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Developing an Intervention to Optimize Virtual Care Adoption for COPD Management

Developing an Intervention to Optimize Virtual Care Adoption for COPD Management (CDA 21-187)

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
40 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Mentioned in the study description

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Participants will complete a baseline survey in person or over the phone to gather participant characteristics, VC awareness, current use of VC, and intent to use VC."
  • "Engagement will also be assessed via survey at the post-evaluation."
  • "After completion of the texting protocol and clinical visit, data will be obtained via survey on the feasibility and acceptability of the core implementation component using the Feasibility of Intervention, Acceptability of Intervention, and Intervention Appropriateness measures."
  • "Preliminary effectiveness data will be gathered via surveys and clinical chart review on participants' awareness of VC, intention to adopt one or more VC options, intention to discuss VC with their clinical team, occurrence of patient-team communication about VC, and impact on COPD management."
  • "Clinical team perceptions of feasibility and acceptability will be measured quantitatively, such as through a brief survey to clinical team members who were exposed to the implementation components (e.g., those who attended the educational meetings, those who participated in clinical visits with participants who were enrolled in the texting protocol)."
  • "Preliminary effectiveness outcomes data will also be collected, including survey and chart-review to identify occurrence of conversations with patients about VC services (anticipated primary outcome of future IIR) and referrals to the Virtual Health Resource Centers or telehealth services and surveys to evaluate awareness of VC services before/after strategy deployment."
Compensation
Mentioned in the study description
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a program called VC-OPTIONS for U.S. Veterans with COPD, a long-term lung disease, who use VA health care. The program uses VA's Annie text messages to teach patients about online and phone-based care for COPD. Researchers will check whether the program is practical, whether people accept it, and whether it may help them use these services.

VA is a leader in virtual care (VC), including the patient portal, mobile apps, and telehealth programs. VC has great utility for managing chronic conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, adoption of many VC services has been slow. Lack of awareness about these services is one of the most prominent patient- and healthcare team-facing barriers to adopting VC. This study will develop, refine, and pilot a stakeholder-informed multicomponent implementation strategy to support adoption of VC, referred to as VC-OPTIONS (Virtual Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Adoption Support). This feasibility trial will pilot the VC-OPTIONS implementation strategy to assess feasibility and acceptability and gather preliminary effectiveness data to inform a larger hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. The core component of VC-OPTIONS will be the provision of information via VA's Annie texting program to empower patients with knowledge about the array of VC services and how they can be used to support COPD management. It is hypothesized that this strategy will be acceptable and feasible. This work will improve patient and team awareness of and communication about VC services, and support patient access to VC services for COPD management.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Use Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care.
  • Be a U.S. Veteran.
  • Have a diagnosis of COPD, a long-term lung disease.
  • Be able to speak and understand English.
  • Own a phone that can receive text messages.

Who can't join

  • Took part in earlier research to help develop this program.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * VHA user * US Veteran * Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis * The ability to speak and understand English * Own a text-enabled phone Exclusion Criteria: * Prior participation in preparatory research for the development of the intervention

Study sites (2)

MA