HIVFACENCT01775436
Palliative Care in People Living With HIV/AIDS: Integrating Into Standard of Care
A study testing FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning in people with HIV, run by Children's National Research Institute at 5 sites in United States.
Trial summary
Our goal is to advance palliative care with persons living with AIDS (PLWA) or life-limiting co-morbidities to decrease suffering and increase quality of life (QOL). Left without advance care planning (ACP) for end-of-life decision, miscommunication and disagreements may result in families being charged with neglect… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV
- What is being tested?
- FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 444 participants
- Where
- 5 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 13 Oct 2013to 28 Mar 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive outpatients or inpatients with detectable viral load (>200 copies) twice in the past 1 year period OR CD4 count <200 OR with a co-morbidity that may significantly limit life expectancy, including malignancy, cirrhosis, cardiomyopathy, etc.
- Patients with AIDS receiving dialysis, inpatients or outpatients
- Patients not in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Age 21 years or older
- All ethnic groups
- Male or female
- Knows his/her HIV status
- English speaking
- Absence of active psychosis or homicidal or suicidal ideation, determined at baseline screening by a trained research assistant as assessed by questions from a structured questionnaire
- Absence of HIV dementia, determined at screening using the HIV Dementia Scale cut off score of <10
- No evidence of developmental delay
- Consent from surrogate
- Consent from persons living with AIDS (PLWA) aged 21 or older
Surrogate Decision-maker inclusion criteria:
- Selected by patient
- Age 18 or older
- Willingness to discuss problems related to HIV and End Of Life (EOL)
- Absence of active psychosis, homicidal ideation, or suicidal ideation determined at baseline screening by trained RA
- Absence of HIV dementia, determined at screening using the HIV Dementia Scale cut off score of <10
- English speaking
- Consent to participate
- Knows HIV status of patient
Patient Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients in the ICU
- Age under 21 years old
- Patient unaware of HIV status
- Active psychosis or homicidal or suicidal ideation, determined at baseline screening by a trained research assistant as assessed by questions from a structured questionnaire
- Presence fo HIV Dementia at baseline
- Developmental delay
- Unable to find willing consented surrogate
Surrogate Decision-maker Exclusion Criteria:
- Surrogate under age of 18 years old
- Unwilling to discuss problems related to HIV and EOL
- Active psychosis or homicidal or suicidal ideation, determined at baseline screening by a trained research assistant as assessed by questions from a structured questionnaire
- Not an English speaker
- Unwilling to consent to participate and does not know HIV status of patient
Trial locations and contacts
5 sites in 1 country.
5 sites in 1 country
United States5 sites
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010
Institute for Clinical Research, Inc. (Affiliated with Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Washington, DC)
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010
MedStar Health Research Institute/Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010
George Washington University
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20037
About this study
Our goal is to advance palliative care with persons living with AIDS (PLWA) or life-limiting co-morbidities to decrease suffering and increase quality of life (QOL). Left without advance care planning (ACP) for end-of-life decision, miscommunication and disagreements may result in families being charged with neglect or court battles over treatment choices, unmet care or delivery of unnecessary or unwanted care, and non-relative caregivers being dismissed (e.g. gay partners). We hope to increase families' understandings of their family member's wishes for end-of-life care to decrease conflict through the FAmily-CEntered Advance (FACE) Care Planning intervention. We will also study communication, quality of life, and spiritual struggle. Families will be randomized into either the Control (N=96 families) or the FACE Intervention (n=192 dyads). FACE families will meet with a trained/certified researcher for two 60-minute sessions scheduled one week apart: Session 1: The Respecting Choices Interview®; and Session 2: Completion of The Five Wishes©. Control families will also meet with a researcher for two 60-minute sessions scheduled one week apart: Session 1: Developmental History; and Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise. Questionnaires will be administered five times, Baseline and at 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention, for an average of 2 years.
AIM 1. To determine the efficacy of FACE on congruence in treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogates over time, and the effect of the pattern of congruence development trajectory on healthcare utilization (i.e., distal outcomes: number of hospitalizations, dialysis, ER visits).
