Cardiac DiseaseNCT05996640
Patient Preferences and Experiences of Waiting for Heart Surgery
An observational study of Cardiac Disease, run by King's College London.
Trial summary
Waiting for heart surgery could be difficult and anxiety-provoking for some patients. Research suggests that some specific factors (e.g., individual coping strategies, communication with the clinical team, having a more active role in care decision-making) could reduce the stress associated with waiting. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 99 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Cardiac Disease
- What is being tested?
- This is study does not use an intervention
- How many people
- 268 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 14 Aug 2023to 15 Nov 2023
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 to 99 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Based on the NHS guide for surgical prioritisation, waiting lists for elective surgery are grouped into four priority categories: P1 includes emergency patients (requiring surgery within 24 hours, therefore they are not on elective cardiac surgery waiting lists); P2 includes patients who require surgery within 4 weeks; P3 and P4 are patients who require surgery within 3 months, and between 3-6 months, respectively. The population of interest in this study is composed by patients in the P2, P3 and P4 categories whose most common diagnoses are coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and aortic aneurysm. Accordingly, the most commonly performed surgeries within the above categories are coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs), aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair or replacement and aortic aneurysm repair.
Who may be able to join
- being on a waiting list for elective cardiac surgery under any of the following surgical prioritisation categories P2, P3, and P4;
- being at least 18 years old;
- being on a waiting list for cardiac surgery across any of the four KHP participating sites: RBH, HH, STH, and KCH.
Who cannot join
- being on a waiting list for cardiac surgery at sites other than Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital, St Thomas Hospital, and King's College Hospital;
- not having any recorded contact details in the form of mobile phone and home address
About this study
Official title: Investigating Patient Preferences and Experiences of Waiting for Elective Heart Surgery: a Cross-sectional Online Survey
Waiting for heart surgery could be difficult and anxiety-provoking for some patients. Research suggests that some specific factors (e.g., individual coping strategies, communication with the clinical team, having a more active role in care decision-making) could reduce the stress associated with waiting. However, most of this research has looked at patients waiting for other types of surgery (e.g., cancer surgery). Therefore, more research focusing on patients waiting for heart surgery is needed.
This project aims to investigate patients' experiences, perceptions and preferences about waiting for elective (non-emergency) heart surgery across four London-based National Health Service (NHS) hospitals that belong to King's Health Partners (KHP): Royal Brompton, Harefield, St Thomas', and King's College hospitals. The project is led by the research team at King's Improvement Science, (King's College London), in collaboration with clinicians and patients with lived experience of waiting for heart surgery.
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This project will look at:
- how patients feel their heart condition affects their day-to-day life;
- how patients experience being on a waiting list;
- what factors patients consider as most important for their upcoming surgery (e.g. to have their surgery as soon as possible, at their nearest hospital, or carried out by a specific surgeon);
- patients' opinions about how the heart surgery waiting list process could be improved.
Adult patients (>18 years old) waiting for elective heart surgery at the four hospitals listed above will be invited, via a text message and a letter, to complete an online survey (i.e. a list of questions). Completing reading study information and completing the survey will likely take approximately 30 minutes. The survey will be open for 8 weeks in total.
Findings from this project, together with other work looking at clinical processes and outcomes across heart surgery services at the four KHP hospitals, will inform a wider quality improvement project.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Disease
- Being tested
- This is study does not use an intervention
- Medical subject headings
- Heart Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
This is study does not use an interventionOther
This is study does not use an intervention. A survey will be used to collected data on patients' experiences and preferences about waiting list for heart surgery.
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Patient experience
ratings on impact of heart condition on life
Measured: 8 weeks
Patient preferences
qualitative description of preferences about service improvement
Measured: 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Aug 2023
- Study start14 Aug 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Study completion15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Cardiac DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by King's College LondonThe 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
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 268 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- King's College London
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05996640
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 319498
- Status last verified
- Jul 2023
- First submitted
- 1 Aug 2023
- Last updated
- 18 Aug 2023
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Russo M, Richards KL, Kumar R, Burridge J, Chaplin H, Chua KC, Hardy D, Avlonitis VS, Baig K, Bhudia S, Noorani A, Khan H, Petrou M. Patient experience and preference while waiting for elective cardiac surgery: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey across four major National Health Service hospitals in London. BMJ Open. 2026 Jan 21;16(1):e102185. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102185.
