Clinical trials: Surrogate Decision Maker
Critical Illness
Multi-component Family Support Tool Intervention (FST)
The National Academy of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have called for urgent action to improve the care delivered to the nearly 1,000,000 older Americans who die in intensive care units (ICUs) annually or survive…
- Trial name
- FST (NCT05019261)
- Testing
- Multi-component Family Support Intervention
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,039 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Anxiety, Depression
PARTNER II: Improving Patient and Family Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness
This is a stepped wedged randomized controlled trial comparing the PARTNER intervention with usual care in 5 Intensive Care Units.
- Trial name
- NCT02445937
- Testing
- PARTNER II
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 848 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Stroke
Development of a Tailored Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision Support Intervention for Stroke Surrogate Decision Makers
The trial is testing an investigator-developed decision support tool for surrogate decision makers for stroke patients that are unable to make medical decisions for themselves.
- Trial name
- NCT03427645
- Testing
- Decision tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Critical Illness
Use of Nudges To Enhance Enrollment in Critical Care Research
Difficulties enrolling patients in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have long been recognized as a major barrier to successful evaluation of medical interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT03284359
- Testing
- Pre-Consent Nudge Bundle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Critical Illness
Decision Support Among Surrogate Decision Makers of the Chronically Critically Ill (INVOLVE)
Each year, millions of Americans are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). For more than half of them, ICU admission initiates a cascade of decisions about treatment and end-of-life care.This is particularly the case for…
- Trial name
- INVOLVE (NCT03099746)
- Testing
- INVOLVE, Informational Support, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 281 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Critical Illness, Communication Disabilities
Enhancing & Mobilizing the POtential for Wellness & Emotional Resilience Among Surrogate Decision-Makers of ICU Patients
Intensive Care Units (ICU) are stressful places where life-and-death medical decisions are made and patients' surrogate decision-makers are exposed to potentially traumatic experiences.
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT03276559)
- Testing
- EMPOWER, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University