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Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)PHN WBCNCT07525843

A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of the WE BEAT Well-Being Education Program in Adolescent Congenital Heart Disease: WE BEAT CHD Study

A study testing Telemedicine-based resiliency-building intervention in people with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Pragmatic Trial, run by Carelon Research at 14 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The goal of this pragmatic clinical trial is to learn if the WE BEAT program, a 5-week group-based online wellbeing and skill-building program, can help teens with congenital heart disease (CHD) improve their ability to handle stress. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 to 17 years
What is being tested?
Telemedicine-based resiliency-building intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
390 participants
Where
14 sitesUnited States
Study dates
20 Apr 2026to Jun 2029
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Age 12-17 years old
  • CHD of moderate or severe complexity (Class II/III, 2018 AHA/ACC ACHD, Table 4)
  • English or Spanish language proficiency
  • Receives cardiology care at a PHN or PHN auxiliary site
  • Parent or guardian and participant willing to comply with protocol and provide written/electronic informed consent and assent

Who cannot join

  • CHD of mild or simple complexity (Class I, 2018 AHA/ACC ACHD, Table 4)
  • Prior heart transplant to treat CHD
  • Heart disease that is not classified as structural CHD (e.g., connective tissue disease, genetic cardiomyopathy, or acquired heart disease)
  • Cognitive or developmental conditions that limit program participation and/or ability to complete self-reported measures as determined by a primary cardiology clinician
  • Suicidality, homicidality, or psychosis in the past 12 months as per medical chart review, clinician report, or eligibility screening
  • Medically unable to participate (e.g., intubated, unable to respond verbally, active delirium)

Trial locations and contacts

14 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Jessica E Teng, MPH contact

6179723047

jessica.teng@carelon.com

Alliison Crosby-Thompson, MS contact

6179723285

allison.crosby-thompson@carelon.com

14 sites in 1 country

United States14 sites, 14 recruiting
  • University of Michigan Health System

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

    Adriana Batazzi, 732-615-2369, batazzia@med.umich.edu

    Kurt Schumacher, MD, MS

    Recruiting
  • Emory University School of Medicine

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329

    Lead Study Coordinator, 404-785-7453, Madison.Chapman@choa.org

    Lazaros Kochilas, MD, MSCR

    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

    Lead Study Coordinator, 720-777-8306, Amy.Fung@childrenscolorado.org

    Sarah Kelly, PsyD

    Recruiting
  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

    Zoe Wernsing, 617-355-4266, Zoe.wernsing@childrens.harvard.edu

    Thomas Giorgio, 617-355-4201, Thomas.giorgio@cardio.chboston.org

    Recruiting
  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

    Lead Study Coordinator, 843-494-3796, headleyt@musc.edu

    Eric Graham, MD

    Recruiting
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229

    Lead Study Coordinator, 513-803-3350, Elise.Pickering@cchmc.org

    Paul Critser, MD, PhD

    Recruiting
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40506

    Heather Collins, 859-562-1103, heather.collins1@uky.edu

    Louis I Bezold, MD

    Recruiting
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, New York, 10029

