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Informing Decisions in Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Control Trial (RCT)

NCT01230099 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 622

Last updated 2015-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test a communication intervention to support family decision-making for patients with chronic critical illness.

Conditions

  • Chronic Critical Illness
  • Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive Information Team Group

A minimum of two protocolized, interdisciplinary, informational support meetings led by palliative care clinicians will be arranged with family members or other patient surrogates who participate in decision-making for individual chronically critically ill patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Judith Nelson, MD, JD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Shannon Carson, MD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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