Status:
COMPLETED
Trial of Ascertaining Individual Preferences for Loved One's Role in End-of-Life
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Chicago
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conditions:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
GI Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Specific Aims and Hypotheses: Aim 1: To test the effect of the "Trial of Ascertaining Individual preferences for Loved Ones' Role in End-of-life Decisions" (TAILORED) Intervention on family decision-...
Detailed Description
Enhanced patient-family health care decision making is essential to improving the overall quality of end-of-life care (NIH State of the Science Conference Statement on Improving End-of-Life Care, 2004...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient Inclusion Criteria
- Age 18 or older
- Speaks and reads English
- Diagnosed by a specialist at either Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions or University of Chicago Medical Center as having ALS or stage III or IV GI or pancreatic cancer.
- Accompanied to clinic by a family member who may participate in the patient's health care decisions and who patient gives permission to approach for participation in study.
- Lives within a 2-hour drive of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions or The University of Chicago Medical Center
- G.2. Family Inclusion Criteria
- Age 18 or older
- Speaks and reads English
- Identified by the patient-subject as a family member whom the patient may involve in health care decision making in the present and/or should the patient become too ill to make health care decisions.
- Person who the patient-subject has granted investigators permission to approach for participation in this study.
Exclusion
- Patient Exclusion Criteria
- Severe visual impairment that would limit ability to visualize instrument illustrations
- Cognitive impairment indicated by a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire adjusted error score of \>5
- Has no family member who might assist in decision making or family member declines to participate.
- Is not accompanied to the clinic by family member.
- G.4. Family Exclusion Criteria
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- Declines to participate.
- Severe visual impairment that would limit ability to visualize instrument illustrations.
- Cognitive impairment indicated by a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire adjusted error score of \>5
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 26 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 26 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
431 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01160367
Start Date
August 26 2010
End Date
March 26 2014
Last Update
September 5 2018
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205