317
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2015
CASA Intervention
"CASA Intervention~The CASA (Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness) intervention includes 3 components:~A nurse (RN) follows structured algorithms to help patients with symptoms, specifically breathlessness, fatigue, pain, and depression.~A social worker provides structured counseling targeting adjustment to illness and depression if present.~A collaborative care model of care delivery, in which the nurse and social worker meet weekly with a primary care provider, cardiologist and palliative care specialist. This team makes medical recommendations to the intervention subjects' providers and supervises the nurse and social worker.~Most of the nurse and social worker visits are by phone."
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
Denver Health, Denver
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System(ECHCS), Denver
Lead Sponsor
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
FED
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER
Denver Health Medical Center
OTHER
University of Iowa
OTHER
Denver Research Institute
OTHER