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Hypothesis A: Development of congruence may not be homogeneous and FACE may influence the pattern of congruence development.
Hypothesis B: Different patterns of congruence development may have different effects on health care utilization.
Hypothesis C: Compared to Controls, FACE participants will better maintain congruence over time.
AIM 2. To determine the efficacy of FACE on key components of QOL for PLWA. Hypothesis: FACE participants will increase or better maintain psychosocial QOL compared to Controls.
AIM 3. To minimize health disparities in ACP between Blacks and non Blacks and identify factors associated with disparities.
Hypothesis: Blacks in the FACE intervention will complete advance directives at a rate comparable to non Blacks, and at significantly greater rates compared to Controls.
Read the detailed description
Our goal is to advance palliative care with persons living with AIDS (PLWA) or life-limiting co-morbidities aimed at relieving suffering and maximizing quality of life. One objective is to identify variables which influence decision-making with respect to advance care planning (ACP) for PLWA, as well as to determine the unique person-centered needs of subgroups of PLWA, as these are unknown. The negative consequences of no ACP or poor ACP include: unmet care or delivery of unnecessary or unwanted care, conflict erupting in the ICU, or the importance of non-relative caregivers being dismissed, for example gay partners. A second objective is to identify a "best approach" for standard of care in ACP, a key component of palliative care, as an end of life support. This approach may minimize health disparities in the likelihood of both identifying a surrogate decision-maker and using advance directives. We propose building on our evidence based, theoretical model, FAmily-CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning intervention, an HIV specific ACP program for Black teens which gained acceptance and demonstrated efficacy through increased congruence in treatment preferences and universal complete of advance directives with a surrogate decision-maker. Given the demonstrated needs and benefits of ACP and the low utilization among adult Black PLWA, we propose meeting this need by building on our FACE model with adults living with advanced AIDS and/or life-limiting co-morbidities in Washington, District of Columbia (DC) a city with endemic HIV and significant health disparities in death rates by race in an adequately-powered, randomized, clinical, 2-arm, single-blinded, controlled trial. We will test the efficacy of the FACE intervention for increasing congruence in end-of-life treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogate decision-maker, to determine if increased congruence can be maintained over time. We will also determine if FACE is acceptable to primarily Black inner city adult PLWA. We will recruit from four hospital-based clinics and randomize 288 patient/surrogate dyads (N=576 subjects) in a 2:1 ratio to either FACE Intervention (N=192 dyads) or Control (N=96 dyads). Participants with HIV dementia, suicidality, homicidality or psychosis will be excluded. Two 60-minuted sessions will be conducted with a trained/certified facilitator at weekly intervals: FACE Session 1: The Respecting Choices Interview (R); Session 2: Completion of The Five Wishes (c). Control will also be administered in a dyadic format: Session 1: Developmental History; Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise. Standardized self-report measures will be administered at baseline, 3 month post-intervention 6 month post-intervention, 12 month post-intervention, and 18 month post-intervention. Thus, participants will be followed for an average of 2 years. This will be the first study to test an ACP model, integrating person-centered (GMM) and variable-centered analysis (GEE) to assess study outcomes.
- Conditions
- HIV
- Being tested
- FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning, Healthy Living Control
- Keywords
- palliative care, HIV/AIDS, quality of life, adherence, spiritual, threat appraisal, treatment congruence, treatment preferences, dialysis, hospitalization, communication, family intervention, Family Centered Advance Care Planning, decision making, advance care planning, end of life
- Medical subject headings
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Communication, Death
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
FAmily-CEntered Advance Care PlanningBehavioural
Also called FACE
Two-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart.
Session 1: Respecting Choices Interview (R)to facilitate conversations and shared decision-making between the patient and surrogate about palliative care \& prepare the surrogate to be able to fully represent the patient's wishes.
