Status:
COMPLETED
Study of Default Options in Advance Directives
Lead Sponsor:
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Conditions:
COPD
Severe or Very Severe Airflow Obstruction and/or Receiving or Eligible to Receive Long-term Oxygen Therapy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Default options represent the events or conditions that are set into place if no alternatives are actively chosen. The setting of default options has well-established effects on a broad range of human...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18 years
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with severe or very severe airflow obstruction on pulmonary function testing and or receiving or eligible to receive long-term oxygen therapy AND/OR
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) AND/OR
- Other interstitial lung disease without curative therapy AND/OR
- Any stage 3B or 4 solid tumor AND/OR
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) either New York Heart Association NYHA) class IV or NYHA class III plus 1 hospitalization in the past year
- No previously signed advance directive in the medical record
- Neither listed for nor considering lung or heart transplantation
- High anticipated risk for critical illness in the next 2 years based on clinical judgment
- Interest in thinking about filling out an Advance Directive
Exclusion
- Diseases for which life-extending medical therapies may be available
- Inability to speak and/or read English proficiently
- New clinic patients meeting the clinic provider for the first time
- Patients being actively evaluated or already listed for transplants
- Patients already having an AD
- Cognitive impairment necessitating proxy consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
62 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01817686
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
June 1 2015
Last Update
June 30 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104