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Advance Care Planning: Promoting Effective and Aligned Communication in the Elderly

NCT03609177 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13800

Last updated 2025-10-21

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Summary

In this research study, the investigators are working to help oncologists better serve patients by delivering more patient-centered, goal-concordant care that may improve health care delivery.

\- It is expected that about 30,000 people will take part in this research study, 29,550 of these patients, the vast majority, will be included only for medical record review.

Conditions

  • Other Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Clinician Communication Skills Training

Communication skills training

OTHER

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Decisions Videos Decisions Aids

ACP Decisions video decision aids

OTHER

Video Declarations (ViDec)

Recording of patient advance care planning videos

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northwell Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mayo Clinic

    collaborator OTHER

  • Duke University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James A. Tulsky, MD · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-04-15
Primary Completion
2022-11-23
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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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.

View NCT03609177 on ClinicalTrials.gov