Session 2: Five Wishes (C). Patient selects which person the patient wants to make health care decisions for him/her; the kind of medical treatment the patient wants; how comfortable the patient wants to be; how the patient wants people to treat him/her; what patient wants loved ones to know; and any spiritual or religious concerns the patient may have.
Healthy Living ControlBehavioural
Also called HLC
Session 1: Developmental History: Goal: To take a non-medical developmental history. The RA-Control will conduct the session in a structured interview format. Administered with all medical questions removed to prevent any risk of contamination with the experimental condition.
Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise: Assess nutritional status and provide advice for maintaining optimal nutrition to boost immune functioning. Administered by the RA Control and will be videotaped to control for what occurs in the FACE intervention.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Healthy Living Control | Active comparator | Two-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart.
Session 1: Developmental History: Goal: To take a non-medical developmental history. The Research Assistant (RA)-Control will conduct the session in a structured interview format. Administered with all medical questions removed to prevent any risk of contamination with the experimental condition.
Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise: Assess nutritional status and provide advice for maintaining optimal nutrition to boost immune functioning. Administered by the RA Control and will be videotaped to control for what occurs in the FACE intervention. Receives: Behavioral: FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning; Behavioral: Healthy Living Control |
| FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning | Experimental | Two-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart.
Session 1: Respecting Choices Interview (R)to facilitate conversations and shared decision-making between the patient and surrogate about palliative care \& prepare the surrogate to be able to fully represent the patient's wishes.
Session 2: Five Wishes (C). Patient selects which person the patient wants to make health care decisions for him/her; the kind of medical treatment the patient wants; how comfortable the patient wants to be; how the patient wants people to treat him/her; what patient wants loved ones to know; and any spiritual or religious concerns the patient may have. Receives: Behavioral: FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning; Behavioral: Healthy Living Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Statement of Treatment Preferences
Measured by the Statement of Treatment Preferences. This measure was adapted using experts and community advisory board. It is a tool to express values and goals related to future medical decisions regarding frequently occurring situations specific to HIV/AIDS.Multiple Time Frames are needed as the Primary Outcome measure is going to report a change over time, per Aim 1: "to sustain congruence in treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogate over time" compared to controls.
Measured: Baseline and 3, 6, 12, 18 month post-intervention
Secondary outcomes (3)
Lyon Advance Care Planning Survey (Patient and Surrogate Version)
A 31-item instrument that assesses palliative care needs of PLWA of Black and non Black PLWA in DC metropolitan area
Measured: at baseline
Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS)
This scale is a valid and reliable measure of patient's current health, social and psychological status.We are conducting a longitudinal study and therefore looking at multiple time frames for change in palliative care over time.
Measured: Baseline, and 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention
Medical Outcomes Study-HIV (MOS-HIV)
Measures HIV specific Health Related Quality of Life; general health perceptions; pain; physical, role, cognitive and social functioning; mental health; energy/fatigue; health distress and quality of life. This is a longitudinal study requiring multiple time frames so we can report change in quality of life over time, related to HIV specific symptoms.
Measured: Baseline, and 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Jan 2013 (estimated)
- Study start13 Oct 2013
- Primary completion28 Mar 2017
- Study completion28 Mar 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (5)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for HIVStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Children's National Research InstituteThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 444 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Georgetown University, George Washington University, VA Medical Center, Medstar Health Research Institute
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Maureen Lyon, Children's National Research Institute
- Investigators
- Maureen E Lyon, PhD, Principal investigator, Children's National Research Institute
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01775436
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1R01NR01405201
- Acronym
- FACE
- Status last verified
- Mar 2019
- First submitted
- 20 Dec 2012
- Last updated
- 15 Jul 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: There is a plan to make de-identified individual participant data (IPD) collected in this study, which are not part of the specific aims, available for secondary analysis, to be shared with other researchers by submitting a request to the PI, Dr. Lyon.
Publications
Kimmel AL, Wang J, Scott RK, Briggs L, Lyon ME. FAmily CEntered (FACE) advance care planning: Study design and methods for a patient-centered communication and decision-making intervention for patients with HIV/AIDS and their surrogate decision-makers. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Jul;43:172-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Jun 2.
