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ACP Educator led, video assisted discussion for Palliative Care (VIDEO-PCE Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MPH

Research Sponsored by Boston 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 12 months

Awards & highlights

VIDEO-PCE Trial Summary

This trial will test an intervention to help hospitalized patients aged 65 and over, or patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, and their proxy decision-makers make choices about resuscitation, palliative care, and hospice care.

Eligible Conditions

Palliative Care
Advance Care Planning
Caregiver
Doctor-Patient Communication
Video Decision Aids

VIDEO-PCE Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 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

Identification of a Goals of Care Conversation in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) during the Index Hospitalization

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Caregiver communication satisfaction

Change in Caregiver confidence

Change in Caregiver decisional certainty

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VIDEO-PCE Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: ACP Educator led, video assisted discussionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

For hospitalized patients identified by a defined EHR algorithm, an ACP Educator will meet with the patient in the hospital to provide primary palliative care services such as goals-of-care conversations and clinician communication by leveraging certified video decision aids.

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Subjects in this arm do not meet with ACP Educator during their index hospitalization.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

ACP Educator led, video assisted discussion

2021

N/A

~10810

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Boston Medical CenterLead Sponsor

382 Previous Clinical Trials

858,597 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Palliative Care

1,004 Patients Enrolled for Palliative Care

Tufts Medical CenterLead Sponsor

253 Previous Clinical Trials

242,596 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Palliative Care

600 Patients Enrolled for Palliative Care

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,669 Previous Clinical Trials

27,994,312 Total Patients Enrolled

10 Trials studying Palliative Care

17,398 Patients Enrolled for Palliative Care

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any numerical restrictions on who can enroll in this trial?

"Yes, the information available on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this trial is still looking for participants. This research was first made public on July 1st, 2021 and was last edited October 18th, 2022. The study needs 4800 patients from 2 locations to complete their research."

Answered by AI

Are we still able to sign people up for this research project?

"Correct. The clinicaltrials.gov website has the most recent information on this trial, which is currently recruiting patients that meet the eligibility requirements. This study was posted on 7/1/2021 and was last edited on 10/18/2022. They are looking for 4800 participants total from 2 locations."

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What are the investigators of this trial hoping to learn?

"The aim of this year-long study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using Electronic Health Records (EHR) to document advance care planning conversations. The success of the intervention will be measured by changes in caregiver knowledge, confidence, and decisional certainty around ACP."

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Recent research and studies

formation/NLM/NIH, NCBI. “Gprobe”. 2017. Web. <https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe>..Journal

Gprobe

Information/NLM/NIH, NCBI. 2017. “Gprobe”. GitHub repository. https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe.

formation/NLM/NIH, NCBI. “Gprobe”. 2017. Web. <https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe>..Journal

Gprobe

Information/NLM/NIH, NCBI. 2017. “Gprobe”. GitHub repository. https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Palliative Care Educator

2021. "Palliative Care Educator". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04857060.