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PAtient-centered mUltidiSciplinary Care for vEterans Undergoing Surgery (PAUSE)

NCT05037292 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35015

Last updated 2026-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The PAUSE Trial is a pragmatic, randomized clinical trial for Veterans scheduled for elective surgery at 3 large VA facilities (Palo Alto, Houston, and Nashville). The PAUSE Trial focuses on cooperation between providers of various disciplines in order to provide better care. Veterans identified as frail upon standardized will be referred to a multidisciplinary "PAUSE Board" comprised of members from surgery, anesthesia, geriatrics, palliative care, case management, rehabilitation, and nutrition. Diverse specialists will come together in a team environment to discuss care options, scientific evidence, and patient goals and expectations, creating individual patient recommendations. The investigators hypothesize that the PAUSE Board model will improve quality and outcomes by promoting guidelines and evidence-based care recommendations as well as constructive team-based discussions to align care with patient goals and expectations.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

PAUSE Intervention

Standardized frailty screening and utilization of a frailty review board (PAUSE Board)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Shipra Arya, MD · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-26
Primary Completion
2026-01-13
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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