Protocol-guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transient Neurological Symptoms

Stroke Clinical Trial

— PREVENT  

Official title:

Protocol-guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transient Neurological Symptoms (PREVENT) (QUE 15-280)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02769338
• Other study ID #: QUX 16-006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This program will seek to implement a quality improvement program to improve the care of Veterans with TIA or minor stroke at 6 Veteran Health Administration Hospitals. The investigators will evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the quality improvement program.

Description:

Aim 1. To develop a quality improvement program to improve the care of Veterans with TIA or minor stroke that can be deployed nationwide. The program will include multiple components: a reporting system that is based on validated electronic quality measures (eCQMs) that will allow staff to monitor the time-sensitive processes of care and outcomes of their population of Veterans with TIA or minor stroke; clinical protocols to improve the timeliness and completeness of care; professional education materials; and clinical note templates for use by nursing and pharmacy staff. Lessons learned at the individual sites engaged in the quality improvement program will be shared across sites by use of a web-based platform and a virtual collaborative. We will assess end user's assessment of the program and its core elements.

Aim 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Aim 1 QI intervention program for Veterans with TIA or minor stroke against usual care. Teams at the 6 intervention sites will be given the quality improvement program components. The primary effectiveness outcome is the proportion of Veterans who received all of the guideline-concordant processes of care for which they are eligible referred to as the "Without-Fail" care rate.

Aim 3. To evaluate the implementation of the QI intervention program across the 6 participating sites. The two primary implementation outcomes will be the number of implementation activities completed during the one-year active implementation period and the final level of team organization (defined as the Group Organization (GO Score)) for improving TIA care at the end of the 12-month active implementation period.

Secondary Aim To evaluate the sustainability of the program. Sustainability will be evaluated over a one-year period that begins immediately after the one-year active implementation period. We will compare the Without-Fail rate in the sustainability period to the baseline period and the post-implementation period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2292
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• This program will seek VA hospitals that are self-designated as either a VHA Primary Stroke Center or a Limited Hours Stroke Facility or Supporting Stroke Center.

• Eligibility for staff interviews is based on involvement in the QI intervention and willingness to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unwilling to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ischemic Attack, Transient
• Stroke
• Transient Ischemic Attack

Intervention

Other:
• Quality Improvement Program
The Intervention is a QI Program that will include multiple components as described above.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis	Indiana

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (7)

Bravata DM, Myers LJ, Homoya B, Miech EJ, Rattray NA, Perkins AJ, Zhang Y, Ferguson J, Myers J, Cheatham AJ, Murphy L, Giacherio B, Kumar M, Cheng E, Levine DA, Sico JJ, Ward MJ, Damush TM. The protocol-guided rapid evaluation of veterans experiencing new transient neurological symptoms (PREVENT) quality improvement program: rationale and methods. BMC Neurol. 2019 Nov 20;19(1):294. doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1517-x. — View Citation

Bravata DM, Myers LJ, Perkins AJ, Zhang Y, Miech EJ, Rattray NA, Penney LS, Levine D, Sico JJ, Cheng EM, Damush TM. Assessment of the Protocol-Guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transient Neurological Symptoms (PREVENT) Program for Impro — View Citation

Damush TM, Miech EJ, Rattray NA, Homoya B, Penney LS, Cheatham A, Baird S, Myers J, Austin C, Myers LJ, Perkins AJ, Zhang Y, Giacherio B, Kumar M, Murphy LD, Sico JJ, Bravata DM. Implementation Evaluation of a Complex Intervention to Improve Timeliness of — View Citation

Damush TM, Penney LS, Miech EJ, Rattray NA, Baird SA, Cheatham AJ, Austin C, Sexson A, Myers LJ, Bravata DM. Acceptability of a complex team-based quality improvement intervention for transient ischemic attack: a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. — View Citation

Li J, Zhang Y, Myers LJ, Bravata DM. Power calculation in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial with reduced intervention sustainability effect. J Biopharm Stat. 2019;29(4):663-674. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2019.1633658. Epub 2019 Jul 18. — View Citation

Penney LS, Homoya BJ, Damush TM, Rattray NA, Miech EJ, Myers LJ, Baird S, Cheatham A, Bravata DM. Seeding Structures for a Community of Practice Focused on Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Implementing Across Disciplines and Waves. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Feb;36(2):313-321. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06135-z. Epub 2020 Sep 1. — View Citation

Rattray NA, Damush TM, Miech EJ, Homoya B, Myers LJ, Penney LS, Ferguson J, Giacherio B, Kumar M, Bravata DM. Empowering Implementation Teams with a Learning Health System Approach: Leveraging Data to Improve Quality of Care for Transient Ischemic Attack. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Nov;35(Suppl 2):823-831. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06160-y. Epub 2020 Sep 1. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Effectiveness: Without-fail Care Rate	Teams at the 6 intervention sites will be given both the QI program (to improve care) and eCQM data (to monitor the care they are delivering to their patients). The primary effectiveness outcome is the proportion of Veterans who received all of the guideline-concordant processes of care for which they are eligible referred to as the "Without-Fail" care rate. Determined by analysis of electronic medical record data.	Over the course of One Year active implementation
Secondary	Recurrent Vascular Events	The recurrent event endpoint included: congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction/acute coronary syndrome, ischemic stroke, TIA, ventricular arrhythmia, or death from any cause	90-days from presentation
Secondary	The Group Organization (GO) Score	The GO Score refers to the Group Organization Score for improving TIA care quality; it is a measure of team activation and cohesion. The GO score is measured on a scale of 0-10 based on specific practices in place during a given time period and scored by the evaluation team. A score of 0-3 indicates the absence of a facility-wide approach; 4-5 reflects a developing facility-wide approach; 6-7 denotes basic proficiency with the presence of a comprehensive facility-wide program; and 8-10 indicates the presence of a mature, facility-wide system that can sustain key personnel turnover. The GO Score was measured only among the N=6 PREVENT sites.	Measured at the end of the one-year active implementation period
Secondary	Number of Quality Improvement Activities Completed	The number of implementation activities completed during the one-year active implementation period	One-year active implementation period
Secondary	Program Satisfaction	Overall staff satisfaction with the program was assessed with a single question with the response scale ranging from 1 to 7 where 7 indicated "extremely satisfied." Program satisfaction was measured only at the six PREVENT intervention sites.	Measured at the end of the one-year active implementation period