primary outcome of LDL-C lowering is expected to take most of this time. We will spend approximately 5 minutes addressing physical activity at the end of each session, using methods similar to those in our pilot TC study.
We will use patient-centered counseling to promote adherence to lipid-lowering medication and LDL-C lowering diet. The intervention will also activate patients to discuss initiation or dose increase of lipid-lowering drugs with their physicians. While the focus of our intervention will be on LDL-C lowering, the TC intervention will also devote approximately 5 minutes of the typical 20 minute call to increasing physical activity.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention Receives: Behavioral: Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention |
| 2 | No intervention | Usual care |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
LDL-C levels
Measured: Measured at baseline and Month 12
LDL-C lowering knowledge, attitude, and behavior
Measured: Measured at baseline and Month 12
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2006
- Primary completionNov 2009
- Study completionNov 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Cardiovascular DiseasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Northwestern UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 355 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Mary McDermott, Northwestern University
- Investigators
- Mary McDermott, MD, Principal investigator, Northwestern University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00217919
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 296
- Other IDs
- R01HL073912
- Status last verified
- Apr 2014
- First submitted
- 19 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 9 Apr 2014
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Pagoto SL, McDermott MM, Reed G, Greenland P, Mazor KM, Ockene JK, Whited M, Schneider K, Appelhans B, Leung K, Merriam P, Ockene I. Can attention control conditions have detrimental effects on behavioral medicine randomized trials? Psychosom Med. 2013 Feb;75(2):137-43. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182765dd2. Epub 2012 Nov 28.
PubMed 23197844McDermott MM, Greenland P, Reed G, Mazor KM, Merriam PA, Graff R, Tao H, Pagoto S, Manheim L, Kibbe MR, Ockene IS. Gender differences in cholesterol-lowering medication prescribing in peripheral artery disease. Vasc Med. 2011 Dec;16(6):428-35. doi: 10.1177/1358863X11425879.
PubMed 22128042McDermott MM, Reed G, Greenland P, Mazor KM, Pagoto S, Ockene JK, Graff R, Merriam PA, Leung K, Manheim L, Kibbe MR, Olendzki B, Pearce WH, Ockene IS. Activating peripheral arterial disease patients to reduce cholesterol: a randomized trial. Am J Med. 2011 Jun;124(6):557-65. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.11.032.
PubMed 21605733McDermott MM, Mazor KM, Reed G, Pagoto S, Graff R, Merriam P, Kibbe M, Greenland P, Ockene J, Olendzki B, Huimin Tao, Ockene I. Attitudes and behavior of peripheral arterial disease patients toward influencing their physician's prescription of cholesterol-lowering medication. Vasc Med. 2010 Apr;15(2):83-90. doi: 10.1177/1358863X09353653. Epub 2010 Jan 29.
PubMed 20118170
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Apr 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Reducing Risk Factors in Peripheral Arterial Disease
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00217919
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 296
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 355 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Study start
- Feb 2006
- Primary completion
- Nov 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- Nov 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 22 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to compare a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention to usual care to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Detailed description
BACKGROUND:
Patients with PAD have a 3- to 4-fold higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared to patients without PAD. Risk of future cardiovascular events is comparable between patients with PAD and coronary artery disease (CAD). While improved atherosclerotic risk factor treatment has reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with CAD, such treatment in patients with PAD remains suboptimal. Intensity of cholesterol-lowering therapy, specifically, is significantly poorer in patients with PAD as compared to CAD. Data show that fully 69 percent of patients with PAD from a non-invasive vascular laboratory in Chicago did not have the recommended LDL-C level of less than 100 mg/dl. Our data from a national survey indicate that physicians believe atherosclerotic risk factor treatment is less important for patients with PAD than for patients with CAD. Our data also show that many patients with PAD are unaware of their increased risk of cardiovascular events and under-appreciate the importance of risk factor treatment in PAD. These findings likely contribute to risk factor under-treatment in patients with PAD. Clinical trials such as this are needed to demonstrate whether PAD risk factors can be reduced. If effective, this clinical trial will also encourage clinicians to adopt the proven intervention to lower cardiovascular risks in patients with PAD
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
This randomized, controlled clinical trial will test the ability of a health-counselor mediated telephone counseling intervention as compared to usual care to reduce LDL-C levels in patients with PAD. The study involves patients with PAD who have LDL-C levels greater than 100 mg/dl at baseline identified from non-invasive vascular laboratories in Chicago, IL and Worcester, MA. For their primary specific aim, the investigators hypothesize that subjects randomized to the intervention condition will achieve a reduction in LDL-C of at least 11.1 mg/dl greater than the reduction in LDL-C for subjects randomized to the usual care condition at 12-month follow-up. In their secondary aim, they will determine whether the telephone counseling intervention increases the proportion of PAD patients with LDL-C less than 100 mg/dl as compared to the usual care condition at 12-month follow-up. To identify the mediators of the intervention, in their exploratory aims they will determine whether patients in the intervention condition achieve greater increases (improvement) in specific behavioral and knowledge and attitude mediators that will be targeted by the intervention, as compared to patients in the usual care condition.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Behavioral: Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling InterventionHealth-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention |
| 2 | No intervention | –Usual care |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 21 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Life expectancy greater than 1 year
- Has a telephone
- English-speaking
- Willing to use acceptable methods of contraception
- Have a primary care physician
Key exclusion criteria (14 listed)
- Currently undergoing cancer treatment or plans to begin treatment
- Psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment
- Intolerance to two or more cholesterol-lowering drugs
- Plans to move out of the area within one year of study entry
- Wheel-chair bound or unable to walk outside of home
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling InterventionA trained health counselor will conduct the TC sessions, which will occur every 6 weeks (total 8 calls). We expect the initial call to last 30 minutes, with subsequent calls lasting 20 minutes. Our intervention for our primary outcome of LDL-C lowering is expected to take most of this time. We will spend approximately 5 minutes addressing physical activity at the end of each session, using methods similar to those in our pilot TC study. We will use patient-centered counseling to promote adherence to lipid-lowering medication and LDL-C lowering diet. The intervention will also activate patients to discuss initiation or dose increase of lipid-lowering drugs with their physicians. While the focus of our intervention will be on LDL-C lowering, the TC intervention will also devote approximately 5 minutes of the typical 20 minute call to increasing physical activity. | Behavioural | 1 |
Primary outcome
LDL-C levels
Time frame: Measured at baseline and Month 12
LDL-C lowering knowledge, attitude, and behavior
Time frame: Measured at baseline and Month 12
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Apr 2014.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23197844Pagoto SL, McDermott MM, Reed G, Greenland P, Mazor KM, Ockene JK, Whited M, Schneider K, Appelhans B, Leung K, Merriam P, Ockene I. Can attention control conditions have detrimental effects on behavioral medicine randomized trials? Psychosom Med. 2013 Feb;75(2):137-43. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182765dd2. Epub 2012 Nov 28.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22128042McDermott MM, Greenland P, Reed G, Mazor KM, Merriam PA, Graff R, Tao H, Pagoto S, Manheim L, Kibbe MR, Ockene IS. Gender differences in cholesterol-lowering medication prescribing in peripheral artery disease. Vasc Med. 2011 Dec;16(6):428-35. doi: 10.1177/1358863X11425879.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 21605733McDermott MM, Reed G, Greenland P, Mazor KM, Pagoto S, Ockene JK, Graff R, Merriam PA, Leung K, Manheim L, Kibbe MR, Olendzki B, Pearce WH, Ockene IS. Activating peripheral arterial disease patients to reduce cholesterol: a randomized trial. Am J Med. 2011 Jun;124(6):557-65. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.11.032.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 20118170McDermott MM, Mazor KM, Reed G, Pagoto S, Graff R, Merriam P, Kibbe M, Greenland P, Ockene J, Olendzki B, Huimin Tao, Ockene I. Attitudes and behavior of peripheral arterial disease patients toward influencing their physician's prescription of cholesterol-lowering medication. Vasc Med. 2010 Apr;15(2):83-90. doi: 10.1177/1358863X09353653. Epub 2010 Jan 29.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Mary McDermott, MD principal investigator
Northwestern University
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Health-Counselor Mediated Telephone Counseling Intervention in people with Cardiovascular Diseases and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, run by Northwestern University at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Apr 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
LDL-C levels (time frame: Measured at baseline and Month 12). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00217919, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Apr 2014.