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

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

First Received: September 13, 2005 No Changes Posted

Sponsored by:	University of California, San Francisco
Information provided by:	University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00187590

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

MedlinePlus related topics: AIDS

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

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

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

Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:

HIV
case management

Study placed in the following topic categories:

HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009