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Virtual Nurse-Social worker team aims to ease symptoms for veterans with heart failure and COPD

NCT ID NCT07714252

Not yet recruiting Symptom relief Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jul 20, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Many Veterans with heart failure or COPD struggle with breathlessness, fatigue, depression, and anxiety that routine care often misses. This study tests whether a virtual team—a nurse and a social worker—can improve quality of life by helping Veterans manage their most bothersome symptoms and providing brief counseling. The team works by phone or video and coordinates with the Veteran's primary care doctor. The study also looks at how well VA medical centers can adopt this program.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
a virtual nurse and social worker team providing symptom management and counseling by phone or video
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could offer a scalable way to improve quality of life and emotional well-being for Veterans with serious lung or heart conditions.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention study, so results depend on participant engagement and may not generalize beyond the VA system. The trial is also relatively small (420 participants).

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset heart failure interstitial lung disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

HEART FAILURE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE

Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Cheyenne VA Medical, Cheyenne, WY

    Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001, United States

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  • Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA

    Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 17042-7529, United States

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  • Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71101-4243, United States

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  • Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85012, United States

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  • Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02908-4734, United States

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  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045-7211, United States

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  • VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA

    Long Beach, California, 90822, United States

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