Status:
COMPLETED
Using Videos in Advance Care Planning for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Advanced Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To compare the decision making of subjects with advanced cancer having a verbal advance care planning discussion compared to subjects using a video.
Detailed Description
A.1. Aim 1: To recruit 150 subjects with advanced cancer and randomly assign these subjects to one of two advance care planning (ACP) modalities: 1. a video visually depicting CPR (intervention) or 2....
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- diagnosis of cancer that falls under one of the following: A. All patients with brain cancer, inoperable hepatocellular/bile duct/gallbladder cancer, incurable non-small cell lung carcinoma (wet IIIb or IV), extensive stage small cell lung cancer, inoperable mesothelioma, inoperable pancreatic cancer or; metastatic gastric or esophageal cancer, metastatic melanoma, OR B. Patients with the following cancers, if first-line therapy has failed and limited response is expected to second-line therapy: breast cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, leukemia, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, renal cancer, sarcoma, lung cancer, myeloma, or lymphoma, OR C. Less than one year prognosis.
- ability to provide informed consent,
- cognitive ability to participate in the study
- ability to communicate in English.
Exclusion
- inability to make decisions,
- non-English speaking,
- new patient visit
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01241929
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2012
Last Update
July 10 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114