PubMed 26044463Lyon ME, Squires L, D'Angelo LJ, Benator D, Scott RK, Greenberg IH, Tanjutco P, Turner MM, Weixel TE, Cheng YI, Wang J. FAmily-CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning Among African-American and Non-African-American Adults Living With HIV in Washington, DC: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Documentation and Health Equity. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Mar;57(3):607-616. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.014. Epub 2018 Nov 23.
PubMed 30472318Curtin KB, Cheng YI, Wang J, Scott RK, Squires L, Benator DA, Lyon ME; Palliative Care Consortiums. Quality of life of persons living with HIV and congruence with surrogate decision-makers. Qual Life Res. 2019 Jan;28(1):47-56. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2002-5. Epub 2018 Sep 15.
PubMed 30219937Lyon ME, Squires L, Scott RK, Benator D, Briggs L, Greenberg I, D'Angelo LJ, Cheng YI, Wang J. Effect of FAmily CEntered (FACE(R)) Advance Care Planning on Longitudinal Congruence in End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: A Randomized Clinical Trial. AIDS Behav. 2020 Dec;24(12):3359-3375. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02909-y.
PubMed 32399799Grill KB, Wang J, Cheng YI, Lyon ME. The Role of Religiousness and Spirituality in Health-related Quality of Life of Persons Living with HIV: A Latent Class Analysis. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2020 Nov;12(4):494-504. doi: 10.1037/rel0000301. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
PubMed 33777311
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 15 Jul 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Palliative Care in People Living With HIV/AIDS: Integrating Into Standard of Care
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01775436
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- FACE / 1R01NR01405201
- Conditions
- HIV
- Keywords
- palliative care, HIV/AIDS, quality of life, adherence, spiritual, threat appraisal, treatment congruence, treatment preferences
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 444 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Children's National Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Georgetown University, George Washington University, VA Medical Center, Medstar Health Research Institute
- Study start
- 13 Oct 2013 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 28 Mar 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 28 Mar 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Jan 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Our goal is to advance palliative care with persons living with AIDS (PLWA) or life-limiting co-morbidities to decrease suffering and increase quality of life (QOL). Left without advance care planning (ACP) for end-of-life decision, miscommunication and disagreements may result in families being charged with neglect or court battles over treatment choices, unmet care or delivery of unnecessary or unwanted care, and non-relative caregivers being dismissed (e.g. gay partners). We hope to increase families' understandings of their family member's wishes for end-of-life care to decrease conflict through the FAmily-CEntered Advance (FACE) Care Planning intervention. We will also study communication, quality of life, and spiritual struggle. Families will be randomized into either the Control (N=96 families) or the FACE Intervention (n=192 dyads). FACE families will meet with a trained/certified researcher for two 60-minute sessions scheduled one week apart: Session 1: The Respecting Choices Interview®; and Session 2: Completion of The Five Wishes©. Control families will also meet with a researcher for two 60-minute sessions scheduled one week apart: Session 1: Developmental History; and Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise. Questionnaires will be administered five times, Baseline and at 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention, for an average of 2 years.
AIM 1. To determine the efficacy of FACE on congruence in treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogates over time, and the effect of the pattern of congruence development trajectory on healthcare utilization (i.e., distal outcomes: number of hospitalizations, dialysis, ER visits).
Hypothesis A: Development of congruence may not be homogeneous and FACE may influence the pattern of congruence development.
Hypothesis B: Different patterns of congruence development may have different effects on health care utilization.
Hypothesis C: Compared to Controls, FACE participants will better maintain congruence over time.
AIM 2. To determine the efficacy of FACE on key components of QOL for PLWA. Hypothesis: FACE participants will increase or better maintain psychosocial QOL compared to Controls.
AIM 3. To minimize health disparities in ACP between Blacks and non Blacks and identify factors associated with disparities.
