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The Patient and Family Centered I-PASS LISTEN Study: Language, Inclusion, Safety, and Teamwork for Equity Now
Led by Boston Children's Hospital · Updated on 2025-06-24
14400
Participants Needed
8
Research Sites
240 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Boston Children's Hospital
Lead Sponsor
P
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
In 2014, a team of parents, nurses, and physicians created Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (PFC I-PASS), a bundle of communication interventions to improve the quality of information exchange between physicians, nurses, and families, and to better integrate families into all aspects of daily decision making in hospitals. PFC I-PASS changed how doctors and nurses talk to patients and families on rounds when they're admitted to the hospital. (Rounds are when a team of doctors visit patients every morning to do a checkup and make a plan for the day.) Rounds used to happen in a way that left out patients and families. Doctors talked at, not with patients, used big words and medical talk, and left nurses out. PFC I-PASS changed rounds by including families and nurses, using simple non-medical words, and talking in an organized way so nothing is left out. When PFC I-PASS was put in place in 7 hospitals, patients had fewer adverse events and better hospital experience. But it didn't focus on how to talk with patients with language barriers. This project builds upon upon PFC I-PASS to make it better and focus on the special needs of patients who speak languages other than English. This new intervention is known as PFC I-PASS+. PFC I-PASS+ includes all parts of PFC I-PASS plus having interpreters on and after rounds and training doctors about communication and cultural humility. The study team will now conduct a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to compare the effectiveness of PFC I-PASS+ and PFC I-PASS to usual care at 8 hospitals.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Patient and Family Centered I-PASS LISTEN Study: Language, Inclusion, Safety, and Teamwork for Equity Now
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- All patients admitted to the pediatric inpatient study units of participating hospitals
- Patients aged 13 and older who provide assent and whose parent or guardian gives permission
- Parents or caregivers of patients of all ages who speak English, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Karen, Korean, Nepali, Quiche, Spanish, Somali, or Vietnamese (and/or other languages if resources allow)
- Nurses working on the pediatric inpatient units
- Residents working on the pediatric inpatient units
- Medical and nursing students working on the pediatric inpatient units
- Hospital leaders working at the participating hospitals
You will not qualify if you...
History of severe allergic reactions to study medication Currently pregnant or breastfeeding Recent participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days Presence of uncontrolled medical conditions that could affect safety
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 8 locations
1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
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2
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
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3
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital of Oakland
Oakland, California, United States, 94609
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4
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
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5
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467
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6
The Research Institute of Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
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7
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
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8
Northwest Texas Healthcare System
Amarillo, Texas, United States, 79106
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Research Team
A
Alisa Khan, MD, MPH
CONTACT
E
Elizabeth Micolisin, BS
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
3
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