A Study to Improve Physician-Youth Communication and Medical Decision Making (CHATT)

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Failure NYHA Class II; Heart Failure NYHA Class IV; Heart Failure NYHA Class III

Treatments: Behavioral: We Chatt communication tool; Behavioral: Usual/standard care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05835063

HUM00231699

5K23HL145096-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is improving patient-centered communication for young people with advanced heart disease.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Physician Inclusion Criteria:

• Physician participants will be recruited from the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Michigan. All physicians with dedicated clinical effort will be eligible.
• Eligible physicians must anticipate remaining on staff >1 year

Patient/Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients 12-24 years old with heart failure symptoms meeting criteria for New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II - IV heart failure
• One parent/caregiver of patient participants meeting inclusion criteria will also be eligible

Physician Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a physician at University of Michigan in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Patient/Caregiver Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with significant cognitive/developmental delay with potential to impact study participation will be excluded from the study due to the focus on physician-youth communication.
• Parents and parent/caregivers that are non-English speaking will be excluded from this pilot study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

We Chatt communication tool

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: We Chatt communication tool

Usual care

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual/standard care