Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Patient-clinician Communication About End-of-life Care
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Conditions:
End-stage Renal Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The specific aims are: 1. to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of PC-ACP among African American patients with End-stage Renal Disease and their surrogates and 2. to examine preliminary effec...
Detailed Description
Despite the increasing emphasis placed on patient-clinician communication about end of life care, efforts to guide the patient to make an informed end-of-life treatment decision often fail. Past effor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- have been on either center-hemodialysis or home-peritoneal dialysis
- are cognitively intact,i.e., able to communicate, able to understand information, able to make choices and give rationale,
- have an individual who can be present during the intervention as a surrogate decision maker,
- are over 18 years of age, and
- are able to communicate in English. Surrogates must be over 18 years of age and be able to communicate in English.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00374010
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
May 31 2017
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