Use of Visual Decision Aid for Shared Decision Making in Chest Pain

Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Use of a Visual Decision Aid for Shared Decision Making Among Patients With Chest Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03674021
• Other study ID #: CPC
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 3, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: National University Hospital, Singapore
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate the use of the chest pain choice (CPC) decision aid as a tool to facilitate discussion between the patient and his/her attending physician with regard to subsequent management plans. Patients aged 21 years and above with low-risk chest pain, as determined by the HEART score (HEART score 0-3), will be included. The investigator's hypothesis is that incorporating the Chest Pain Choice visual aid in shared decision making can help to reduce unnecessary admissions for low risk chest pain to the observation ward, as well as increase patient knowledge with regards to their own condition.

Description:

Chest pain is a common presenting complaint in the Emergency Department (ED). Cardiac testing in low-risk patients poses unnecessary costs and resource utilisation, which may in part be due to clinicians adopting a very-low-risk threshold for discharge without testing.

The Chest Pain Choice (CPC) decision aid is a visual aid that was developed to facilitate shared decision-making between physicians and patients who present to the emergency department with chest pain, and has shown to be effective in increasing patient knowledge and decreasing the rate of admission to an observation unit for cardiac testing, among patients with chest pain who are at low risk for acute coronary syndromes. Shared decision making with the use of this visual aid has been shown in other centres to be associated with greater patient knowledge, greater patient involvement in decision making and less frequent admissions, with no increase in major adverse cardiac events (MACE) due to the intervention.

The visual aid includes a brief description of what tests have been done thus far to assess the patient's risk of MACE, a graphic representation of the risk as calculated based on the HEART score, as well as the evaluation options available. The visual aid has been modified from its original form for the local context in terms of viable options for further evaluation.

This study aims to assess if using a visual decision aid for shared decision making between physician and patient can safely help to decrease unnecessary admissions to the ED observation unit, as well as its impact on patient knowledge, satisfaction, as well as 30-day and 60-day Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: September 3, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 3, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 21 years and above

• Have low risk chest pain as defined by the HEART score (0-3 points)

• Be English-literate

• Have an initial serum troponin that is less than the 99th centile of the normal reference population

• Have an initial electrocardiogram that is not suggestive of cardiac ischaemia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have a HEART score of 4 or more

• Are not English-literate

• Have an elevated initial serum troponin

• Have an initial electrocardiogram that is suggestive of cardiac ischaemia (ST-segment depression or elevation, new onset left bundle brunch block, T-wave inversions, etc.)

• Have known coronary artery disease

• Have a prior plan for cardiac intervention or admission

• Have barriers to outpatient follow-up

• Are prisoners

• Are pregnant

• Are hearing or visually impaired, or are otherwise unable to use the clinical decision aid

• Do not consent to participation in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Angina Pectoris
• Chest Pain
• Infarction
• Myocardial Infarction

Intervention

Other:
• Chest Pain Choice visual aid
The Chest Pain Choice (CPC) decision aid is a visual aid that was developed to facilitate shared decision-making between physicians and patients who present to the emergency department with chest pain. The visual aid includes a brief description of what tests have been done thus far to assess the patient's risk of MACE, a graphic representation of the risk as calculated based on the HEART score, as well as the evaluation options available. The visual aid has been modified from its original form for the local context in terms of viable options for further evaluation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Mui Teng Chua	Singapore	Central

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National University Hospital, Singapore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

References & Publications (2)

Anderson RT, Montori VM, Shah ND, Ting HH, Pencille LJ, Demers M, Kline JA, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Torres CA, Schaffer JT, Herrin J, Branda M, Leblanc A, Hess EP. Effectiveness of the Chest Pain Choice decision aid in emergency department patients with — View Citation

Hess EP, Knoedler MA, Shah ND, Kline JA, Breslin M, Branda ME, Pencille LJ, Asplin BR, Nestler DM, Sadosty AT, Stiell IG, Ting HH, Montori VM. The chest pain choice decision aid: a randomized trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012 May;5(3):251-9. doi: — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Admission to the Emergency Department Observation Unit	Admission to the Emergency Department Observation Unit during index emergency department visit	Index visit
Secondary	Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) at 30 days	MACE is defined as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction or coronary revascularisation.	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Major Adverse Cardiac Events at 60 days	MACE is defined as all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction or coronary revascularisation.	60 days after index visit
Secondary	Emergency Department Attendance at 30 days	Repeat attendance to the emergency department	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Emergency Department Attendance at 60 days	Repeat attendance to the emergency department	60 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress treadmill electrogram at 30 days	The presence of stress treadmill electrocardiogram at 30 days post index visit	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress treadmill electrogram at 60 days	The presence of stress treadmill electrocardiogram at 60 days post index visit	60 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress myocardial perfusion imaging at 30 days	The presence of stress myocardial perfusion imaging at 30 days post index visit	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress myocardial perfusion imaging at 60 days	The presence of stress myocardial perfusion imaging at 60 days post index visit	60 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress echocardiogram at 30 days	The presence of stress echocardiogram at 30 days post index visit	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Stress echocardiogram at 60 days	The presence of stress echocardiogram at 60 days post index visit	60 days after index visit
Secondary	Computed tomography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) at 30 days	The presence of computed tomography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) at 30 days post index visit	30 days after index visit
Secondary	Computed tomography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) at 60 days	The presence of computed tomography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) at 60 days post index visit	60 days after index visit