New program aims to ease heart failure burden in older adults
NCT ID NCT05879887
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a program called UPHOLDS to improve quality of life for 64 older adults with advanced heart failure. Participants receive different combinations of coaching, financial help, and a palliative care consultation. The goal is to see which parts of the program are most helpful and acceptable.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1\) Age ≥50 years; 2) Living with heart failure, defined as New York Heart Association Class II-IV or American Heart Association Stage C/D OR Recent hospitalization with primary diagnosis of acute, decompensated heart failure (discharged \< last 6 months); 3) English speaking; 4) Willingness to participate in intervention and complete data collection calls; 5) Telephone access. \- Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Self-reported severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder), dementia, active suicidal ideation, or active substance abuse; 2) LVAD placement; 3) Non-cardiac terminal illness; 4) Previous palliative care consultation; 5) Receiving hospice \-
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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