Hypothesis: Blacks in the FACE intervention will complete advance directives at a rate comparable to non Blacks, and at significantly greater rates compared to Controls.
Detailed description
Our goal is to advance palliative care with persons living with AIDS (PLWA) or life-limiting co-morbidities aimed at relieving suffering and maximizing quality of life. One objective is to identify variables which influence decision-making with respect to advance care planning (ACP) for PLWA, as well as to determine the unique person-centered needs of subgroups of PLWA, as these are unknown. The negative consequences of no ACP or poor ACP include: unmet care or delivery of unnecessary or unwanted care, conflict erupting in the ICU, or the importance of non-relative caregivers being dismissed, for example gay partners. A second objective is to identify a "best approach" for standard of care in ACP, a key component of palliative care, as an end of life support. This approach may minimize health disparities in the likelihood of both identifying a surrogate decision-maker and using advance directives. We propose building on our evidence based, theoretical model, FAmily-CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning intervention, an HIV specific ACP program for Black teens which gained acceptance and demonstrated efficacy through increased congruence in treatment preferences and universal complete of advance directives with a surrogate decision-maker. Given the demonstrated needs and benefits of ACP and the low utilization among adult Black PLWA, we propose meeting this need by building on our FACE model with adults living with advanced AIDS and/or life-limiting co-morbidities in Washington, District of Columbia (DC) a city with endemic HIV and significant health disparities in death rates by race in an adequately-powered, randomized, clinical, 2-arm, single-blinded, controlled trial. We will test the efficacy of the FACE intervention for increasing congruence in end-of-life treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogate decision-maker, to determine if increased congruence can be maintained over time. We will also determine if FACE is acceptable to primarily Black inner city adult PLWA. We will recruit from four hospital-based clinics and randomize 288 patient/surrogate dyads (N=576 subjects) in a 2:1 ratio to either FACE Intervention (N=192 dyads) or Control (N=96 dyads). Participants with HIV dementia, suicidality, homicidality or psychosis will be excluded. Two 60-minuted sessions will be conducted with a trained/certified facilitator at weekly intervals: FACE Session 1: The Respecting Choices Interview (R); Session 2: Completion of The Five Wishes (c). Control will also be administered in a dyadic format: Session 1: Developmental History; Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise. Standardized self-report measures will be administered at baseline, 3 month post-intervention 6 month post-intervention, 12 month post-intervention, and 18 month post-intervention. Thus, participants will be followed for an average of 2 years. This will be the first study to test an ACP model, integrating person-centered (GMM) and variable-centered analysis (GEE) to assess study outcomes.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Healthy Living Control | Active comparator | Behavioral: FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning, Behavioral: Healthy Living ControlTwo-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart. Session 1: Developmental History: Goal: To take a non-medical developmental history. The Research Assistant (RA)-Control will conduct the session in a structured interview format. Administered with all medical questions removed to prevent any risk of contamination with the experimental condition. Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise: Assess nutritional status and provide advice for maintaining optimal nutrition to boost immune functioning. Administered by the RA Control and will be videotaped to control for what occurs in the FACE intervention. |
| FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning | Experimental | Behavioral: FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning, Behavioral: Healthy Living ControlTwo-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart. Session 1: Respecting Choices Interview (R)to facilitate conversations and shared decision-making between the patient and surrogate about palliative care \& prepare the surrogate to be able to fully represent the patient's wishes. Session 2: Five Wishes (C). Patient selects which person the patient wants to make health care decisions for him/her; the kind of medical treatment the patient wants; how comfortable the patient wants to be; how the patient wants people to treat him/her; what patient wants loved ones to know; and any spiritual or religious concerns the patient may have. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| FAmily-CEntered Advance Care PlanningAlso: FACETwo-60 to 90 minute sessions scheduled one week apart. Session 1: Respecting Choices Interview (R)to facilitate conversations and shared decision-making between the patient and surrogate about palliative care \& prepare the surrogate to be able to fully represent the patient's wishes. Session 2: Five Wishes (C). Patient selects which person the patient wants to make health care decisions for him/her; the kind of medical treatment the patient wants; how comfortable the patient wants to be; how the patient wants people to treat him/her; what patient wants loved ones to know; and any spiritual or religious concerns the patient may have. | Behavioural | FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning, Healthy Living Control |
