Cirrhosis Readmission Telehealth Project

Cirrhosis Clinical Trial

Official title: Cirrhosis Readmission Telehealth Project

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a 2 year research study to study if post discharge phone calls can help lengthen time to hospital readmissions for patients with encephalopathy.

Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this randomized prospective pilot study is to decrease hospital readmissions for patients with hepatic encephalopathy. Patients who were admitted at YNHH with hepatic encephalopathy will be enrolled. Patients will then be randomized to one of two groups upon discharge. The control group will receive usual standard of care for hepatic encephalopathy (encephalopathy education, cirrhosis brochure, stool chart, and routine follow up with their primary care provider and hepatologist). The intervention group will receive usual standard of care as discussed above and phone calls for a 3-month period after their hospitalization. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cirrhosis
• Fibrosis
• Liver Cirrhosis

• NCT number: NCT02313896
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Yale University
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2014
• Completion date: June 2016