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Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Communication for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00106080 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 376

Last updated 2019-10-11

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a multifaceted intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life communication between patients with COPD and their primary care providers using information about patients preferences for end of life care and how to communicate and use this information to activate patients, family members, and healthcare providers.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease
  • COPD
  • Chronic Bronchitis
  • Emphysema

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Audit and Feedback

Intervention patients and clinicians received a one-page patient-specific individualized summary, based on questionnaire responses, to stimulate conversations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • David H Au, MD MS · VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-11-30
Primary Completion
2008-05-31
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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