Status:
RECRUITING
Palliative Care Protocol for Adult Patients Hospitalized in Critical Care Units.
Lead Sponsor:
University of Chile
Conditions:
End of Life Care
Critical Illness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effectiveness of a palliative care protocol in improving the quality of care of adult patients at high risk of dying hospitalized in the critical ca...
Detailed Description
We designed a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial The study is implementation in 5 Chilean hospitals, admitting 248 patients. Pre-intervention (control): The practices of each ICU will be maintain...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years old and older
- Hospitalization in critical care unit for more than 48 hrs.
- Medical indication of therapeutic effort limitation, defined as: a) Non-initiation or withdrawal of life support therapies: invasive mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drugs, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renal replacement therapy.
Exclusion
- Severe communication disorder and cultural language limitation (language other than Spanish).
- Absence of legal representative and/or caregiver.
- Brain dead patient.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 2 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
248 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06483958
Start Date
January 2 2024
End Date
December 30 2025
Last Update
July 3 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Verónica Rojas
Santiago, Me, Chile, 8380420