Clinical trials: Advance Care Planning
Frail Elderly Syndrome, Chronic Disease
Implementing Advance Care Planning Conversation Tools in Family Practice
This study evaluates the use of advance care planning conversation tools with patients attending their family doctor's office. Patients complete tools about their values and wishes, and a health care provider uses a structured…
- Trial name
- NCT03508557
- Testing
- Advance care planning tools
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Congestive Heart Failure, Cancer
Team-based Versus Primary Care Clinician-led Advance Care Planning in Practice-based Research Networks
This project compares two models of the Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) in primary care: clinician-focused SICP and team-based SICP.
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT03577002
- Testing
- Serious Illness Care Program (SICP)
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,120 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Hypoglycemia, Aging
Prepare for Your Diabetes Care
As adults with type 2 diabetes age, they are increasingly vulnerable to treatment-related hypoglycemia and its related complications (including hospitalization and death).
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Hypoglycemia, Aging, Patient Activation
- Trial name
- NCT05263310
- Testing
- Prepare for Your Diabetes Care, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 672 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest
End-of-life Practices in 2019 vs. 2014
In 2014, the authors conducted a survey of key opinion leaders on ethical resuscitation practices in 31 European Countries. The authors administered a comprehensive questionnaire to 1-2 "experts" from each country…
- Conditions
- Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest, Ethics, Narrative
- Trial name
- NCT04078815
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium, Greece
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease
Advance Care Planning: A Way to Improve End-of-life Care Life Care
Communication about end-of-life issues is often suboptimal. A way to improve the quality of end-of-life care is Advance Care Planning (ACP).
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT01944813
- Testing
- ACp conversation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Advance Care Planning, Patient Preference
Which Health-care Professional(s) to Talk About Advance Care Planning ?
The goal of this descriptive observational study is to evaluate the preference of French adult patients followed in the context of a oncological disease, regarding the choice of the preferred healthcare professional to discuss…
- Trial name
- QPSPAS (NCT06376799)
- Testing
- Self-questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Cancer
Building Evidence for Effective Palliative/End of Life Care for Teens With Cancer
To test the efficacy of FACE-TC on key outcomes, the investigators propose using an intent-to-treat, longitudinal, prospective, multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
- Trial name
- FACE-TC (NCT02693665)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Dementia
Preparing Surrogates of Dementia Patients Through an Advance Care Planning Intervention
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effects of a nurse-facilitated post-discharge advance care planning intervention with family surrogates of dementia patients on outcomes that reflect the preparedness of…
- Trial name
- NCT06152120
- Testing
- Nurse-facilitated advance care planning intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Elderly
Using Videos to Improve Understanding of the Delivery of End-of-life Medical Care in Non-hospital Settings
To compare the decision making of elderly subjects having a verbal advance care planning discussion compared to subjects using a video.
- Trial name
- NCT01233973
- Testing
- video decision aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Nursing Homes, Aged
BABEL Advance Care Planning in Long-term Care
1.0 SUMMARY Most Canadian nursing home (NH) residents are elderly and frail, have multiple chronic health conditions and impairments, and have dementia.
- Conditions
- Nursing Homes, Aged, Frail Elderly Syndrome, Dementia
- Trial name
- BABEL (NCT03649191)
- Testing
- The BABEL Approach to Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes, Control group Advance Care Planning
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 713 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
LEADing Dementia End-of-Life Planning Conversations
Advance care planning is important for all adults, but perhaps even more so for the 5.7 million persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD), due to the progressive and protracted cognitive deterioration associated…
- Trial name
- LEAD (NCT05909189)
- Testing
- LEADing Dementia End-of-Life Planning Conversations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Malignant Brain Neoplasm
Educational Tools for the Improvement of Early Advance Care Planning in Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Solid Tumors and High-Grade Brain Tumors
This clinical trial studies whether educational tools work to improve early advance care planning (ACP) in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with solid tumors that may have spread from where they first started to nearby tissue…
- Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Malignant Brain Neoplasm, Recurrent Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT07174661
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning, Educational Intervention, Electronic Health Record Review
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Compassionate Communication and Advance Care Planning to Improve End of Life Care in Treatment of Hematological Disease (ACT)
Patients diagnosed with hematologic cancer are at substantial risk of dying, as 5-year survival among patients with acute myeloid leukemia is 20 % and only every second patient treated for incurable myeloma lives 5 years after…
- Conditions
- Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Lymphoma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Trial name
- ACT (NCT05444348)
- Testing
- Advance consultation concerning your life and treatment (ACT )
- Where
- 7 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 920 people
- Sponsor
- Christoffer Johansen
Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure
Honoring Individual Goals and Hopes: Implementing Advance Care Planning for Persons With Kidney Disease on Dialysis
The PCORI HIGHway project name embodies its goal: the way to "Honor Individuals Goals and Hopes". HIGHway trains and supports dialysis center social workers and nurses to communicate with their patients about their hopes and…
- Trial name
- HIGHway (NCT05324878)
- Testing
- Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Healthy
Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
The purpose of this study is to determine whether homeless individuals will complete a living will and whether guidance enhances rates of completion and to see whether filling out a living will has any impact on the care given at…
- Trial name
- SELPH (NCT00546884)
- Testing
- MI condition, GI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Advance Care Planning, End of Life Care
Advance Care Planning for Critical Care - A Prelude to Breaking Barriers
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a process of 'reflection and communication, in which a person with decision-making capacity makes decisions regarding their future health and/or personal care in the event that they become incapable…
- Trial name
- NCT02797444
- Testing
- semi-structured interviews
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Locally Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Mobile Health Application (PACT) to Improve Engagement in Advance Care Planning
This clinical trial tests a new mobile health application (app) called Planning Advance Care Together (PACT) to help people with cancer talk about and plan for advance care planning (the care they would want if they were unable…
- Conditions
- Locally Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Recurrent Hematologic Malignancy, Refractory Hematologic Malignancy
- Trial name
- NCT04515810
- Testing
- Internet-Based Intervention, Best Practice, Telephone-Based Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Advance Care Planning
Evaluating the Integration of the Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care Treatment (ReSPECT) Into Primary Care
When a person becomes seriously ill health professionals treating them need to make decisions quickly. They may have limited information about the person's medical history or about their wishes about treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT05046197
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 298 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
End Stage Disease
Effects of a Structured Advance Care Planning Guide Among Patients With Advanced Illness in Hospital Care Settings
Objective: To examine the effects of a structured advance care planning (ACP) guide among patients with advanced illness in hospital care setting.
- Trial name
- NCT03599310
- Testing
- Advance care planning, Usual care
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives
UC Health Care Planning Study
Using a cluster randomized design at the clinic level, this project will implement and test three real-world, scalable advance care planning interventions among primary care clinics across three University of California health…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Advanced Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04012749
- Testing
- Advance directive, Prepare, Facilitator
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 8,707 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles