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SHARING Choices for Advance Care Planning and Dementia

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Jennifer Wolff, PhD

Research Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 year

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether the SHARING Choices program can help prepare people and their families for Advance Care Planning (ACP). The program includes access to a facilitator trained to lead ACP discussions, as well as patient-family agenda-setting to align perspectives about the role of family and stimulate discussion about ACP.

Eligible Conditions

Advance Care Planning
Dementia

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Occurrence of potentially burdensome procedures reported within 6 months

Proportion of patients 65 and older with documentation of any advance directive in the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Secondary outcome measures

Occurrence of potentially burdensome procedures reported within 6 months preceding death

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: SHARING ChoicesExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Components of SHARING Choices include: A letter from the clinic introducing an initiative to prepare persons and families for Advance Care Planning (ACP); Access to a facilitator trained to lead ACP discussions; Patient-family agenda-setting to align perspectives about the role of family and stimulate discussion about ACP; Facilitated registration to the patient portal (for patient and family) as desired; Education & resources about Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) for clinic staff.

Group II: Usual careActive Control1 Intervention

Usual care

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

SHARING Choices

2021

N/A

~64990

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Johns Hopkins UniversityLead Sponsor

2,259 Previous Clinical Trials

14,755,665 Total Patients Enrolled

Medstar Health Research InstituteOTHER

189 Previous Clinical Trials

50,585 Total Patients Enrolled

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,669 Previous Clinical Trials

27,940,126 Total Patients Enrolled

8 Trials studying Advance Care Planning

13,711 Patients Enrolled for Advance Care Planning

Media Library

SHARING Choices Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04819191 — N/A

Advance Care Planning Research Study Groups: SHARING Choices, Usual care

Advance Care Planning Clinical Trial 2023: SHARING Choices Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04819191 — N/A

SHARING Choices 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04819191 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any open positions within this research initiative?

"This medical trial, which was posted on March 1st 2021 and revised July 22nd 2022, is no longer open for recruitment. Nevertheless, there are 409 other studies currently seeking participants for their research."

Answered by AI

How many venues is this investigation currently running in?

"54 trial sites are currently active for this clinical study, including MedStar Medical Group 18111 Prince Philip in Olney, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Howard County in Columbia and MedStar Medical Group at Laurel in Laurel. Additionally, there is a range of other facilities that have been recruited to participate."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of General Internal MedicineJournal

Patient–family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: The SAME Page Trial

Wolff, Jennifer L., Debra L. Roter, Cynthia M. Boyd, David L. Roth, Diane M. Echavarria, Jennifer Aufill, Judith B. Vick, and Laura N. Gitlin. 2018. “Patient–family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: The SAME Page Trial”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11606-018-4563-y.

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®Journal

SHARING Choices: A Pilot Study to Engage Family in Advance Care Planning of Older Adults with and Without Cognitive Impairment in the Primary Care Context

Wolff, Jennifer L., Danny Scerpella, Kimberly Cockey, Naaz Hussain, Tara Funkhouser, Diane Echavarria, Jennifer Aufill, et al.. 2020. “SHARING Choices: A Pilot Study to Engage Family in Advance Care Planning of Older Adults with and Without Cognitive Impairment in the Primary Care Context”. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/1049909120978771.

Journal of Palliative MedicineJournal

Population-based Pragmatic Trial of Advance Care Planning in Primary Care in the University of California Health System

Walling, Anne M., Rebecca L. Sudore, Doug Bell, Chi-Hong Tseng, Christine Ritchie, Ron D. Hays, Lisa Gibbs, Maryam Rahimi, Javier Sanz, and Neil S. Wenger. 2019. “Population-based Pragmatic Trial of Advance Care Planning in Primary Care in the University of California Health System”. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Mary Ann Liebert Inc. doi:10.1089/jpm.2019.0142.

Journal of Palliative MedicineJournal