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Treatment Decisions for Multi-vessel CAD

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Behavioral: Usual Care
Behavioral: The Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid
Registration Number
NCT02611050
Lead Sponsor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Brief Summary

This study is a multi-center randomized trial to evaluate the Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid patient decision aid compared to usual care in patient reported decisional conflict, knowledge, and shared decision making.

Detailed Description

Multi-vessel coronary artery disease can be treated through percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, or medical therapy. Treatments have risk benefit tradeoffs, making patient preference integral to the treatment decision. The Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid patient decision aid was developed to improve the decision making process for patients and clinicians.

Objectives:

1. Evaluate The Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid impact on patient treatment decisional conflict, knowledge, and shared decision making.

The randomized controlled trial will compare validated and standardized measures of patient decisional conflict, shared decision making, and condition specific treatment knowledge between Option Grid and usual care patients. The investigators hypothesize Option Grid patients will have improvements in patient decisional conflict, shared decision making, and knowledge compared to usual care patients. Baseline feasibility enrollment at each site prior to randomization will be used to identify current treatment patterns, and prepare intervention delivery and fidelity. Registry data will be used to identify patient treatment received and compared between Option Grid and usual care arms.

2. Examine the physician and patient process of and factors influencing Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid use.

Semi-structured interviews and process evaluations will be used to describe Option Grid use and experience and identify factors that are associated with beneficial Option Grid use.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
14
Inclusion Criteria
  • Stable multi-vessel coronary artery disease diagnosed by coronary angiography defined as left main disease (>50% stenosis) or multi-vessel coronary artery disease (>70% stenosis in two or more coronary arteries)
  • At relative equipoise for at least two potential treatment options, in which the treating cardiologist or surgeon has determined the treatments are anatomically feasible and safe.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior coronary artery bypass grafting
  • Unable to read or write English
  • Not cognitively able to participate in the Option Grid as determined by clinician

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Usual CareUsual CarePatients randomized to usual care will discuss the patient diagnosis and treatment options typical to the physician's routine care.
Option GridThe Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option GridPatients randomized to the Option Grid arm will receive the Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease Option Grid at the time of enrollment. The treating physician will then discuss the patient diagnosis and treatment choice reviewing the Option Grid within the conversation to facilitate patient understanding and shared decision making
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient Decisional ConflictCollected immediately following patient's Option Grid or usual care clinical discussion, usually within 15 minutes after finishing the discussion.

The Ottawa Decisional Conflict Scale is a validated measure of a patient's feeling of conflict with the decision making experience

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient ExperienceWithin five days of the clinical discussion

Patient's qualitative feedback during semi-structured interviews about their decision making experience

Treatment ReceivedWithin 1 month of clinical discussion

Identified through medical records or registry data

Treatment KnowledgeCollected immediately following patient's Option Grid or usual care clinical discussion, usually within 15 minutes after finishing the discussion.

Questions about multi-vessel coronary artery disease treatment knowledge. Response options are 'true/false/unsure.' Scores will be based off of the percentage of correct responses from 0 to 100

CollaboRATE ScoreCollected immediately following patient's Option Grid or usual care clinical discussion, usually within 15 minutes after finishing the discussion.

CollaboRATE is a patient reported measure of shared decision making

Clinician ExperienceWithin five days of the clinical discussion

Clinician's qualitative feedback during semi-structured interviews about their decision making experience

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Maine Medical Center

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Portland, Maine, United States

Albany Medical Center

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Albany, New York, United States

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Albany Stratton VA Medical Center

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Albany, New York, United States

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