PubMed 41565334Russo M, Watson K, Richards K, Olive RR, Krausova B, Kumar R, Burridge J, Goulding L, Chua KC, Hardy D, Vassilios A, Kamran B, Bhudia S, Alia N, Habib K, Sevdalis N, Petrou M. Study protocol for a cross-sectional online survey investigating patient preferences and experiences of waiting for elective cardiac surgery. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 4;14(3):e079692. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079692.
PubMed 38443077
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Aug 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Investigating Patient Preferences and Experiences of Waiting for Elective Heart Surgery: a Cross-sectional Online Survey
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05996640
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 319498
- Conditions
- Cardiac Disease
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 268 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- King's College LondonUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 14 Aug 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- First posted
- 18 Aug 2023 (actual)
- 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.
Waiting for heart surgery could be difficult and anxiety-provoking for some patients. Research suggests that some specific factors (e.g., individual coping strategies, communication with the clinical team, having a more active role in care decision-making) could reduce the stress associated with waiting. However, most of this research has looked at patients waiting for other types of surgery (e.g., cancer surgery). Therefore, more research focusing on patients waiting for heart surgery is needed.
This project aims to investigate patients' experiences, perceptions and preferences about waiting for elective (non-emergency) heart surgery across four London-based National Health Service (NHS) hospitals that belong to King's Health Partners (KHP): Royal Brompton, Harefield, St Thomas', and King's College hospitals. The project is led by the research team at King's Improvement Science, (King's College London), in collaboration with clinicians and patients with lived experience of waiting for heart surgery.
This project will look at:
- how patients feel their heart condition affects their day-to-day life;
- how patients experience being on a waiting list;
- what factors patients consider as most important for their upcoming surgery (e.g. to have their surgery as soon as possible, at their nearest hospital, or carried out by a specific surgeon);
- patients' opinions about how the heart surgery waiting list process could be improved.
Adult patients (>18 years old) waiting for elective heart surgery at the four hospitals listed above will be invited, via a text message and a letter, to complete an online survey (i.e. a list of questions). Completing reading study information and completing the survey will likely take approximately 30 minutes. The survey will be open for 8 weeks in total.
Findings from this project, together with other work looking at clinical processes and outcomes across heart surgery services at the four KHP hospitals, will inform a wider quality improvement project.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Based on the NHS guide for surgical prioritisation, waiting lists for elective surgery are grouped into four priority categories: P1 includes emergency patients (requiring surgery within 24 hours, therefore they are not on elective cardiac surgery waiting lists); P2 includes patients who require surgery within 4 weeks; P3 and P4 are patients who require surgery within 3 months, and between 3-6 months, respectively. The population of interest in this study is composed by patients in the P2, P3 and P4 categories whose most common diagnoses are coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and aortic aneurysm. Accordingly, the most commonly performed surgeries within the above categories are coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs), aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair or replacement and aortic aneurysm repair.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- being on a waiting list for elective cardiac surgery under any of the following surgical prioritisation categories P2, P3, and P4;
- being at least 18 years old;
- being on a waiting list for cardiac surgery across any of the four KHP participating sites: RBH, HH, STH, and KCH.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- being on a waiting list for cardiac surgery at sites other than Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital, St Thomas Hospital, and King's College Hospital;
- not having any recorded contact details in the form of mobile phone and home address
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 |
|---|---|---|
| This is study does not use an interventionThis is study does not use an intervention. A survey will be used to collected data on patients' experiences and preferences about waiting list for heart surgery. | Other | – |
Primary outcome
Patient experience
Time frame: 8 weeks
ratings on impact of heart condition on life
Patient preferences
Time frame: 8 weeks
qualitative description of preferences about service improvement
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Aug 2023.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41565334Russo M, Richards KL, Kumar R, Burridge J, Chaplin H, Chua KC, Hardy D, Avlonitis VS, Baig K, Bhudia S, Noorani A, Khan H, Petrou M. Patient experience and preference while waiting for elective cardiac surgery: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey across four major National Health Service hospitals in London. BMJ Open. 2026 Jan 21;16(1):e102185. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102185.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38443077Russo M, Watson K, Richards K, Olive RR, Krausova B, Kumar R, Burridge J, Goulding L, Chua KC, Hardy D, Vassilios A, Kamran B, Bhudia S, Alia N, Habib K, Sevdalis N, Petrou M. Study protocol for a cross-sectional online survey investigating patient preferences and experiences of waiting for elective cardiac surgery. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 4;14(3):e079692. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079692.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Cardiac Disease, run by King's College London.
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 3 inclusion and 2 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Aug 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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?
Results are not available in the source record.
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?
Patient experience (time frame: 8 weeks). 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 NCT05996640, which also lists 2 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 18 Aug 2023.