Status:
COMPLETED
A Culturally Sensitive Values-Guided Aid for End of Life Decision-Making
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Collaborating Sponsors:
Baylor College of Medicine
Conditions:
Congestive Heart Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this research agenda is to improve the quality of end-of-life care by explicitly identifying values that will guide the decision-making process, with a particular emphasis on the role of e...
Detailed Description
Background: End-of-life decision-making is an important aspect of providing quality healthcare, especially for the elderly population. Increasingly, the appropriateness of many of these decisions is b...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Eligible patients will be at risk for 6-12 month mortality and have one of the following diagnoses:
- congestive heart failure, with ejection fraction of \<25%;
- severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/emphysema with dependence on oxygen;
- chronic liver disease with cirrhosis and ascites;
- colon carcinoma with liver metastases; or
- non-small cell cancer of the lung, stage III or IV
- chronic kidney disease on renal replacement therapy, with previous hospitalization
- All participants will be age 55 years or older and will be recruited through the clinics at the Houston VAMC.
Exclusion
- Patients with dementia
- Patients less than 55 years old
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00122135
Start Date
December 1 2004
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
December 14 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030