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Information for Dementia

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Vincent Mor, PhD
Research Sponsored by Brown University
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 4 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

The intervention being studied is an advance care planning intervention. The trial has two arms: usual care and information arm.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~4 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 4 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
Do-Not-Resuscitate
Secondary outcome measures
Advance Care Planning Billing
Do-Not-Hospitalize
Hospitalization

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: InformationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patients and proxies in assisted living centers randomized to the information arm will receive a letter from their clinician with a link to an educational video describing the goals of care and how specific treatment decisions align with these goals. Patients and proxies will also continue to receive usual care advance care planning conversations.
Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention
Patients and proxies in assisted living centers randomized to the usual care arm have advance care planning discussions with a clinician at admission, annually, and sometimes with a hospitalization or other change in condition. There is no standardized decision- or conversation-support tools used to have these discussions.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Advance Care Planning Video
2021
N/A
~2620

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brown UniversityLead Sponsor
456 Previous Clinical Trials
555,733 Total Patients Enrolled
19 Trials studying Dementia
205,708 Patients Enrolled for Dementia
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,675 Previous Clinical Trials
28,018,274 Total Patients Enrolled
268 Trials studying Dementia
23,624,995 Patients Enrolled for Dementia
Vincent Mor, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorBrown University, School of Public Health
8 Previous Clinical Trials
210,894 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Dementia
199,150 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

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~653 spots leftby Apr 2025