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Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game for Advance Care Planning

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
Research Sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 11 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a video game can increase the likelihood that a physician will have an advance care planning conversation with a patient over the age of 65.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~11 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 11 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Percentage of Patients With Advance Care Planning Bills
Secondary outcome measures
Length of Stay
Percentage of Patients Readmitted Within 30-days
Percentage of Patients Readmitted in 7 Days
+2 more
Other outcome measures
Hospitalist Advance Care Planning Attitudes Questionnaire-Based Measure
Hospitalist Advance Care Planning Attitudes Vignette-Based Measure

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Video Game InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Each hospital group 'crossed over' from control to intervention at a randomized time point. Physicians working at these hospitals, who agreed to participate in the trial, received a study iPad and were asked to play the video game loaded on the iPad for a minimum of 2 hours.
Group II: Usual Care ControlActive Control1 Intervention
The control arm occurred prior to receipt of the video game intervention. Each hospital group 'crossed over' from control to intervention at a randomized time point based on their assignment to the 'step' of the trial.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game
2020
N/A
~170

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,668 Previous Clinical Trials
28,004,901 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Advance Care Planning
78,536 Patients Enrolled for Advance Care Planning
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterLead Sponsor
524 Previous Clinical Trials
2,543,178 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Advance Care Planning
1,261 Patients Enrolled for Advance Care Planning
Sound PhysiciansUNKNOWN
1 Previous Clinical Trials
1,261 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Advance Care Planning
1,261 Patients Enrolled for Advance Care Planning

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
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EFFICACY: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists
Amber Barnato 2020. "EFFICACY: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04557930.
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