Status:

COMPLETED

End Of Life in the Critically Ill patiEnt

Lead Sponsor:

French Society for Intensive Care

Collaborating Sponsors:

Nantes University Hospital

Conditions:

Terminal Illness

Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this multicentric study is to evaluate the perception of the quality of the end of life in intensive care units seen from the side of the caregivers, trough the CAESAR scale.

Detailed Description

More than 20% of deaths occur in hospital after a stay in intensive care units; up to half of them happens as result of a treatment limitation. Ensuring end-of-life quality is important, not only beca...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Caregivers of intensive care unit whose patient has recently deceased

Exclusion

  • Refusal of participation by caregivers
  • Refusal of participation by family of deceased patient
  • Patient in cardiac arrest at the time of ICU admission.
  • Age of deceased patient was under 18 years
  • Patient in brain death

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 28 2018

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 13 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

514 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03392857

Start Date

March 28 2018

End Date

February 13 2019

Last Update

February 15 2019

Active Locations (112)

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1

Hôpital Saint-Esprit

Agen, France, 47923

2

Centre Hospitalier Alès en Cévennes

Alès, France, 30103

3

CHU Amiens

Amiens, France, 80080

4

CHU d'Angers

Angers, France, 49000