| Healthy Living ControlAlso: HLCSession 1: Developmental History: Goal: To take a non-medical developmental history. The RA-Control will conduct the session in a structured interview format. Administered with all medical questions removed to prevent any risk of contamination with the experimental condition. Session 2: Nutrition and Exercise: Assess nutritional status and provide advice for maintaining optimal nutrition to boost immune functioning. Administered by the RA Control and will be videotaped to control for what occurs in the FACE intervention. | Behavioural | FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning, Healthy Living Control |
Primary outcome
Statement of Treatment Preferences
Time frame: Baseline and 3, 6, 12, 18 month post-intervention
Measured by the Statement of Treatment Preferences. This measure was adapted using experts and community advisory board. It is a tool to express values and goals related to future medical decisions regarding frequently occurring situations specific to HIV/AIDS.Multiple Time Frames are needed as the Primary Outcome measure is going to report a change over time, per Aim 1: "to sustain congruence in treatment preferences between PLWA and their surrogate over time" compared to controls.
3 secondary outcomes
Lyon Advance Care Planning Survey (Patient and Surrogate Version)
Time frame: at baseline
Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS)
Time frame: Baseline, and 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention
Medical Outcomes Study-HIV (MOS-HIV)
Time frame: Baseline, and 3, 6, 12 and 18 month post-intervention
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 15 Jul 2020.
- Results publication: PubMed 26044463Kimmel AL, Wang J, Scott RK, Briggs L, Lyon ME. FAmily CEntered (FACE) advance care planning: Study design and methods for a patient-centered communication and decision-making intervention for patients with HIV/AIDS and their surrogate decision-makers. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Jul;43:172-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Jun 2.
- Results publication: PubMed 30472318Lyon ME, Squires L, D'Angelo LJ, Benator D, Scott RK, Greenberg IH, Tanjutco P, Turner MM, Weixel TE, Cheng YI, Wang J. FAmily-CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning Among African-American and Non-African-American Adults Living With HIV in Washington, DC: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Documentation and Health Equity. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 Mar;57(3):607-616. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.014. Epub 2018 Nov 23.
- Results publication: PubMed 30219937Curtin KB, Cheng YI, Wang J, Scott RK, Squires L, Benator DA, Lyon ME; Palliative Care Consortiums. Quality of life of persons living with HIV and congruence with surrogate decision-makers. Qual Life Res. 2019 Jan;28(1):47-56. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2002-5. Epub 2018 Sep 15.
- Results publication: PubMed 32399799Lyon ME, Squires L, Scott RK, Benator D, Briggs L, Greenberg I, D'Angelo LJ, Cheng YI, Wang J. Effect of FAmily CEntered (FACE(R)) Advance Care Planning on Longitudinal Congruence in End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: A Randomized Clinical Trial. AIDS Behav. 2020 Dec;24(12):3359-3375. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02909-y.
- Results publication: PubMed 33777311Grill KB, Wang J, Cheng YI, Lyon ME. The Role of Religiousness and Spirituality in Health-related Quality of Life of Persons Living with HIV: A Latent Class Analysis. Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2020 Nov;12(4):494-504. doi: 10.1037/rel0000301. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. There is a plan to make de-identified individual participant data (IPD) collected in this study, which are not part of the specific aims, available for secondary analysis, to be shared with other researchers by submitting a request to the PI, Dr. Lyon.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Maureen E Lyon, PhD principal investigator
Children's National Research Institute
5 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning in people with HIV, run by Children's National Research Institute at 5 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jul 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 5 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Statement of Treatment Preferences (time frame: Baseline and 3, 6, 12, 18 month post-intervention). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01775436, which also lists 5 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jul 2020.