Pre-surgery optimization of patient’s expectations to improve outcome in heart surgery (The PSY-HEART-II trial)

Pre-surgery optimization of patient’s expectations to improve outcome in heart surgery (The PSY-HEART-II trial) - PSY-HEART II

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00016793

Enrollment

567

Registered

2019-03-13

Start date

2019-09-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

I25

Interventions

Group 1: patients will be treated with standard of care (SOC), additionally they will be treated with an therapeutical, psychological intervention (EXPECT) Group 2: patients will be treated with stand

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Medical condition requiring CABG; age 18 and above

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Majority of disability is caused by a serious comorbid non-cardiac medical condition or psychiatric condition that substantially affects disability

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Disability (PDI)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Expectations; subjective illness beliefs; quality of life; anxiety and depression, physical activity; cardiac anxiety, optimism; pain; beliefs about medicine; rehospitalisation; adverse events; LVEF; treatment satisfaction; manipulation check; expected working ability, blood samples (e.g., catecholamines, cortisol, IL-6, IL-10, CRP)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactWinfried Rief

Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Leiter der Psychotherapie-Ambulanz

riefw@staff.uni-marburg.de+49 6421 282 3657

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 27, 2026