TelePORT Pilot Study

Overview

Although more than 50% of survivors of critical illness experience one or more post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) problems, there are still no validated interventions for the management of PICS. The long-term goal of this study is to develop and refine in-person and telehealth strategies for the delivery of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) recovery care for the treatment of PICS.

Full Title of Study: “Telehealth-Enhanced Patient-Oriented Recovery Trajectory After Intensive Care Pilot Feasibility Study”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
    • Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: January 31, 2023

Detailed Description

The overall objectives in this application are to (a) examine the feasibility of providing telehealth ICU recovery care and (b) determine if ICU recovery care is effective. The central hypothesis is that ICU recovery care improves cognitive, mental health, and physical function of ICU survivors by application of a patient-centered survivorship care plan with targeted interventions to address patient-specific cognitive, mental health, and physical dysfunctions. The rationale for this project is that a determination of the feasibility of telehealth and effectiveness of ICU recovery care in general is likely to offer a strong scientific framework informing the development of new implementation strategies. We will test the central hypotheses by pursuing two specific aims: 1) Test that telehealth ICU recovery care is feasible, and 2) Test the hypothesis that telehealth ICU recovery care compared to standard of care conditions will be more effective for improvement in cognitive, mental health, physical, and global function at 6 months following hospital discharge. To address these aims, we will enroll patients treated for septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome in the medical and surgical ICUs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Study patients will be randomized 1:1 to either the telehealth ICU recovery care or standard of care groups. We will conduct telehealth ICU recovery care from the Vanderbilt ICU Recovery Center. This ICU survivor clinic relies on the expertise of clinicians from critical care medicine, nursing, pharmacy, neuropsychology, rehabilitation, and case management to assess and manage PICS. Telehealth feasibility measures include appropriateness, acceptability, and implementability. Following telehealth clinic participation at 3 weeks and 3 months after hospital discharge, we will assess participants for cognitive, mental health, physical, and global quality of life outcomes using trained, blinded research personnel at 6 months following hospital discharge. We incorporated PROMIS patient-centered outcome measures into each patient outcome category. This research is significant because it is expected to provide scientific justification for the continued development and implementation of ICU recovery care programs. Ultimately, such knowledge has the potential to improve the quality of life for millions of ICU survivors and their family members.

Interventions

  • Other: Telehealth
    • Telehealth visits will be conducted from a private telehealth lab room in the Vanderbilt ICU Recovery Center using a live and interactive approach where providers and patients interact and communicate in real-time using Zoom, a secure video-conferencing platform recommended by Vanderbilt Telehealth.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Telehealth ICU Recovery Program
    • Components of the ICU RC telehealth visit will be structured parallel to what is done during a typical in-person clinic visit. The telehealth intervention consists of 5 chronological components conducted during two 1.5 hour telehealth clinic visits (the same time required for an in-person visit). Upon completion of the pre-intervention baseline assessment, the study coordinator will contact patients randomized to the intervention arm to schedule the first telehealth visit. Study visits will occur at 3 weeks and 3 months following hospital discharge.
  • No Intervention: Standard Recovery Conditions
    • participants assigned to the standard of care control group will be contacted by the study coordinator to ensure the patient has a primary care and/or specialist appointment scheduled. At this time, patients will also receive an electronic PICS guide for ICU survivors created by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Patients will be directed to use the information provided in the PICS guide for ICU survivors to connect with resources.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Acceptability
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • participants will complete the 4-item Likert response Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) of perceived intervention acceptability. Items are measured on a 5-point Likert scale (Completely Disagree = 1 Completely Agree = 5 ). Higher scores indicate greater acceptability. Scores are based on calculated mean.
  • participants will complete the 4-item Likert response Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM)
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • participants will complete the 4-item Likert response Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) of perceived intervention feasibility. Items are measured on a 5-point Likert scale (Completely Disagree = 1 Completely Agree = 5 ). Higher scores indicate greater feasibility. Scores are based on calculated mean.
  • Appropriateness
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • participants will complete the 4-item Likert response Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) of perceived intervention appropriateness. Items are measured on a 5-point Likert scale (Completely Disagree = 1 Completely Agree = 5 ). Higher scores indicate greater appropriateness. Scores are based on calculated mean.

