Actively Recruiting
Improving PCP Advance Care Planning for People With ADRD
Led by University of Pittsburgh · Updated on 2026-04-14
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
167 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Pittsburgh
Lead Sponsor
U
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study will test the Dementia Advance Care Planning (AD ACP) Toolkit intervention to usual care in facilitating goals of care (GOC) discussions between People Living with Dementia (PLwD) and primary care team members over an 18-month period. The primary outcome is to assess the frequency and quality of GOC discussions with PLwD. Secondary outcomes include the identification of preferred surrogates, assessment of decisional capacity, and the completion of portable ACP orders. This randomized clinical trial aims to determine if the AD ACP Toolkit can enhance ACP practices and improve care planning outcomes for PLwD compared to the standard care approach.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Improving PCP Advance Care Planning for People With ADRD
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be a primary care team member (MD or advanced practice provider) at a UNC HEALTH primary care clinic with 60 or more people living with dementia encounters per year, who sees older adult patients, including associated nurses and social workers
- Be a person living with dementia aged 65 years or older seen by a primary care team member (MD or APP) at either intervention or control sites during the 18-month intervention window
- Have a confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia
- Have a 50% or greater 5-year all-cause mortality risk to be eligible for healthcare utilization analysis
You will not qualify if you...
- Primary care team members who do not care for older adults, such as pediatricians or lactation nurses
- Primary care team members employed at geriatric or dementia specialty clinics
- Primary care team members without a primary care panel, such as those working only in urgent care
- Patients who have not been seen by their primary care team within the past 18 months
- Patients without a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Christine E. Kistler, MD, MASc
CONTACT
J
Janelle J. Christensen, PhD, MPH
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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