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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: a Pilot, Feasibility Study of an Integrative Shared Medical Appointment Intervention

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What is being tested

Shared medical appointment

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Autonomic Nervous System Diseases+2

+ Nervous System Diseases

+ Primary Dysautonomias

From 21 to 79 Years
+5 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: November 2023
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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversity of Arizona
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: November 1, 2023

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a clinical syndrome encompassing a myriad of debilitating symptoms that does not have any FDA approved drug therapies. We propose a shared medical appointment intervention where participants will learn lifestyle management therapies and integrative practices that may improve quality of life.

Official TitlePostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: a Pilot, Feasibility Study of an Integrative Shared Medical Appointment Intervention
NCT05454137
Principal SponsorUniversity of Arizona
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

10 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 21 to 79 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Autonomic Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesPrimary DysautonomiasOrthostatic IntolerancePostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate
patients with a physician diagnosis of POTS
4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
patients with uncontrolled psychiatric disease
patients with uncontrolled medical illness including recent myocardial infarction, stroke, and active malignancy
non-English speakers as the group intervention will be delivered in English
pregnant women

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
The POTS shared medical appointment will occur once monthly for four months. Each visit will last 1.5 hours. The group will meet in our clinic group space and lifestyle management therapies will be taught by a physician and another provider ie occupational therapist, dietician etc

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Banner University Medical Center

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