Wiser Choices in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Acute Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Wiser Choices in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00888537
• Other study ID #: 09-000748
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 24, 2009
• Last updated: June 10, 2015
• Start date: March 2009
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients who are hospitalized because of a heart attack are prescribed a number of medicines to help the heart heal. The investigators will examine different ways in which clinicians share information about those treatment options with patients and the impact that this can have on patients' choices and health.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 107
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between the ages of 18 and 90

• Hospitalized at Saint Marys Hospital

• A primary diagnosis of AMI,

• Have heart rate, blood pressure, troponin and creatinine measurements,

• There is an intention to offer treatment medications

• Are able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have not had a myocardial infarction

• Have significant cognitive, visual impairment,

• Non-English speaker

• Have a Do Not Intubate/Do Not Resuscitate (DNI/DNR) status

• Will be discharged to a nursing home

• AMI is not the presumptive diagnosis

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Infarction
• Myocardial Infarction

Intervention

Other:
• AMI Choice Decision Aid
The decision aid describes the risk of dying in the first six months following a heart attack without and with taking a bundle of medications to help the heart heal.
• Usual Care
Patients and clinicians in this arm will discuss medications to help the heart heal after a heart attack in their usual manner.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic	Rochester	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Increases adherence to cardiac medications with proven benefits		6 months	No
Primary	Reduces patients' decisional conflict (increase patient decisional quality)		During hospital stay	No
Primary	Decreases rehospitalization rates and death		5 weeks and 6 months	No
Primary	Increase patient knowledge of medication to help the heart heal		During hospital stay	No