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DiabetesCO-IMPACTNCT02328326

Caring Others Increasing EngageMent in PACT

A study testing CO-IMPACT and PACT in people with Diabetes, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 2 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This trial will compare two methods of increasing engagement in care and success in diabetes management, among patients with diabetes with high-risk features, who also have family members involved in their care. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Diabetes
What is being tested?
CO-IMPACT and PACT
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
478 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
16 Nov 2016to 6 Jun 2020
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 30 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient Inclusion Criteria:
  • Provide signed and dated informed consent form
  • Plan to be be available for the duration of the study
  • Male or female, age 30-70 years old
  • Plan to get most diabetes care at recruiting VA primary care clinic over the subsequent 12 months
  • Able to use telephone to respond to bi-weekly automated Interactive Voice Response (IVR) calls
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  • Be able to identify an adult family member or friend who is regularly involved in their health management or health care (involved with medications, managing sugars, coming to appointments, etc)
  • Have a diagnosis of diabetes and be at high-risk for diabetes complications, defined as: (1) a diagnosis of diabetes based on encounter diagnoses from 1 inpatient or 2 outpatient encounters (OR a diabetes medication (at least one >3 month prescription from VA drug classes HS501 (insulin) or HS502, other than metformin), (2) have an assigned VAprimary care provider and at least 2 visits to VA primary care in the previous 12 months, (3) poor glycemic control (last HbA1C within 9 months >8%) OR poor blood pressure control (last BP 160/100 or mean 6 month BP >150/90)
  • Care Partner Inclusion Criteria:
  • 21 years old or older
  • Fluent in English
  • Live in the United States

Who cannot join

  • Patient Exclusion Criteria:
  • Expect to have >1 month gap in VA care in the 12 months following enrollment (e.g. snowbird travel).
  • Plan to receive the majority of their care for diabetes mainly from a non-Primary Care provider in the 12 months following enrollment
  • Have a VA resident/trainee as their main primary care provider
  • Live in a nursing home OR assisted living
  • Have significant cognitive impairment as measured by an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia, or a score of <4 on the Callahan screener to identify cognitive impairment
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  • Need help with more than two basic activities of daily living (ADLs) as measured by the Katz Basic Activities of Daily Living Scale
  • Do not speak English
  • Have a life-limiting severe illness (such as stage renal disease [ESRD] requiring dialysis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring oxygen, cancer undergoing active treatment, receiving palliative/hospice care)
  • Are concurrently enrolled in another research study or clinical program, at time of enrollment, that could conflict with the current study's protocol (e.g. another diabetes management research intervention, or VA tele-buddy program involving frequent phone calls)
  • Do not have a working phone or are not able to use a telephone to respond to automated IVR calls
  • Currently Pregnant or planning to become pregnant at time of enrollment
  • Have a serious mental illness or active substance abuse issue
  • Care Partner Exclusion Criteria:
  • Receive pay for caring for the patient
  • talks with patient about health less than two times per month
  • Have significant cognitive impairment as measured by a score of 4 or less <4 on the Callahan screener to identify cognitive impairment
  • Need help with more than two basic ADL as measured by the Katz Basic Activities of Daily Living Scale
  • Have a life-limiting severe illness (such as end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis, chronic lung disease requiring oxygen, cancer undergoing active treatment, receiving palliative/hospice care)
  • Ever told by a doctor they have dementia, schizophrenia, or manic depression

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15240

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About this study

Official title: Engaging Veterans and Family Supporters in PACT to Improve Diabetes Management

This trial will compare two methods of increasing engagement in care and success in diabetes management, among patients with diabetes with high-risk features, who also have family members involved in their care.

