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Needs-focused mobile app for Critical Illness (ICUconnect Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Christopher Cox, MD'
Research Sponsored by Duke University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up time 1 (baseline) and time 4 (3 months post-randomization)
Awards & highlights

ICUconnect Trial Summary

This trial will test whether a mobile app designed to help families navigate ICU-based palliative care can reduce patient/family member unmet palliative care needs and improve the quality of clinical-family communication.

Eligible Conditions
  • Critical Illness
  • Family
  • Psychological Distress
  • Caregiver
  • Palliative Care

ICUconnect Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~time 1 (baseline) and time 4 (3 months post-randomization)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and time 1 (baseline) and time 4 (3 months post-randomization) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Needs; Existential Concerns; Symptoms; and Therapeutic Interaction (NEST) Scale Total Score
Secondary outcome measures
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7)
Number of Participants Who Responded "Usually" or "Always" on the Interpersonal Processes of Care 18-Item (IPC-18) Short Form Scale - Communication Domain
Number of Participants With Goal Concordant Care
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ICUconnect Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: ICU physician mobile app groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Clinicians and family members will receive access to versions of the needs-focused mobile app that differ in content.
Group II: ICU physician usual care groupPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Usual ICU care in an ICU as per the standards of the ICU attending
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Needs-focused mobile app
2019
N/A
~120

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Duke UniversityLead Sponsor
2,358 Previous Clinical Trials
3,419,958 Total Patients Enrolled
18 Trials studying Critical Illness
10,693 Patients Enrolled for Critical Illness
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)NIH
380 Previous Clinical Trials
1,215,543 Total Patients Enrolled
Christopher Cox, MD'Principal InvestigatorDuke University

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Addressing Palliative Care Needs Among Intensive Care Unit Family Members
2019. "Addressing Palliative Care Needs Among Intensive Care Unit Family Members". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03506438.
~18 spots leftby Apr 2025
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