Education and Training
Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Transitioning to Adult Care
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.
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- behavioral: TRANSIT
Eligibility
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.
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Not currently accepting new patients for this trial
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
SPECTRUM
650-736-8600
Not Recruiting