Improved Time in Therapeutic Range With Patient Self-Testing of Their INR Compared to Usual Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Mayo Clinic
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Mean Percentage of Time in Therapeutic Range
研究概览
简要总结
Patients who receive a mechanical heart valve to replace a diseased heart valve must take an anticoagulation medicine the rest of their lives, and monitor their level of anticoagulation. Until recently, the testing of the level of anticoagulation was performed at medical laboratories or hospitals.
The purpose of this study is to see if patients who test their level of anticoagulation by themselves at home and then call their doctor with the result have better control of their anticoagulation as compared to patients whose anticoagulation is checked only by their physician.
详细描述
Prosthetic replacement of diseased heart valves is a routine procedure, and mechanical heart valves have excellent hemodynamic performance and durability. However, mechanical valves are thrombogenic, necessitating lifelong anticoagulation. Hazards of anticoagulation include bleeding when it is excessive or thromboembolism when the intensity of anticoagulation is below the recommended level. Monitoring the level of anticoagulation is accomplished by analyzing the International Normalized Ratio. Until recently, this was performed at medical laboratories or hospitals, but recent literature suggests that patient self-testing of oral anticoagulation improves patient compliance, medical outcomes, and quality of life.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the time in therapeutic range of patients who self-test their INR compared to patients receiving the usual care. Additionally, we will evaluate the educational components and corollaries of self-testing.
Two hundred consecutively enrolled adults, having undergone implantation of a mechanical heart valve, will be randomized to either self-testing or usual care. Those randomized to the self-testing group will undergo self-testing instruction prior to hospital dismissal. For three months after hospital discharge, subject will record their INR results obtained by self-testing or as prescribed by their primary physician. They will then submit the record of the INR results and complete a survey.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients that received a mechanical valve while in our hospital
- •Age > 18 years
排除标准
- •Pregnant or lactating women
- •Patients that have genetic clotting disorders such as Factor 5
- •Physical disabilities (for example, poor eyesight, tremor, or other neurological disability) that would prevent the patient from being able to perform finger stick blood sampling. (Patients may not be excluded for physical disabilities if a care giver is willing to learn and assist with performing patient self-testing.)
结局指标
主要结局
Mean Percentage of Time in Therapeutic Range
时间窗: baseline to 3 months
次要结局
- Mean Percentage of INR Tests Within the Therapeutic Range(baseline to 3 months)
- Mean Number of INR Tests Performed(baseline to 3 months)