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Withholding of Life-sustaining Treatment and Quality of Life After Severe Acute Brain Injury: Qualitative Analysis and Ethical Issues
Led by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne · Updated on 2024-07-26
14
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
12 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment affects 10-15% of ICU patients, including those with severe acute brain injury, whose care appears futile in terms of prognosis based on clinical and paraclinical data, expected quality of life, patient preferences, age, or reduced quality of life. There are few studies on withholding treatment compared with withdrawing treatment, and even fewer on survivors after a decision to withhold treatment. Quality of life is defined by WHO as "an individual's perception of his or her position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which he or she lives and in relation to his or her goals, expectations, standards and concerns". The relationship between quality of life and neurological outcome after severe acute brain injury is controversial and therefore difficult to predict. That's why the investigators question the legitimacy of making decisions to withhold treatment from patients with severe acute brain injury based on their expected quality of life, when this prediction is uncertain.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Withholding of Life-sustaining Treatment and Quality of Life After Severe Acute Brain Injury: Qualitative Analysis and Ethical Issues
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with severe acute brain injury (traumatic brain injury, stroke, central nervous system infection)
- Admitted to the neurocritical care unit in 2022
- Scheduled for follow-up 24 months after ICU discharge between April 15, 2024, and August 31, 2024
You will not qualify if you...
- Death in 2024
- Refusal to participate by the patient or their relative
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France, 42055
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Marie DAKENG, resident
CONTACT
N
Nory ELHADJENE, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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