Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Transitioning to Adult Care



Status:Completed
Conditions:Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:7/27/2017
Start Date:March 1, 2014
End Date:May 31, 2017

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The purpose of this pilot trial, Transitioning to Adult Care (TRANSIT), is to develop and
test an intervention (i.e., a standardized, tailored transition program focused on enhancing
adherence) to improve outcomes for emerging adults who underwent heart transplantation as
children and transfer to adult care.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Have received a heart transplant at a children's hospital and are ready to transition,
as determined by the pediatric heart transplant cardiologist, to the adult heart
transplant center with whom a collaborative relationship has been established;

- 18 years or older;

- Able to speak, read at a fifth grade level or above, and write English;

- Physically able to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of psychiatric hospitalization within the last 3 months, assessed on a
case-by-case basis with exclusion only if patients could not potentially benefit from
the intervention.
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116th St and Broadway
New York, New York 10027
(212) 854-1754
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225 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children
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251 E Huron St
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 926-2000
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern Memorial is an academic medical center hospital where the patient comes...
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Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California 92354
(909) 558-4000
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Principal Investigator: Lee Goldberg, MD
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