    Lead Study Coordinator, 509-919-0238, anna.wirthlin@mssm.edu

    Brett Anderson, MD, MBA, MS

    Recruiting
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032

    Lead Study Coordinator, 212-342-3785, nb3384@cumc.columbia.edu

    Michael DiLorenzo, MD, MSCE

    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

    Lead Study Coordinator, 267-426-9271, HAYDENC@chop.edu

    Andrea Jones, MD, MSCE

    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224

    Lead Study Coordinator, 412-692-6762, melissa.evans@chp.edu

    Bryan Goldstein, MD

    Recruiting
  • Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108

    Laura Wood, PhD, 713-557-4868, laura.k.wood@hsc.utah.edu

    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

    Lead Study Coordinator, 314-273-5642, ayalaa@wustl.edu

    Aecha Ybarra, MD, MS

    Recruiting
  • Stanford School of Medicine

    Stanford, California, 94305

    Lead Study Coordinator, 650-498-8585, sanamann@stanford.edu

    Lauren Schneider, PsyD

    Recruiting

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About this study

The goal of this pragmatic clinical trial is to learn if the WE BEAT program, a 5-week group-based online wellbeing and skill-building program, can help teens with congenital heart disease (CHD) improve their ability to handle stress. The main question it aims to answer is if participants who receive the WE BEAT program become more resilient (the ability to bounce back from tough times or recover from something difficult) and have better quality of life compared to participants who receive usual care. The study also aims to learn if there are connections between participant-reported psychosocial data (such as resilience, feelings about one's life and one's physical, mental, and social wellbeing) and clinical outcomes.

Eligible participants who are 12-17-year-old will be in the study for about 6 months and be randomized to receive either the WE BEAT program or usual care. Following completion of the primary WE BEAT intervention at Week 5, intervention arm participants will be randomized to a single-session booster session (occurring at Week 18) vs no booster session. The booster session will be provided in a similar format to the WE BEAT program. A review of all modules/skills introduced in the program will be provided.

All participants will complete 4 sets of online surveys and give 3 hair/saliva samples at different timepoints. Some participants may volunteer to give optional urine and second saliva samples.

Being tested
Telemedicine-based resiliency-building intervention
Keywords
WE BEAT, Well-Being Education Program, Adolescent CHD, Pragmatic Clinical Trial, Telemedicine

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Telemedicine-based resiliency-building interventionBehavioural

    Improving Access and Increasing Resilience through the WE BEAT Well-Being Education Program. The WE BEAT Well-Being Education Program was developed for pediatric patients with heart disease. The evidence-based components of the 5-module WE BEAT intervention are derived from cognitive behavioral theory, stress management and resiliency research, and behavioral intervention science across pediatric populations and adult heart disease. The five WE BEAT modules include: Well-being Education--Introduction, Breathe--Mindfulness and Relaxation-Based Skills, Energize--Positive Psychology Skills, Adjust--Cognitive Skills Training, and Thanks--Gratitude Practice. The objective is to foster positive psychological well-being and resilient outcomes in adolescents with CHD through a mental health promotion and prevention while providing access to safe, peer-to-peer community building. Through its group-based telemedicine delivery, the program aims to increase access to mental health care.

Study groups in NCT07525843
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Usual CareNo interventionUsual Care arm used as a control
Intervention armExperimentalWE BEAT telemedicine intervention
Receives: Behavioral: Telemedicine-based resiliency-building intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

    Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale© (CD-RISC©) is a self-reported, unidimensional 5-point Likert scale measuring resilience. Total scores range from 0-40 with higher scores indicating greater resilience. It has been validated for use in children and adolescents across various countries.

    Measured: from baseline to week 5 (immediately post-intervention).

Secondary outcomes (14)
  1. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

    Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale© (CD-RISC©) is a self-reported, unidimensional 5-point Likert scale measuring resilience. Total scores range from 0-40 with higher scores indicating greater resilience. It has been validated for use in children and adolescents across various countries.

    Measured: from baseline to Week 18, from baseline to week 30, from baseline to week 5 (for the subpopulation of participants with moderate to low baseline CD-RISC)

  2. NIH Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Scales

    NIH Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS®) Scales is a self-reported, 5-point Likert scales measuring depressive symptoms (8 items); anxiety (8 items); meaning and purpose in life (4 items); life satisfaction (4 items).The NIH PROMIS® Scales have been validated for use in children with chronic health conditions ages 8-17 years old.

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  3. Kessler-6 (K6)

    Kessler-6 (K6) is a self-reported, 5-point Likert scale measuring general distress. Total scores range from 0-24 with higher scores indicating more psychological distress.

