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Registration number
NCT04896021
Ethics application status
Date submitted
11/05/2021
Date registered
21/05/2021
Date last updated
31/08/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Improved Cardiovascular Disease hEALth Service Delivery in Australia: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (IDEAL Study)
Scientific title
Improved Cardiovascular Disease hEALth Service Delivery in Australia: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (IDEAL Study)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
GNT1170815
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
HREC23015
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
IDEAL
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Cardiovascular Diseases 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Diagnosis / Prognosis - Cardiovascular disease risk assessment
Diagnosis / Prognosis - Usual care assessment

Experimental: Intervention - On referral to Tasmanian pathology services for blood cholesterol, intervention participants will have their blood pressure measured and collated with other cardiovascular disease risk factors. An absolute cardiovascular disease risk score is calculated, interpreted according to guideline recommendations and reported to referring doctors via the established pathology system. High risk is highlighted in red as per usual practice for pathology tests outside of normal range, and advice provided regarding appropriate action according to National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance guidelines.

Active Comparator: Control - On referral to Tasmanian pathology services for blood cholesterol, control participants will have their blood pressure measured and collated with other cardiovascular disease risk factors as per the intervention arm. However, only the results relating to blood cholesterol are reported to the referring doctor, as per usual practice.


Diagnosis / Prognosis: Cardiovascular disease risk assessment
Intervention in which the addition of guideline-recommended absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment is embedded into point-of-care blood collection services for cholesterol measurement and results (including risk score) are reported to referring doctors.

Diagnosis / Prognosis: Usual care assessment
Usual care in which blood cholesterol results are reported to referring doctors
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Diagnosis / Prognosis
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Antihypertensive and/or statin medications dispensed
Timepoint [1] 0 0
1 year after randomization
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Cost effectiveness
Timepoint [1] 0 0
1 year after randomization
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Barriers and enablers
Timepoint [2] 0 0
1 year after randomization

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Patients referred to pathology services for blood cholesterol (lipids; total
cholesterol and HDL cholesterol) who are eligible for absolute CVD risk assessment
according to the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance guidelines (this
includes all adults aged 45 years and over without a known history of CVD, or
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 35 years or over) and willing to
provide permission to access to PBS-linked data on medications prescribed and
dispensed.

- Adults already deemed to be at increased risk that do not require absolute CVD risk
assessment according to guidelines will also be included because there is evidence
that these people are undertreated (Heeley EL, et al Med J Aust 2010;192:254-9; Peiris
DP, et al Med J Aust 2009;191:304-9) and therefore may benefit from improved
assessment. This includes adults with any of the following: Diabetes and age >60
years; Diabetes with microalbuminuria (>20 mcg/min or urinary albumin:creatinine ratio
>2.5 mg/mmol for males, >3.5 mg/mmol for females); Moderate or severe CKD (persistent
proteinuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <45 mL/min/1.73 m2); A
previous diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia; Serum total cholesterol >7.5
mmol/L; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged over 74
Minimum age
35 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
- Adults already taking antihypertensive or lipid lowering medications (determined by
self-report at baseline)

- if the referring doctor is not from a general practice included in the study cluster
list,

- if participants cannot provide an email address to be used to provide a copy of their
signed consent form.

- If at least one measurement of blood pressure is unable to be obtained at baseline
assessment.

- For safety reasons, people will be excluded if they are found at the time of
assessment at the pathology services with an average systolic blood pressure =180 mmHg
or diastolic blood pressure =110 mmHg.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s

The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
26/05/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/05/2024
Actual
Sample size
Target
9714
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
TAS
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Menzies Institute for Medical Research - Hobart
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
7000 - Hobart

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Other
Name [2] 0 0
Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0
Other collaborator category [3] 0 0
Other
Name [3] 0 0
Department of Health Tasmania
Address [3] 0 0
Country [3] 0 0
Other collaborator category [4] 0 0
Other
Name [4] 0 0
Primary Health Tasmania
Address [4] 0 0
Country [4] 0 0
Other collaborator category [5] 0 0
Other
Name [5] 0 0
National Heart Foundation, Australia
Address [5] 0 0
Country [5] 0 0
Other collaborator category [6] 0 0
Other
Name [6] 0 0
Healthcare Software Pty Ltd
Address [6] 0 0
Country [6] 0 0
Other collaborator category [7] 0 0
Other
Name [7] 0 0
Uscom Limited
Address [7] 0 0
Country [7] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The IDEAL study is a randomized controlled trial among people referred to pathology services
to have blood cholesterol measured. Study participants will have cardiovascular risk factors
(e.g. age, sex, blood pressure, diabetes, smoking status) measured within an assessment
station at pathology services. A report on cardiovascular risk, in addition to blood
cholesterol results, will be sent to the referring doctor along with recommended treatment
strategies among those participants randomized to intervention. For control participants, the
usual care process will be provided in which only blood cholesterol results will be sent to
the referring doctor. The new intervention is expected to lead to better identification and
treatment of people at high risk for cardiovascular disease events.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04896021
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
James E Sharman, PhD
Address 0 0
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries