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NCT00818025 Clinical Trial

Comparing Methods for Tracking Health Information at Home After Lung Transplant

Lung Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:
Phase III Trial of Pocket PATH: A Computerized Intervention to Promote Self-Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT00818025
Other study ID # PRO08070401
Secondary ID 1R01NR010711-01
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 2009
Est. completion date January 2013

Study information
Verified date October 2023
Source University of Pittsburgh
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the efficacy of a novel intervention, Pocket PATH (Personal Assistant for Tracking Health) for promoting self-care agency, self-care behaviors, and transplant-related health.

Description:

Lung transplant recipients (LTR) experience more transplant-related complications, higher health resource utilization, and higher mortality than recipients of other solid organs. Prevention and detection of early complications is known to reduce the likelihood of future impairments in lung function and, therefore, morbidity and mortality. Despite the scarce donor organs and financial resources expended to support individuals throughout the lung transplant experience, no randomized controlled trials (RCT) have tested interventions designed to promote self-care behaviors with the aim of improving transplant-related health after lung transplant. The purpose of this RCT is to compare the efficacy of a novel behavioral intervention, Pocket PATH (Personal Assistant for Tracking Health) for promoting self-care and improving health outcomes relative to standard care after lung transplantation. Pocket PATH provides LTR a hand-held device with customized data recording, trending, and decision-support programs to promote their self-care behaviors. Based on the promising results from our early trials, a full-scale RCT has been designed to rigorously test the efficacy of Pocket PATH in promoting self-care agency, self-care behaviors, and hence improving transplant-related health. A sample of 214 LTR who survive the immediate intensive care unit recovery period will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group, who will be instructed to use the Pocket Path device and its programs designed for self-monitoring, adhering to the regimen, and communicating condition changes to the transplant team, or the control group who will receive standard instructions regarding the post-transplant regimen (including health monitoring). Information will be collected from participants at baseline and 1 week, 2, 6, and 12 months after discharge from the hospital following lung transplantation. Longitudinal, repeated-measures models with planned comparisons will be used to test the hypotheses for the primary aims. It is hypothesized that subjects in the Pocket PATH group will develop higher levels of self-care agency and perform self-care behaviors more often than subjects in the control group and, therefore, will experience fewer transplant-related complications, re-hospitalizations, and better health related quality of life.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 211
Est. completion date January 2013
Est. primary completion date January 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - a recipient of a lung transplant - 18 years of age or older - stable enough to be transferred from the CTICU to the acute unit - not been discharged from initial transplant hospitalization - able to read and speak English Exclusion Criteria: - a recipient of any prior transplant - a condition that precludes discharge from the hospital - limited involvement in post-transplant care is anticipated (e.g., plan to discharge to skilled nursing facility)

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pocket PATH (Personal Assistant for Tracking Health)
Participants in the intervention group will be trained to use a hand-held device with custom programs as a means of supporting, tracking, and interpreting discharge activities in addition to the standard paper-tracking methods.

Locations
Country Name City State
United States University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Pittsburgh National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (14)

Alrawashdeh M, Zomak R, Dew MA, Sereika S, Song MK, Pilewski JM, DeVito Dabbs A. Pattern and Predictors of Hospital Readmission During the First Year After Lung Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2017 May;17(5):1325-1333. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14064. Epub 2016 — View Citation

Devito Dabbs A, Song MK, Hawkins R, Aubrecht J, Kovach K, Terhorst L, Connolly M, McNulty M, Callan J. An intervention fidelity framework for technology-based behavioral interventions. Nurs Res. 2011 Sep-Oct;60(5):340-7. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31822cc87d. — View Citation

DeVito Dabbs A, Song MK, Myers B, Hawkins RP, Aubrecht J, Begey A, Connolly M, Li R, Pilewski JM, Bermudez CA, Dew MA. Clinical trials of health information technology interventions intended for patient use: unique issues and considerations. Clin Trials. 2013;10(6):896-906. doi: 10.1177/1740774513493149. Epub 2013 Jul 18. — View Citation

DeVito Dabbs A, Song MK, Myers BA, Li R, Hawkins RP, Pilewski JM, Bermudez CA, Aubrecht J, Begey A, Connolly M, Alrawashdeh M, Dew MA. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Health Intervention to Promote Self-Management After Lung Transplantation. Am — View Citation

DeVito Dabbs A, Terhorst L, Song MK, Shellmer DA, Aubrecht J, Connolly M, Dew MA. Quality of recipient-caregiver relationship and psychological distress are correlates of self-care agency after lung transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2013 Jan-Feb;27(1):113 — View Citation

Fatigati A, Alrawashdeh M, Zaldonis J, Dabbs AD. Patterns and Predictors of Sleep Quality Within the First Year After Lung Transplantation. Prog Transplant. 2016 Mar;26(1):62-9. doi: 10.1177/1526924816632123. — View Citation

Geramita EM, DeVito Dabbs AJ, DiMartini AF, Pilewski JM, Switzer GE, Posluszny DM, Myaskovsky L, Dew MA. Impact of a Mobile Health Intervention on Long-term Nonadherence After Lung Transplantation: Follow-up After a Randomized Controlled Trial. Transplant — View Citation

Hu L, DeVito Dabbs A, Dew MA, Sereika SM, Lingler JH. Patterns and correlates of adherence to self-monitoring in lung transplant recipients during the first 12 months after discharge from transplant. Clin Transplant. 2017 Aug;31(8):10.1111/ctr.13014. doi: — View Citation

Hu L, Lingler JH, DeVito Dabbs A, Dew MA, Sereika SM. Trajectories of self-care agency and associated factors in lung transplant recipients over the first 12 months following transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2017 Sep;31(9):10.1111/ctr.13030. doi: 10.1111 — View Citation

Jiang Y, Sereika SM, Dabbs AD, Handler SM, Schlenk EA. Acceptance and Use of Mobile Technology for Health Self-Monitoring in Lung Transplant Recipients during the First Year Post-Transplantation. Appl Clin Inform. 2016 Jun 1;7(2):430-45. doi: 10.4338/ACI- — View Citation

Jiang Y, Sereika SM, DeVito Dabbs A, Handler SM, Schlenk EA. Using mobile health technology to deliver decision support for self-monitoring after lung transplantation. Int J Med Inform. 2016 Oct;94:164-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.07.012. Epub 2016 Ju — View Citation

Kovach KA, Aubrecht JA, Dew MA, Myers B, Dabbs AD. Data safety and monitoring for research involving remote health monitoring. Telemed J E Health. 2011 Sep;17(7):574-9. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0219. Epub 2011 Jul 12. — View Citation

Rosenberger EM, DeVito Dabbs AJ, DiMartini AF, Landsittel DP, Pilewski JM, Dew MA. Long-Term Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Mobile Health Intervention for Self-Management in Lung Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant. 2017 May;17 — View Citation

Zaldonis J, Alrawashdeh M, Atman KS, Fatigati A, Dabbs AD, Bermudez CA. Predictors and influence of goal orientation on self-management and health-related quality of life after lung transplant. Prog Transplant. 2015 Sep;25(3):230-42. doi: 10.7182/pit20151 — View Citation

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Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Self-care agency and self-care behaviors (performing of self-monitoring, adhering to the medical regimen, communicating with the transplant team) 1 year post-discharge
Secondary Transplant-related health 1 year post-discharge
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