Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Communication for Primary Care Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medstar Health Research Institute

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conditions:

Advance Care Planning

Dementia

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a pragmatic trial of SHARING Choices. Components of SHARING Choices include: 1. A letter from the clinic introducing an initiative to prepare persons and families for Advance Care Planning (A...

Detailed Description

Engaging family in primary care is particularly important in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) because of the important role assumed in medical decision-making, especially at the end of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Practices included in this trial are:
  • Affiliated with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) or MedStar Health;
  • A primary care practice, defined as adult internal medicine, family medicine, or geriatric medicine;
  • Have 2 or more practicing clinicians; and
  • Have more than 500 patients aged 65 and over currently receiving care.
  • Patients included in this trial are:
  • Age 65 and older, and
  • Established patient of primary care clinician at participating practice (\>1 prior visit at the clinic). There will be no formal enrollment of participants into this pragmatic trial as this is a clinic-level initiative that will be available and offered to all eligible patients at clinics randomized to the intervention.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Primary care practices affiliated with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) or MedStar Health that are:
  • Not a primary care practice, defined as adult internal medicine, family medicine, or geriatric medicine;
  • Have fewer than 2 practicing clinicians; and
  • Have fewer than 500 patients aged 65 and over currently receiving care.
  • Patients under the care of primary care practices affiliated with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) or MedStar Health that are:
  • Less than 65 years of age, or
  • Not established patients.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2021

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    November 20 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    64915 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04819191

    Start Date

    March 1 2021

    End Date

    November 20 2023

    Last Update

    March 3 2025

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    Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - I Street

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20005

    2

    MedStar Georgetown University Hospital General Internal Medicine

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007

    3

    MedStar Medical Group at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

    4

    MedStar Washington Hospital Center Physician Group LLC

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010