Clinical trials: Advance Directives
Advanced Directive Planning
Patient Perception of Video Advance Care Planning
Rates of advance directive completion among Americans, even those suffering from serious chronic illness, are notoriously poor. Moreover, the contents of completed advance directives are often difficult to interpret in the face…
- Trial name
- NCT02692950
- Testing
- Honor My Decisions Advance Care Planning Video, Post-video questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Older Adults, Advance Care Planning
Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Advance Care Planning for Older Adults and Caregivers After Emergency Visits
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing (MI) intervention in enhancing advance care planning (ACP) among older adults who have visited the Emergency Room (ER) in the past six months and their…
- Conditions
- Older Adults, Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Family Members
- Trial name
- NCT06090240
- Testing
- Dyadic MI-ACP intervention, Elderly alone MI-ACP
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Advance Care Planning, Vulnerable Populations
Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Underserved Communities in Advance Care Planning
This national project will provide an effective, evidence-based intervention for advance care planning (ACP) to 50 underserved US communities, those with poor access to healthcare systems due to economic, cultural or other…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Vulnerable Populations, Advance Directives, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- NCT03456921
- Testing
- End-of-life conversation game called "Hello"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
End of Life
Can the Vascular Physician Sensitize Patients to Redaction of Advance Directives on End of Life?
The Leonetti law of 22 April 2005 on the rights of patients at end of life provides the opportunity for "all adults" to write advance directives in case she would one day be "unable to express their will." If this right is…
- Trial name
- DIRFIN (NCT02892175)
- Testing
- Advance Directives on End of Life
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer
Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Patients With Cancer in Advance Care Planning: Phase 2
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of end-of-life conversation game "Hello" as a tool to help individuals with various solid cancer types (including: breast…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Genito-Urinary Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT06384417
- Testing
- Hello for Cancer game, Table Topics game
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
End Stage Renal Disease
Choice Sets for Advance Directives
There is a large gap between the care seriously ill patients want and the care they receive. Advance directives (ADs) offer an opportunity for patients to express specific end-of-life preferences to avoid unwanted care.
- Trial name
- NCT02209038
- Testing
- Expanded AD Choice, Expanded Life-sustaining Therapy Choice
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 321 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Death
Advance Directives and End-of-life Decision Making in Intensive Care Medicine in Germany
Description of the decision making process as well as the practices of end of life care in an ICU of a German university hospital during the period when changes of German legislation occurred.
- Trial name
- NCT01294189
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 224 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Neoplasms
An Exploratory Study of the Use of Five Wishes as a Tool for Advanced Care Planning in Young Adults With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Progressive Cancer or HIV Infection
Background: Few resources exist for helping adolescents and young adults with cancer or HIV disease understand their changing physical, emotional and social needs when treatment is no longer effective.
- Trial name
- NCT01445145
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Advance Directives
The aim of this study is to evaluate if the participation of COPD patients to a workshop on advance directives increases the number of patients who write them.
- Trial name
- DIABPCO (NCT04459143)
- Testing
- Advance directives
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 525 people
- Sponsor
- Hôpital NOVO
Advanced Care Planning, Shared Decision Making
Advance Care Planning: Communicating With Outpatients for Vital Informed Decision
This Pre-Post, open-cohort design, pragmatic trial with 150 clinicians and will evaluate the effectiveness of the use of telehealth Advanced Care Planning (ACP) Program by comparing ACP documentation among 13,000 patients over 65
- Conditions
- Advanced Care Planning, Shared Decision Making, Video Decision Aids, Communication Skills
- Trial name
- ACP-COVID (NCT04660422)
- Testing
- VitalTalk communication skills training, ACP Decisions Video Program, Intervention training:
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42,019 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Patient Engagement, End of Life
Advance Care Planning for Older Latinos With Chronic Illness
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial to learn about implementation of an intervention model, Advance Care Planning I Plan (ACP-I Plan), among older Latinos with chronic illnesses in…
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, End of Life, Chronic Disease, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT06081660
- Testing
- ACP-I Plan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
This Study Will Focus on Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Life-limiting Illnesses
Default Options in Advance Directives
In a multicenter, randomized clinical trial of default options in advance directives among patients with incurable diseases, we will determine whether this simple and readily scalable intervention can improve patients quality of…
- Trial name
- NCT02017548
- Testing
- Life-extension default advance directive, Comfort default advance directive
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy
Activating Seniors to Improve Chronic Disease Care
Chronic diseases are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality for older Americans. Active patient participation in treatment decision-making has the potential to significantly improve outcomes in chronic disease care, but…
- Trial name
- NCT00651495
- Testing
- Patient decision aids for chronic conditions
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Palliative Care, End of Life Care
Patient Journey in Palliative Care Within the NOVO Hospital Group.
This retrospective descriptive study aims to describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and organizational characteristics of patients identified as receiving palliative care who died in 2024 within the NOVO Hospital network.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, End of Life Care, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- NOVOPAL (NCT07505706)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- Hôpital NOVO
COPD, Severe or Very Severe Airflow Obstruction and/or Receiving or Eligible to Receive Long-term Oxygen Therapy
Study of Default Options in Advance Directives
Default options represent the events or conditions that are set into place if no alternatives are actively chosen. The setting of default options has well-established effects on a broad range of human decisions, but its influence…
- Conditions
- COPD, Severe or Very Severe Airflow Obstruction and/or Receiving or Eligible to Receive Long-term Oxygen Therapy, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Other Interstitial Lung Disease Without Curative Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT01817686
- Testing
- Comfort Default AD forms, Life Extension Default AD forms, Standard Default AD forms
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Advance Care Planning, Ethnic Minorities
Advance Care Planning Among Older People From Moroccon Origin in Belgium
Advance care planning (ACP) enables individuals to define goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care, to discuss these goals and preferences with family and health-care providers, and to record and review these…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Ethnic Minorities, Moroccans, Advance Medical Directives
- Trial name
- NCT04335214
- Testing
- one to one interview
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
GI Cancer, Thoracic Cancer
Comparison of a Web-based Advance Directive to a Standard Advance Directive
This study will compare a web-based advance directive to a standard advance directive.
- Trial name
- NCT03676426
- Testing
- Web platform for advance care planning/advance directive, Standard advance directive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Dementia
Effect of an Advance Care Planning Intervention
The intervention being studied is an advance care planning intervention. The trial has two arms: usual care and information arm.
- Trial name
- NCT04852055
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,364 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective
Psychiatric Advance Directives for Improved Mental Health Care
During a psychiatric crisis, persons with severe mental illness (SMI) confront complex challenges concerning treatment choices and are often ill equipped or unable to make mental health care decisions.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, Bipolar Disorder, Stress Disorders, Post-traumatic
- Trial name
- NCT00105794
- Testing
- Psychiatric Advance Directives intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
End of Life
Survey on Palliative Care and Law Perception
The primary objective of the current survey study is to obtain detailed information about European intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians' awareness of palliative care and relevant, local end-of-life (EoL) legislation.
- Trial name
- PCLAW (NCT06245525)
- Testing
- This is not an interventional study
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 523 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens