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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1
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