Wiser Choices in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Interventions: Other: Usual Care; Other: AMI Choice Decision Aid

• Registration Number: NCT00888537
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

Patients who are hospitalized because of a heart attack are prescribed a number of medicines to help the heart heal. The investigators will examine different ways in which clinicians share information about those treatment options with patients and the impact that this can have on patients' choices and health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-24
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 107

Inclusion Criteria

• Between the ages of 18 and 90
• Hospitalized at Saint Marys Hospital
• A primary diagnosis of AMI,
• Have heart rate, blood pressure, troponin and creatinine measurements,
• There is an intention to offer treatment medications
• Are able and willing to provide informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• Have not had a myocardial infarction
• Have significant cognitive, visual impairment,
• Non-English speaker
• Have a Do Not Intubate/Do Not Resuscitate (DNI/DNR) status
• Will be discharged to a nursing home
• AMI is not the presumptive diagnosis

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual Care	Usual Care	Patients and clinicians in this arm will discuss medications to help the heart heal after a heart attack in their usual manner.
Decision Aid	AMI Choice Decision Aid	Patients in this arm will discuss medications to help the heart heal after a heart attack with the clinician and the help of the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) Choice Decision Aid.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decreases rehospitalization rates and death	5 weeks and 6 months
Increase patient knowledge of medication to help the heart heal	During hospital stay
Increases adherence to cardiac medications with proven benefits	6 months
Reduces patients' decisional conflict (increase patient decisional quality)	During hospital stay

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States