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A Case Management Intervention to Prevent ER Visits in HIV-infected Persons

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00187590
First received: September 13, 2005
Last updated: July 13, 2011
Last verified: July 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

Case management has become an integral part of HIV care. There is little science however demonstrating its effectiveness. This is a randomized, controlled trial of a phone call intervention after an ER visit to see if this can reduce further ER visits, hospitalizations, deaths, and cost.


Condition Intervention
HIV
 Behavioral: Case manager phone call after an ER visit

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of California, San Francisco:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Death, hospitalizations, ER visits, LOS

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Cost

Estimated Enrollment: 612
Study Start Date: April 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date: March 2005
Detailed Description:

One year retrospective look at outcome measures followed by a one year trial of a phone call after each ER visit in half of the group. Outcomes measured are cost, ER visits, hospitalizations, death, length of stay. Adults only, English or Spanish, questionnaire on depression, appointments, drug use with referral to case management services, drug rehab services, or followup appointments. Time for intervention is recorded to estimate cost.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient in our clinic as of 4-1-04

Exclusion Criteria:

  • <18 years old
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00187590

Locations
United States, California
University Medical Center
Fresno, California, United States, 93702
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of California, San Francisco
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Roger B Mortimer, MD UCSF-Fresno Medical Eduction Program
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00187590     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: UMC200517
Study First Received: September 13, 2005
Last Updated: July 13, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:
HIV
case management

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013