Recruiting

Telehealth Equipment

Sponsor:

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Code:

NCT00916799

Conditions

COPD

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Use of Telehealth equipment (Viterian V-100)

Study Details

Brief summary:

Looking at the use of home telehealth equipment and it's place in self management and education in patients who suffer moderate to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The patients in this group would be those patients who traditionally suffer from emphysema, and/or chronic bronchitis.

Conditions

COPD

Study ID

NCT00916799

Start date

Mar, 2009

Status verified date

Jun, 2009

Completion date

May, 2010

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • One or more hospital admissions or emergency room visits in last 2 Years.
  • Patient must meet the VA home telehealth guideline that the patient is determined to be at high risk for poor clinical outcomes or increased unplanned health care utilization based on disease specific criteria and/or determined by physician provider

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any unstable medical condition that the investigator thinks would preclude effective participation in the study, or which would be expected to reduce life expectancy to less than 1 year.
  • Unwilling or unable to provide consent
  • Uncooperative or combative
  • Does not have a compatible phone line
  • Inability to use home telemedicine equipment

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Oximeter arm and non-oximetry arm

Interventions

Use of Telehealth equipment (Viterian V-100)

Patient will daily enter answers to questions generated from a home telehealth monitor

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient compliance with utilizing home telehealth monitoring equipment in the two patient groups [ Time Frame: six months ]
  • The amount of Home telehealth case management time utilized to provide patient monitoring in the two patient groups [ Time Frame: six months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

VA Nebraska Western Iowa Healthcare System, Omaha

Recruiting

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68105

Contacts

Naresh A Dewan, M.D.

402-346-8800naresh.dewan@va.gov

Michael C Caldwell, RN, RRT

402 346-8800michael.caldwell@va.gov

Principal Investigator:

Naresh A Dewan, M.D.

More Information

Sponsor

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Last update posted

Jun 12, 2009

Last verified

Jun, 2009

Keywords

  • telehealth
  • oximetry
  • copd

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by US Department of Veterans Affairs on 2009-06-12.