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Focus Groups to Determine Surrogates Views Regarding Patient Preference Predictors

NCT02898194 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2024-10-29

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Summary

Background:

Some people cannot make medical treatment decisions on their own. The people who make decisions on their behalf are called medical surrogates. Sometimes surrogates cannot predict which treatment course the person or their loved ones would have chosen. The surrogates often become distressed because of making these decisions. Researchers think a tool called a Patient Preference Predictor (PPP) may be able to make the process easier. The PPP would predict what treatment the person would want. This is based on treatment preferences of similar people in a similar circumstance. Researchers want to interview surrogates to explore their views on the PPP.

Objective:

To explore surrogates views on incorporating a PPP into shared medical decision-making.

Eligibility:

People 18 years or older who:

Have acted as a surrogate medical decision-maker within the past 3 years. This includes decisions about

treatment, medication, hospice care, hospital admission, or discharge.

Are not pregnant

Design:

Participants will be screened by meeting with clinicians in person or by phone to discuss the study.

Participants will take part in a focus group. This is a small group of people discussing their thoughts and opinions. This will last for about 2 hours.

Participants will be served a light meal.

Participants will provide information about themselves and their views. They will talk about their past experiences making medical decisions for someone. They will discuss how they felt about these decisions.

The PPP will be explained to participants. They will give their views on it.

The research team will audio record the focus group and take notes.

Participants will fill out questionnaires.

Conditions

  • Normal Physiology

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • David Wendler, Ph.D. · National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-31
Primary Completion
2020-02-20
Completion
2020-07-21

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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