Patient-Reported Outcome Study of Project ECHO for ILD

• Conditions: Interstitial Lung Disease

• Registration Number: NCT05450276
• Lead Sponsor: Pulmonary Care and Research Collaborative Limited

Brief Summary

The study will assess whether patients of providers participating in Project ECHO for ILD experience reduced stress, including financial stress, based on their ability to receive timely and local care and services, The study will employ nested mixed-method design at baseline, at 6 months and at 12 months to answer the study question.

Detailed Description

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a knowledge-sharing model to expand the capacity of the health care workforce so that more people can get high quality care for their health conditions in or near the communities where they live. The model brings specialty disease expertise to community providers through its hub-and-spoke networks. The model relies on videoconferencing to connect local providers in non-urban or underserved communities (spoke sites) with an interdisciplinary team of specialist providers at academic medical centers (hubs) during virtual "teleECHO" clinic sessions, which include brief educational lectures and case-based, experiential learning.

The ECHO model addresses barriers of long wait times for a first appointment, the time and expense associated with long distance travel, and the disinclination to follow through on repeated care appointments in the face of these persistent barriers, all with the additional objective of achieving health equity. Most patients perceive the diagnostic and care pathways in ILDs as a major struggle because of lack of awareness about the diseases, delayed access to specialty centers, providers' focus on disease- versus patient-centered care, and lack of reliable information and education about the diseases and supportive care resources.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-30
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study Start: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2023-12
• Study Completion: 2024-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

• Confirmed diagnosis of interstitial lung disease
• Not be currently followed by an ILD specialist at an academic institution or must live more than 50 miles away from an academic ILD center

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in patients' stress level	Up to 18 months	Assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale at baseline, 6 months, and at study end. The range of scores is 0-40, with higher scores indicating more appraised stress.
Patients' satisfaction of care	Up to 18 months	Assessed by the Patient Satisfaction Survey, a self-report scale assessing patient experience and satisfaction with local ILD care, which is composed of 28 items rated on a Likert Scale and Yes/No grading; the summed items produce a single satisfaction score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in patients' perceptions regarding local ILD care	Up to 18 months	Patient participants in the study will complete interviews at baseline (their community PCP or pulmonologist attending their first ILD teleECHO clinic), at 6 months and at 12 months. The interviews will be open-ended to solicit the perspectives of participants regarding their experience with the local ILD care in their communities before, during and after their PCPs or local pulmonologists participate in Project ECHO for ILD.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pulmonary Care and Research Collaborative, Ltd.; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States