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Recruitment under way for COINCIDE trial

A trial aiming to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treating symptoms of depression in people with coronary heart disease (CHD) and/or diabetes is looking for more GP surgeries to take part.

The COINCIDE (Collaborative Interventions for Circulation and Depression) trial is a cluster randomised controlled trial based in the North West of England and is looking for 450 patients with CHD and/or diabetes across 30 GP practices to take part. Patients will be randomised to receive either usual treatment or an innovative model of depression care called ‘collaborative care’.

The first five GP practices have been recruited and randomised to either the usual care or collaborative care arm.

The study is being led by Dr Peter Coventry and Professor Linda Gask, and is contributing to developing the evidence base for managing depression in people who have long term conditions (LTCs). Dr Chris Gibbons, a researcher on the COINCIDE study, said: “People who have CHD and diabetes are more likely to experience symptoms of depression, which can complicate self-management and lead to poorer health outcomes. Symptoms of depression are often under-recognised in LTCs as patients and practitioners tend to see low mood as a natural consequence of living with a disabling condition. This is problematic for patients and it means depression is too often left untreated, which is why it is important we try to work out how best to effectively treat people with these symptoms – this is our aim with the COINCIDE study.”

Dr Gibbons added: “GP surgeries that do take part will benefit in a number of ways, including: the chance to participate in a large clinical trial of national importance; an opportunity to contribute  to developing the evidence-base for managing depression in patients with LTCs; improved access to innovative models of care for patients with depression and LTCs (if in the intervention arm); personal and practice development; and working towards supporting the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) agenda in the NHS”.

If you are working at a GP surgery across the North West of England, including, Cheshire, East Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside, and would like to learn more about this exciting research then please contact us for more information.”

The study is being run by the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) at the University of Manchester (GM CLAHRC). Recruitment of GP practices began in January 2012 and will continue for approximately nine months. Results from the study are due to be released in Summer 2013. The study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

 

Date Published: 12/03/2012

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