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Planning for the Care You Want for Advance Care Planning

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Led By Ramona L Rhodes, MD, MPH
Research Sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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 this will be assessed from the time of initiating patient recruitment (april 2017) through completion of recruitment of new patients (april 2018), up to 56 weeks.
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Study Summary

This trial will focus on addressing barriers to utilization of advance directives, palliative care, and hospice care among African American cancer patients in order to increase awareness and willingness to discuss end-of-life care options.

Eligible Conditions
  • Advance Care Planning

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~this will be assessed from the time of initiating patient recruitment (april 2017) through completion of recruitment of new patients (april 2018), up to 56 weeks.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and this will be assessed from the time of initiating patient recruitment (april 2017) through completion of recruitment of new patients (april 2018), up to 56 weeks. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Acceptability of intervention among patients randomized to the intervention arm
Feasibility of relying upon the intervention algorithm to identify eligible patients
Participant change in intent to discuss EOL care options
Secondary outcome measures
Date and place of death
Decisional conflict about preferences for EOL care
Knowledge of prognosis and EOL care options
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
These patients will be exposed to the educational intervention, including viewing the video, "Planning for the Care You Want," and meeting with a lay health advisor to discuss advance care planning and initiate plans, as patients wish.
Group II: Control - Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention
These patients will not be exposed to the educational intervention and will receive usual care. All patients will be mailed an informational brochure about advance care planning with a reminder letter two weeks after completing their baseline survey.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Planning for the Care You Want
2017
N/A
~80

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterLead Sponsor
1,047 Previous Clinical Trials
1,053,727 Total Patients Enrolled
Ramona L Rhodes, MD, MPHPrincipal InvestigatorUT Southwestern Medical Center

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is the enrollment process for this experiment still open?

"Unfortunately, the clinicaltrials.gov page associated with this trial notes that it is not currently enrolling patients; however, 103 other studies are actively recruiting at present. This particular study was initially posted on 4/1/2017 and most recently updated 7/13/2022."

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What is the overarching goal of this research project?

"This clinical trial, which will commence in April 2017 and conclude in October 2018, seeks to determine the efficacy of relying upon a specific algorithm when selecting eligible patients. Secondary objectives encompass measuring participants' decisional conflict (by means of Decisional Conflict Scale) and quality-of-life perceptions (as indicated by McGill Quality Of Life Questionnaire). Additionally, data related to date and place of death shall be collected during chart reviews."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Texas
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
End-of-Life Care for African Americans: An Outpatient Intervention
Ramona L. Rhodes 2017. "End-of-Life Care for African Americans: An Outpatient Intervention". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03626402.
~9 spots leftby Apr 2025
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