Read the detailed description

Background:

Veterans with diabetes must control cardiovascular risk factors in order to prevent disabling and life-threatening complications. However, despite system wide advances in diabetes quality of care, over 30% of VHA patients with diabetes continue to have uncontrolled blood pressure, hyperglycemia, or hyperlipidemia. The nationwide VA PACT (Patient-Aligned Care Teams) initiative seeks to provide patients comprehensive, team-based support for following diabetes care regimens. PACT's success, however, hinges on its ability to effectively engage patients in care. One relatively untapped resource for supporting engagement in PACT is patients' family and friends. Three out of four adults with diabetes reach out to an unpaid family member or friend (a 'Care Partner') for ongoing help with diabetes management. These supporters help patients with medication adherence, tracking home glucose measurements, maintaining a healthy eating plan, and often accompany patients to their medical visits. However, while PACT emphasizes the importance of family members as part of the care team, PACT does not have formal mechanisms to involve health supporters in PACT care. Health supporters report that, in order to be more effective, they need more information on patient's medical care plans, clear channels for communicating with PACT team members, and information on navigating PACT resources.

Objectives:

The overall objective of this randomized trial is to test a strategy to strengthen the capacity of supporters to help patients with high-risk diabetes engage in PACT care and successfully enact care plans.

The central hypothesis is that providing health care engagement tools to both Care Partners and patients will increase patient activation and improve management of diabetes complication risks.

Methods:

This is a randomized controlled trial evaluating an intervention (Caring Others Increasing EngageMent in PACT, or CO-IMPACT) designed to structure and facilitate health supporter involvement in PACT so that patients can become more actively engaged in PACT care. 240 patients with diabetes receiving PACT primary care who: 1) are at high risk for diabetes complications due to hyperglycemia OR high blood pressure and 2) have a health supporter involved in their care will be recruited along with their health supporter. Patient-supporter dyads are randomized to the CO-IMPACT intervention or usual PACT care for high-risk diabetes, for 12 months.

The intervention provides patient-supporter dyads: one coaching session on action planning, communicating with providers, navigation skills and support skills; preparation by phone before patients' primary care visits; after-visit summaries by mail; and biweekly automated phone calls to prompt action on new patient health concerns. CO-IMPACT builds on medical record-integrated patient activation tools in the PACT toolkit and is designed to be implementable within existing PACT nurse encounters.

Primary outcomes for this study include a validated measure of patient activation (Patient Activation Measure-13) and a cardiac event 5-year risk score designed for patients with diabetes (UKPDS Risk Engine). Secondary outcomes include patients' self-efficacy for diabetes self-care; diabetes self-management behaviors including medication adherence; diabetes distress; and glycemic and blood pressure control. Measures among supporters include supporter activation, use of effective support techniques, distress about patient's diabetes care, and caregiver burden. We are also measuring patient-supporter and patient-provider relationship quality, patient safety (e.g. hypoglycemia), utilization, potential moderators of intervention effect such as patient health literacy level, and facilitators and barriers to wider implementation.

Conditions
Diabetes
Being tested
CO-IMPACT, PACT
Keywords
Diabetes, diabetes self-management, patient activation, social support
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Patient Participation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CO-IMPACTOther

    Primary care-integrated activation and social support intervention that provides tools and training in patient activation and effective support techniques for patients and their family supporter

  • PACTOther

    participants will receive PACT care for high-risk diabetes, which includes (at primary care team discretion): nurse care manager visits, diabetes education classes, chronic disease self-management groups, telehealth, clinical pharmacist visits

Study groups in NCT02328326
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CO-IMPACTExperimentalpatient and supporter (dyad) receive one coaching session on action planning, communicating with providers, navigation skills and support skills; preparation by phone before patients' primary care visits; after-visit summaries by mail; and biweekly automated phone calls to prompt action on new patient health concerns
Receives: Other: CO-IMPACT
PACTActive comparatorpatient and their health supporter (dyad) will receive PACT care for high-risk diabetes, which includes (at primary care team discretion): nurse care manager visits, diabetes education classes, chronic disease self-management groups, telehealth, clinical pharmacist visits
Receives: Other: PACT

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Patient Activation, as Measured by Patient Activation Measure - 13

    Patient Activation Measure-13. Range of potential values (0,100), higher scores mean a better outcome, Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months, among patient participants

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  2. Change in Cardiac Event 5-year Risk Score, as Measured by UKPDS Risk Engine

    UKPDS Risk Engine, among patient participants only, range is 0 to 100% risk of cardiac event over the next 5 years. Lower score equals a better outcome. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

Secondary outcomes (15)
  1. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Healthy Eating

