NOTIFY (New Observations Taking Information From Yesterday) (NOTIFY)
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Age 50-84 years No known ASCVD Lung cancer screenee with low dose CT scan (LDCT) within the last 5 years Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score on LDCT >100 Agatston units (AU) Not taking a statin or other lipid-lowering therapy (e.g., ezetimibe, bempedoic acid, or PCSK9-lowering therapy) Exclusion Criteria: Dementia or other neuropsychiatric disorder that interferes with medication adherence CAC scan, coronary CT angiogram, or invasive angiogram since LDCT Statin medication intolerance or allergy Life expectancy <2 years, e.g., metastatic cancer or active cancer undergoing chemotherapy
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
Notification of CAC
Usual Care
For patients randomized to the notification of CAC arm (NC), primary clinicians will be notified that with the assistance of a deep-learning algorithm, one of their patients was found to have a CAC score >100 AU. The notification will include an image taken from the CT scan with CAC clearly marked. The notification will also include American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology 2a recommendation to initiate lipid lowering therapy (usually statin) given the presence of moderate-severe CAC. Patients randomized to notification will receive messages (via EHR portal-based messages, text, or US postal mail) with notification of CAC presence on their LDCT, images showing the presence of CAC from their previous chest CT clearly marked, the recommendation to discuss statin or other lipid-lowering therapy with their clinician, and a link to a patient-friendly website about CAC and risk factor control. There will be reminder messages sent at 3 weeks and 12 months.
Patients randomized to Usual Care will receive usual medical care provided by their clinician informed by widely publicized clinical practice guidelines.