Improving Gout Care After an ED Visit
Improving Gout Care After an Emergency Department Visit for Acute Gout
Who can join
Ages 18 to 99 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years old * Able to communicate and understand English or Spanish * Confirmed acute gout flare by EMR review at ED visit Exclusion Criteria: * Enrollment in an ongoing RCT (NCT04075903) testing a behavioral intervention employing "storytelling".
About the study
The prevalence of gout has been steadily increasing over several decades and is correlated with the rising burden of obesity, chronic cardiac and renal disease; all conditions overrepresented in the Southeastern U.S. - particularly in African Americans. Through a novel post-emergency department visit intervention, we aim to improve the care patients with gout receive, both during acute exacerbations and long-term. A secondary goal of the project is to concurrently enhance participation of minorities in biomedical research in the Deep South.
What is being tested
- Patient Navigation (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Participants: 200 · Started: Jun 18, 2024
Contact the study team
- Lesley E. Jackson, MD · Phone: (812) 322-0637
- Zac Armor · Phone: (205) 934-1779
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06534554
Locations in the U.S.
| Alabama | University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.