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  4. PedsQL, Generic Core and Cardiac Module

    PedsQL, Generic Core and Cardiac Module is a self-reported; 5-point Likert scale measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Scores will be transformed to a 0-100 scale with higher scores indicating more positive HRQOL. The PedsQL™ Generic Core is widely used and includes four domains: Physical, Emotional, Social, and School functioning. The PedsQL™ Cardiac Module is administered in addition to the PedsQL™ Generic Core to gather cardiac-specific constructs important to QOL. Subscales include: Heart Problems and Treatment (e.g., symptoms, medical interventions), Treatment Barriers (e.g., difficulty accessing care, adherence with treatment), Perceived Physical Appearance (e.g., concerns related to scars, body image), Treatment Anxiety (e.g., worries about medical procedures and hospital visits), Cognitive Problems (e.g., difficulties in concentrating, memory issues), and Communication (e.g., ability to discuss condition and treatment with others).

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  5. Life's Essential 8

    Life's Essential 8 is a self-reported scoring tool measuring lifestyle behaviors. Items include assessment of diet, sleep, physical activity, and nicotine use/exposure.

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  6. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support is a self-reported; 7-point Likert scale measuring perceived social support. Total score ranges from 1-7 with higher scores indicating more perceived social support. Subscales include: family subscale, friends subscale, and significant other subscale.

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  7. Self-Perceived Health Status

    Self-Perceived Health Status is a self-reported; linear analog scale. Subjectively perceived health status will be measured with a linear analogue scale ranging from the ''worst imaginable health state'' (score of 0) to the ''best imaginable health state'' (score of 100).

    Measured: from baseline to week 5, baseline to week 18, baseline to week 30

  8. WE BEAT Survey

    WE BEAT Survey is a self-reported. An investigator-designed survey used to gather WE BEAT session and overall program ratings and acceptability, as well as feedback and ideas for program improvement.

    Measured: Intervention Participant Report at Week 5

  9. Concentration of cortisone (biomarker of stress)

    Hair cortisone levels will be assayed from hair samples

    Measured: baseline, week 5, and week 30

  10. Concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) (biomarker of inflammation)

    Concentration of C-reactive protein will be assayed from saliva samples

    Measured: baseline, week 5, and week 30

  11. Concentration of TNF-alpha (biomarker of inflammation)

    Concentration of TNF-alpha will be assayed from saliva samples

    Measured: baseline, week 5, and week 30

  12. Concentration of IL-6 (biomarker of inflammation)

    Concentration of IL-6 will be assayed from saliva samples

    Measured: baseline, week 5, and week 30

  13. Concentration of IL-8 (biomarker of inflammation)

    Concentration of IL-8 will be assayed from saliva samples

    Measured: baseline, week 5, and week 30

  14. Biomarkers of aging

    epigenetic markers of aging (from genome-wide epigenetic profiling) will be assayed from saliva samples from all participants who opted to provide optional saliva for the study

    Measured: baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Apr 2026
  2. Study start20 Apr 2026
  3. Primary completionApr 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2029 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms: intervention or usual care. Participants will be randomized in an approximately 3:1 ratio (3 in the intervention arm to 1 in the usual care arm) and in the order they are enrolled into the study. Following completion of the primary WE BEAT intervention at Week 5, intervention arm participants will be randomized to a single-session booster session (occurring at Week 18) vs no booster session. Intervention arm participants who missed more than 2 program sessions will not be eligible for the booster.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
390 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07525843
Sponsor's protocol ID
20858 PHN WBC
Other IDs
U24HL172722
Acronym
PHN WBC
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
23 Mar 2026
Last updated
16 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: PUD (Public Use Datasets) are planned to be created at the end of the study

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Telemedicine-based resiliency-building intervention in people with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Pragmatic Trial, run by Carelon Research at 14 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 14 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jessica E Teng, MPH (6179723047, jessica.teng@carelon.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) (time frame: from baseline to week 5 (immediately post-intervention).). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Oct 2026.

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