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NCT04995900

Heart Matters: The Effectiveness of Heart Health Education in Regions at Highest-risk.

Completed NA Last updated 15 June 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Community education in Acute Coronary Syndrome in 2,240 participants. Completed in 31 March 2023.

Timeline
1 February 2022
Primary endpoint
31 March 2023
31 March 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMonash University
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designcrossover
Maskingsingle
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment2,240
Start date1 February 2022
Primary completion31 March 2023
Estimated completion31 March 2023
Sites1 location across Australia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Monash University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Acute Coronary Syndrome or Myocardial Infarction, Acute. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether providing a targeted heart health education campaign to regions at high risk of heart attacks will improve ACS patient's symptom recognition and response. The intervention will be will be evaluated according to a cluster randomized, stepped wedged design. The clusters are eight local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia. The main primary outcome will be assessed in consecutive patients presenting to emergency departments from the six LGAs throughout the study period with an ED diagnoses of acute coronary syndrome.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Impact of a mass media campaign on presentations and ambulance use for acute coronary syndrome.
    Eastwood K, Howell S, Nehme Z, Finn J, et al · · 2021 · cited 8× · PMID 34663748 · DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001792
  2. A protocol for the Heart Matters stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: The effectiveness of heart attack education in regions at highest-risk.
    Bray JE, Nehme Z, Finn JC, Kasza J, et al · · 2023 · cited 1× · PMID 37555197 · DOI 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100431
  3. Heart Attack Education and EMS Response in High-Risk, Low EMS Usage Areas: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial.
    Bray JE, Nehme Z, Finn JC, Kasza J, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42043820 · DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.8823

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