Secondary Measures

  • cognitive impairment
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • The MOCA-Blind is a 13-item widely used measure in research to evaluate for cognitive impairment. The MOCA-Blind assesses memory, attention, language, recall, orientation, and abstraction where total test score ranges from 0 (worst) to 22 (best) and a score below 18 is considered abnormal. The PROMIS Cognitive Function Short-Form v2.0 is an 8-item patient-reported outcome measure that assesses patient-perceived changes in mental acuity, verbal and nonverbal memory, concentration, and verbal fluency. Raw scores are converted to a T-score which rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 (+/-10). Higher T-scores indicates higher function.
  • depression
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • Depression will be measured using the PROMIS Depression v1.0, an 8-item self-report of negative mood, views of self, social cognition, and decreased positive affect and engagement. Subjects rate each item from 1 (never) to 5 (always) to indicate the degree to which they have experienced the symptom in the past 7 days. Raw scores for PROMIS Depression are converted to a T-score which rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 (+/-10). Higher T-scores indicate greater depression.
  • physical impairments
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • PROMIS Physical Function v2.0, a 20-item self-report of physical capability rather than actual performance of physical activities (e.g., dexterity, mobility). Subjects rate each item from 1 (unable to do) to 5 (without any difficulty) for their current capability. Raw scores are converted to a T-score which rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 (+/-10). Higher T-scores indicate better function. Respiratory function will be measured using the St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), a 40-item self-report questionnaire evaluating pulmonary function, symptoms, and the impact on daily life. Scores range from 0 (no impairment) to 80 (maximum health impairment).
  • QOL
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • PROMIS Global Short Form v1.1, a 10-item self-reported measure of health-related quality of life. Subjects rate each item from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) for their current health and quality of life with the exception of question #10 which rates pain from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain). Raw scores are converted to a T-score which rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 (+/-10). Higher T-scores indicate better health-related quality of life.
  • anxiety
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • Anxiety will be measured using the PROMIS Anxiety v1.0, an 8-item self-report of fear, anxious misery, hyperarousal, and somatic symptoms. Similar to depression, subjects rate each item from 1 (never) to 5 (always) to indicate the degree to which they have experienced the symptom in the past 7 days. Raw scores for PROMIS Anxiety are converted to a T-score which rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 (+/-10). Higher T-scores indicate greater anxiety.
  • PTSD symptoms will be measured using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)
    • Time Frame: 6 months
    • PTSD symptoms will be measured using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), a 20-item brief screening tool assessing symptoms of PTSD associated with pre-specified traumatic event (i.e., critical illness), corresponds to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD, and has excellent reliability and sensitivity. Subjects rate each item from 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely) to indicate the degree to which they have been bothered by a particular symptom over the past month. The total possible score ranges from 0-80 with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms and a cut-off of 50 optimal for indicating a probable diagnosis of PTSD.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • index ICU stay with a diagnosis of sepsis or acute respiratory distress syndrome projected to be discharged alive as these patients are at the highest risk for developing PICS Exclusion Criteria:

1. no access to computer, electronic device (e.g., tablet, smartphone), and/or internet connection for virtual clinic visit, 2. primary care received outside of VUMC network, 3. hospice care at discharge, 4. substance abuse or psychiatric disorder that prevents independent living, 5. blind, deaf, unable to speak English, or 6. severe dementia prior to index hospitalization

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Vanderbilt University
  • Collaborator
    • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Leanne M Boehm, Assistant Professor – Vanderbilt University

References

Boehm LM, Danesh V, LaNoue M, Trochez RJ, Jones AC, Kimpel CC, Sevin CM. Factors Influencing Engagement with in-Person Intensive Care Unit Recovery Clinic Services. J Intensive Care Med. 2023 Apr;38(4):375-381. doi: 10.1177/08850666221127154. Epub 2022 Sep 21.

Citations Reporting on Results

Boehm LM, Danesh V, Eaton TL, McPeake J, Pena MA, Bonnet KR, Stollings JL, Jones AC, Schlundt DG, Sevin CM. Multidisciplinary ICU Recovery Clinic Visits: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient-Provider Dialogues. Chest. 2023 Apr;163(4):843-854. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.001. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

Kovaleva MA, Jones AC, Kimpel CC, Lauderdale J, Sevin CM, Stollings JL, Jackson JC, Boehm LM. Patient and caregiver experiences with a telemedicine intensive care unit recovery clinic. Heart Lung. 2023 Mar-Apr;58:47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.11.002. Epub 2022 Nov 15.

Kovaleva MA, Jones AC, Kimpel CC, Lauderdale JL, Sevin CM, Boehm LM. Patients' and Caregivers' Perceptions of Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization and Recovery. Am J Crit Care. 2022 Jul 1;31(4):319-323. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2022945.

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