Actively Recruiting
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions for Patients With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers
Led by University of Washington · Updated on 2025-07-08
1800
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
198 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Washington
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve communication among clinicians, patients with memory problems, and their family members. We are testing a way to help clinicians have better conversations to address patients' goals for their healthcare. To do this, we created a simple, short guide called the "Jumpstart Guide." The goal of this research study is to show that using this kind of guide is possible and can be helpful for patients and their families. Patients' clinicians may receive a Jumpstart Guide before the patient's clinic visit. Researchers will compare patients whose clinician received a Jumpstart Guide to patients whose clinician did not receive a guide to see if more patients in the Jumpstart Guide group had conversations about the patient's goals for their healthcare. Patients and their family members will also be asked to complete surveys after the visit with their clinician.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions for Patients With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be cared for as an outpatient at a UW Medicine clinic
- Be 55 years of age or older
- Have an ICD-10 code for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias documented in the EHR within the prior two years
- If cared for in primary care or by a geriatrician or neurologist at UW Medicine, have a diagnosis of ADRD
- If cared for by a subspecialist at UW Medicine but not primary care, have ADRD and one or more specified chronic conditions relevant to that specialty
- Family members must be identified as the person most involved in care for an eligible patient
- Family members must be 18 years of age or older and proficient in English
- Clinicians must be physicians or advanced practice providers caring for older adults within UW Medicine clinics
- Clinicians must be 18 years of age or older and proficient in English
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with restricted status or legal or risk management concerns
- Patients without capacity to complete informed consent procedures and without a legal surrogate for survey or interview participation
- Patients who do not speak English for survey or interview components
- Patients of clinicians who have opted out of the study unless also cared for by a participating clinician
- Family members with legal or risk management concerns
- Family members with psychological illness or morbidity preventing completion of study materials
- Family members with physical or mental limitations preventing completion of study materials
- Family members who do not speak English
- Clinicians with legal or risk management concerns
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
Actively Recruiting
2
UW Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
Actively Recruiting
3
UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
E
Elizabeth Nielsen
CONTACT
J
Jessica Walsh
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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