New telehealth program aims to help ICU survivors recover at home
NCT ID NCT06501365
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a telehealth program called PIC-TRFS for older adults (50+) who spent at least 48 hours in the ICU and are at risk for long-term problems. The program includes rehabilitation, health management, social support, and care coordination delivered over 6 months. Researchers want to see if it improves quality of life and function compared to usual care. The trial is currently suspended.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Post-Intensive Care Transitions Rehabilitation and Family Support (PIC-TRFS) program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a standard telehealth support program to improve recovery and quality of life for older ICU survivors and their caregivers.
- What could go wrong
- This trial is suspended and still early. The intervention is complex and may not show clear benefits over usual care. Results may not apply to all ICU survivors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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2 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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50 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a patient must meet all of the following criteria: 1. All genders; Age ≥ 50 2. Admission to the hospital from home/independent living 3. Receive treatment in an ICU for ≥ 48 hours 4. At least some risk of ongoing functional impairment, measured as Activity Measures for Post-Acute Care (AMPAC) \< 24, Highest Level Mobility (HLM) \< 8, Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) \> 2, Significant mental health impairment (major depression, generalized anxiety, PTSD, substance use disorder) 5. Provider or e-prognosis that they are reasonably likely to be alive in 12 months (answers no to "Would you be surprised if this person were alive in 12 months?' or eprognosis risk of 1-year mortality \<= 35% 6. Willingness to adhere to the PIC-TRFS regimen. 7. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a family caregiver must meet all of the following criteria: 1. All genders; Age ≥ 18 years old 2. In the survivor's social network 3. Planning to provide at least some in-home support for the survivor after discharge 4. Willingness to adhere to the PIC-TRFS regimen 5. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form In order to be eligible for randomization, dyads must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Completion of at least the following elements of the Run-In: 1. Patient: demographics, social needs screening tool, symptom bother scale, brief health literacy screening tool, past medical history, baseline function (Katz, Lawton, and caregiver-reported IQCODE), health priorities \& goals, discharge information 2. Caregiver: demographics, social needs screening tool, caregiver needs screening, brief health literacy screening, family caregiver training 2. Discharge to home/independent living Exclusion criteria Survivors will be excluded if any of the following apply: 1. They lack a family caregiver willing to participate; 2. They have a chronic condition for which they are already receiving dedicated transitional care services (e.g., post-cardiac arrest, transplant, TAVR, etc) 3. They have chronic functional dependency without potential to increase participation in meaningful activity 4. They reside outside of Pennsylvania (interventionists are only licensed to practice here) 5. They are unable to participate in English A family caregiver who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1\. They are unable to participate in English
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UPMC/University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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