Multiple Chronic ConditionsNCT07926243
"My Health Priorities" Program for Rural and Underserved Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions (MyHP-South)
A study testing MyHP-South Program in people with Multiple Chronic Conditions and Shared Decision-making, run by University of Alabama at Birmingham at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the revised My Health Priorities (MyHP) program among rural and underserved older adults with multiple chronic conditions in the Deep South. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Multiple Chronic Conditions, Shared Decision-making
- What is being tested?
- MyHP-South Program
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 44 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2027to 31 Dec 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Identifies as African American or White/Caucasian
- Is 65 years of age or older
- Has at least two of the following chronic conditions: cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, or lung disease
- English-speaking and able to complete baseline study measures
- Cognitively able to participate in decision-making discussions
- Has a family caregiver that meets the eligibility requirements
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- Has reliable telephone access
- Identifies as African American or White/Caucasian
- Is 18 years of age or older
- A relative, partner, or friend who provides unpaid assistance or support with health-related decision-making (may or may not live in the same residence)
- English-speaking and able to complete baseline study measures
- Cognitively able to participate in decision-making discussions
- Has reliable telephone access
Who cannot join
- Has a documented diagnosis of dementia
- Is unable to understand the study and provide informed consent
- Resides in a nursing home or assisted living facility
- Is unable to understand the study and provide informed consent
- Is unable to communicate with research staff
- Is unable to participate in the dyadic MyHP-South session and required assessments
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site
The Whitaker Clinic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233
Alexis M Johnson, B.S., 205-975-1864, amjohns2@uab.edu
Deborah B Ejem, Ph.D., 205-996-1671, tejem@uab.edu
About this study
Official title: Refinement and Pilot Testing of the "My Health Priorities" Program for Rural and Underserved Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions in the Deep South (MyHP-South)
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the revised My Health Priorities (MyHP) program among rural and underserved older adults with multiple chronic conditions in the Deep South. The program is designed to help participants clarify their health-related values, as well as improve communication with family caregivers and healthcare providers to support medical decision-making. The main question this study aims to answer is whether the revised MyHP program is practical/easy for individuals to use, and if it helps support necessary conversations about healthcare priorities. Participants will be asked to complete the revised MyHP program over a Zoom or in-person session with their caregiver, as well as complete questionnaires over a telephone interview before and 12 weeks after the completion of the program. In addition to participating in the MyHP program, caregivers will also be asked to complete a series of questionnaires over a telephone interview before and 12 weeks after the program. Both patients and caregivers will also be asked to complete a brief survey about their experience with the program over a telephone interview.
- Being tested
- MyHP-South Program
- Keywords
- Medical Decision-Making, Older Adults (65 years and older), Health Communication, Healthcare Priorities, Rural Residence, Underserved Communities, Care Coordination, Caregiver
- Medical subject headings
- Multiple Chronic Conditions
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
MyHP-South ProgramOther
Participants will use the refined My Health Priorities South (MyHP-South) program to help identify and communicate personal health priorities, then evaluate its feasibility/accessibility based on clarity, cultural relevance, usability, content, and delivery.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| MyHP-South Users | Experimental | Includes the patients and caregivers who will be utilizing the MyHP-South program, as well as evaluating its feasibility/accessibility based on clarity, cultural relevance, usability, content, and delivery. This arm also includes the clinicians who will be assessing the usefulness of the program in a primary care setting. Receives: Other: MyHP-South Program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Patient System Usability Scale (SUS)
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, patients will answer ten questions regarding the accessibility/usability of the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will follow a ranked, Likert-type frequency scale, with answers ranging from 1: strongly disagree, to 5: strongly agree.
Measured: At the MyHP-South session, within 14 days after baseline.
Acceptability Interview
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, both patients and caregivers will together answer 26 questions regarding their experience using the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will be open-ended.
Measured: At the MyHP-South session, within 14 days after baseline.
Recruitment Feasibility
Indicated by the number and proportion of eligible patient-caregiver dyads who enroll.
Measured: From initiation of recruitment through enrollment of the final dyad (approximately 12 months).
Retention and Completion Feasibility
Indicated by the number and proportion of enrolled dyads completing baseline assessments, the MyHP-South session, immediate post-session assessments, the acceptability interview, and the 12-week assessments.
Measured: From baseline through 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Caregiver System Usability Scale (SUS)
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, caregivers will answer ten questions regarding the accessibility/usability of the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will follow a ranked, Likert-type frequency scale, with answers ranging from 1: strongly disagree, to 5: strongly agree.
Measured: Immediately after the MyHP-South session, during the same study visit.
Secondary outcomes (6)
CollaboRATE Scale Score
Over a telephone interview, patients will answer three questions regarding their experience with their healthcare provider during a clinical encounter. Answer options will follow a ranked scale ranging from zero to nine and will then be calculated into a final score/percentage.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ) Score
Over a telephone interview, patients will answer 13 questions regarding the potential burden of managing multiple chronic conditions. Answer options will follow a ranked scale ranging from zero to ten and will then be calculated into a final score.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Patient Shared Care Instrument Score
Over a telephone interview, patients will answer 19 questions regarding communication, decision making, and reciprocity with their caregiver. Answer options will follow a Likert-type frequency scale, which will be calculated into final scores for each of the three subscales.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Bakas Caregiver Outcomes Scale (BCOS)
Over a telephone interview, caregivers will answer 10 questions regarding potential life changes that have occurred as a result of serving as a caregiver. Answer options will follow a ranked, Likert-type frequency scale, with answers ranging from -3: changed for the worse, to +3: changed for the best.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Older Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (O-PACIC) Scale Score
Over a telephone interview, patients will answer ten questions regarding the quality of medical care they have received over the past six months. Answer options will follow a Likert-type frequency scale, which will then be calculated into a final score.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Caregiver Shared Care Instrument Score
Over a telephone interview, caregivers will answer 19 questions regarding communication, decision making, and reciprocity with their patient. Answer options will follow a Likert-type frequency scale, which will be calculated into final scores for each of the three subscales.
