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To collect and compare pilot data on the impact of a massage therapy intervention against usual care on self-efficacy measures for patients with advanced heart failure immediately discharged from hospital following left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.


Clinical Trial Description

The investigators project is a randomized controlled pilot study that will take place at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC), a 912-bed academic medical center in Washington, D.C. MedStar Washington Hospital Center's patient population is predominantly African American (66%); and the majority live in low-income areas of the District. Over 20% are from the District's two most underserved areas -- Wards 7 and 8. Nearly 50% of the patients rely on public insurance as their primary form of insurance. After consenting to participate, in addition to usual advanced heart failure medical therapy, 74 patients will be randomized with a 1:1 ratio to either a massage therapy experiment group or a usual care control group. Subjects randomized to the massage therapy arm will receive massages during post LVAD implant follow-up visits in the Advanced Heart Failure clinic at predetermined intervals: every week for 4 consecutive weeks, then every other week for 4 consecutive weeks. The investigators chose these intervals for two reasons: first, current massage therapy research indicates that massages administered every week or two weeks may lead to successful clinical outcomes (CITE); second, these specific intervals coincide with predetermined LVAD clinic visits for this patient group, facilitating subject participation and decreasing extra clinic visits just for research purposes. Since this study is designed to coincide with predetermined LVAD follow-up visits, the usual care control group will also be making LVAD clinic visits at the same intervals: every week for 4 consecutive weeks, then every other week for 4 consecutive weeks. After study completion, each subject randomized to usual care will be offered a massage, if interested. The investigators believe this sample size is easily achievable given current MHVI annual LVAD implants (see above). Because the study will take place during scheduled LVAD clinic visits, the investigators expect a very high study completion rate. ;


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NCT number NCT04851236
Study type Interventional
Source Medstar Health Research Institute
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Status Suspended
Phase Early Phase 1
Start date July 1, 2019
Completion date December 1, 2022

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