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values for healthy eating subscale (0 - 7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcomes, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  2. Change in Glycemic Control

    Hemoglobin A1c, among patient participants. Common range is 4% to 14%, lower values indicate better outcomes. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  3. Change in Systolic Blood Pressure

    mmHg, Average of two readings done at each time point. Common physiologic range is 80mmHg - 220mmHg. Lower values indicate better outcomes, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  4. Change in Diabetes Distress

    Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale (PAID) - range of potential values (0,20), higher scores indicate worse outcomes (greater diabetes-related emotional distress), among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  5. Change in Activation in Health Encounters

    Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions (PEPPI-5) - range of potential values (5, 25), higher scores indicate better outcomes (higher perceived self-efficacy in patient-physician interactions), among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  6. Change in Non-Fasting Lipid Levels

    Total cholesterol mg/DL to HDL mg/DL Ratio, common range is 1-10, lower values indicate better outcomes, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  7. Change in Patient Satisfaction With Healthcare System Support for Family Supporter

    Measured as percent of patient participants answering they were 'very satisfied' or 'satisfied' with healthcare system support for their Care Partner (family supporter)'s participation in their healthcare. Response options were 'very unsatisfied', 'unsatisfied', 'neither', 'satisfied', or 'very satisfied'. Increase in proportion of 'very satisfied' or 'satisfied' indicates better outcomes (higher satisfaction), among patient participants.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  8. Change in Supporter Use of Autonomy-Supportive Communication

    Important Other Climate Questionnaire (IOCQ) - patient rating of supporter communication. Range of potential values (1,7), higher scores indicate better outcomes (higher patient perception of supporter use of autonomy supportive communication), among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  9. Change in Smoking Status

    Global Adult Tobacco Survey, values include 'current smoker', 'former smoker', or 'never smoker'. Change from current to former smoker over 12 months indicates a better outcome. Measured among patient participants.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  10. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Physical Activity

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values for physical activity subscale (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  11. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Blood Sugar Home Testing

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  12. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Blood Pressure Home Testing

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  13. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Take Oral Meds as Prescribed

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  14. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Take Insulin as Prescribed

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

  15. Change in Diabetes Self-Management Behavior - Check Feet

    Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) - range of potential values (0-7 days per week), higher scores mean better outcome, among patient participants. Outcome is the participant's difference in the measure between baseline and 12 months.

    Measured: Baseline to 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted31 Dec 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study start16 Nov 2016
  3. Primary completion6 Jun 2019
  4. Study completion6 Jun 2020

Resources

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
Investigator
Enrolment
478 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02328326
Sponsor's protocol ID
IIR 14-074
Acronym
CO-IMPACT
Status last verified
Sep 2021
First submitted
10 Dec 2014
Last updated
6 Oct 2021
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Final dataset underlying publication resulting from this research will be shared upon request. Members of the scientific community can request a de-identified copy of the final dataset (i.e., dataset underlying any publication).

Publications

  • Rosland AM, Piette JD, Trivedi R, Kerr EA, Stoll S, Tremblay A, Heisler M. Engaging family supporters of adult patients with diabetes to improve clinical and patient-centered outcomes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Jul 24;19(1):394. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2785-2.

    PubMed 30041685
  • Zupa MF, Lee A, Piette JD, Trivedi R, Youk A, Heisler M, Rosland AM. Impact of a Dyadic Intervention on Family Supporter Involvement in Helping Adults Manage Type 2 Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Mar;37(4):761-768. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06946-8. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

    PubMed 34240285
  • Rosland AM, Piette JD, Trivedi R, Lee A, Stoll S, Youk AO, Obrosky DS, Deverts D, Kerr EA, Heisler M. Effectiveness of a Health Coaching Intervention for Patient-Family Dyads to Improve Outcomes Among Adults With Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2237960. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37960.

    PubMed 36374502

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing CO-IMPACT and PACT in people with Diabetes, run by VA Office of Research and Development 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 12 inclusion and 20 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 6 Oct 2021. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 13 Jul 2020). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Change in Patient Activation, as Measured by Patient Activation Measure - 13 (time frame: Baseline to 12 months). 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 NCT02328326, which also lists 3 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 6 Oct 2021.

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