Study Summary
This trial will compare the effect of Patient Priorities Care with usual care on reducing treatment burden, increasing priorities-aligned home and community services, and setting shared health outcome goals.
- Multiple Chronic Conditions
- Comorbidity
- Chronic Multi-Illness
- Shared Decision Making
Treatment Effectiveness
Phase-Based Effectiveness
Study Objectives
2 Primary · 5 Secondary · Reporting Duration: 6 month follow-up
Trial Safety
Phase-Based Safety
Trial Design
2 Treatment Groups
Patient Priorities Care
1 of 2
Usual Care
1 of 2
Experimental Treatment
Non-Treatment Group
366 Total Participants · 2 Treatment Groups
Primary Treatment: Patient Priorities Care · Has Placebo Group · N/A
Trial Logistics
Trial Timeline
Who is running the clinical trial?
Eligibility Criteria
Age 65+ · All Participants · 1 Total Inclusion Criteria
Mark “Yes” if the following statements are true for you:- Ouellet, Gregory M., Terri R. Fried, Lauren G. Gilstrap, John R. O’Leary, Andrea M. Austin, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Andrew B. Cohen. 2021. “Anticoagulant Use for Atrial Fibrillation Among Persons with Advanced Dementia at the End of Life”. JAMA Internal Medicine. American Medical Association (AMA). doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.1819.
- Cohen, Andrew B., Andrea L. Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, and Terri R. Fried. 2021. “Characteristics of Older Adults Who Cannot Identify a Healthcare Agent”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11606-021-06798-2.
- Cohen, Andrew B., Andrea L. Paiva, Colleen A. Redding, and Terri R. Fried. 2021. “Characteristics of Older Adults Who Cannot Identify a Healthcare Agent”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11606-021-06798-2.
- Ouellet, Gregory M., Terri R. Fried, Lauren G. Gilstrap, John R. O’Leary, Andrea M. Austin, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Andrew B. Cohen. 2021. “Anticoagulant Use for Atrial Fibrillation Among Persons with Advanced Dementia at the End of Life”. JAMA Internal Medicine. American Medical Association (AMA). doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.1819.
- Cohen AB, Paiva AL, Redding CA, Fried TR. Characteristics of Older Adults Who Cannot Identify a Healthcare Agent. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Apr;37(5):1313-1314. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06798-2. Epub 2021 Apr 26. No abstract available.
- 2022. "Effect of Patient Priorities Care Implementation in Older Veterans With Multiple Chronic Conditions". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04922320.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many participants have signed up to take part in this clinical trial?
"Affirmative. According to records on clinicaltrials.gov, this ongoing trial was first posted on September 15th 2022 and recently updated the next day. Currently, 366 patients are needed across two medical sites for enrolment in the study." - Anonymous Online Contributor
What is the main purpose of this research endeavor?
"Researchers will monitor the main outcome of this four-month research effort, Patient Reported Treatment Burden. Secondary goals include a discourse analysis to identify changes in care that adhere to patient preferences and values (using audio recordings gathered from forty patients), gauging whether health decisions were collaborative with Goal Setting using the Older Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care score as well as Shared Decision Making via the CollaboRATE scale." - Anonymous Online Contributor
Are there any opportunities to join this research initiative?
"Per the latest information on clinicaltrials.gov, this experimental treatment is currently seeking participants to enrol. The protocol was posted and last updated on September 15th and 16th respectively in 2022." - Anonymous Online Contributor