Measured: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Nov 2026
- Study start1 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Primary completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Multiple Chronic ConditionsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of Alabama at BirminghamThe 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
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 44 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Deborah Ejem, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Investigators
- Deborah B Ejem, Ph.D., Principal investigator, University of Alabama at Birmingham
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07926243
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IRB-300016725
- Other IDs
- U54AG093230, 606877, DGCG-11797
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 29 Oct 2026
- Last updated
- 9 Nov 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Nov 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Refinement and Pilot Testing of the "My Health Priorities" Program for Rural and Underserved Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions in the Deep South (MyHP-South)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07926243
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IRB-300016725
- Keywords
- Medical Decision-Making, Older Adults (65 years and older), Health Communication, Healthcare Priorities, Rural Residence, Underserved Communities, Care Coordination, Caregiver
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 44 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 9 Nov 2026 (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.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the revised My Health Priorities (MyHP) program among rural and underserved older adults with multiple chronic conditions in the Deep South. The program is designed to help participants clarify their health-related values, as well as improve communication with family caregivers and healthcare providers to support medical decision-making. The main question this study aims to answer is whether the revised MyHP program is practical/easy for individuals to use, and if it helps support necessary conversations about healthcare priorities. Participants will be asked to complete the revised MyHP program over a Zoom or in-person session with their caregiver, as well as complete questionnaires over a telephone interview before and 12 weeks after the completion of the program. In addition to participating in the MyHP program, caregivers will also be asked to complete a series of questionnaires over a telephone interview before and 12 weeks after the program. Both patients and caregivers will also be asked to complete a brief survey about their experience with the program over a telephone interview.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| MyHP-South Users | Experimental | Other: MyHP-South ProgramIncludes the patients and caregivers who will be utilizing the MyHP-South program, as well as evaluating its feasibility/accessibility based on clarity, cultural relevance, usability, content, and delivery. This arm also includes the clinicians who will be assessing the usefulness of the program in a primary care setting. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (13 listed)
- Identifies as African American or White/Caucasian
- Is 65 years of age or older
- Has at least two of the following chronic conditions: cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, or lung disease
- English-speaking and able to complete baseline study measures
- Cognitively able to participate in decision-making discussions
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Has a documented diagnosis of dementia
- Is unable to understand the study and provide informed consent
- Resides in a nursing home or assisted living facility
- Is unable to understand the study and provide informed consent
- Is unable to communicate with research staff
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyHP-South ProgramParticipants will use the refined My Health Priorities South (MyHP-South) program to help identify and communicate personal health priorities, then evaluate its feasibility/accessibility based on clarity, cultural relevance, usability, content, and delivery. | Other | MyHP-South Users |
Primary outcome
Patient System Usability Scale (SUS)
Time frame: At the MyHP-South session, within 14 days after baseline.
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, patients will answer ten questions regarding the accessibility/usability of the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will follow a ranked, Likert-type frequency scale, with answers ranging from 1: strongly disagree, to 5: strongly agree.
Acceptability Interview
Time frame: At the MyHP-South session, within 14 days after baseline.
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, both patients and caregivers will together answer 26 questions regarding their experience using the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will be open-ended.
Recruitment Feasibility
Time frame: From initiation of recruitment through enrollment of the final dyad (approximately 12 months).
Indicated by the number and proportion of eligible patient-caregiver dyads who enroll.
Retention and Completion Feasibility
Time frame: From baseline through 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Indicated by the number and proportion of enrolled dyads completing baseline assessments, the MyHP-South session, immediate post-session assessments, the acceptability interview, and the 12-week assessments.
Caregiver System Usability Scale (SUS)
Time frame: Immediately after the MyHP-South session, during the same study visit.
Over a Zoom or telephone interview, caregivers will answer ten questions regarding the accessibility/usability of the revised MyHP-South tool. Answer options will follow a ranked, Likert-type frequency scale, with answers ranging from 1: strongly disagree, to 5: strongly agree.
6 secondary outcomes
CollaboRATE Scale Score
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ) Score
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Patient Shared Care Instrument Score
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Bakas Caregiver Outcomes Scale (BCOS)
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Older Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (O-PACIC) Scale Score
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Caregiver Shared Care Instrument Score
Time frame: At baseline and 12 weeks after the MyHP-South session.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Nov 2026.
- 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.
Deborah B Ejem, Ph.D. principal investigator
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing MyHP-South Program in people with Multiple Chronic Conditions and Shared Decision-making, run by University of Alabama at Birmingham at 1 site 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 13 inclusion and 6 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: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Nov 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Alexis M Johnson, B.S. (205-975-1864, amjohns2@uab.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Patient System Usability Scale (SUS) (time frame: At the MyHP-South session, within 14 days after baseline.). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 Nov 2026.