Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Understanding Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit: a National Study
Lead Sponsor:
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Conditions:
Organ Donation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Given how central Substitute Decision Makers (SDMs) are to the process leading to end of life decisions and sometimes, organ donation, it is striking how poorly understood this decision-making process...
Detailed Description
A national multicenter multi-methods study with SDMs will be conducted in two steps. In Step 1, a semi-structured interviews with SDMs will be conducted. The sampling frame will balance interviews wit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Substitute decision maker (SDM) and patients with at least 18 years old
- SDM(s) of patients in the ICU with or without brain injury for whom withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies is considered or has been discussed.
- SDM(s) of patients for whom death is expected to occur within approximately 1 hour after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies
- English or French speakers SDM(s)
- SDM(s) reachable in ICU
Exclusion
- SDM is not reachable after pre-consent in ICU (after 5 initial attempts within a 3-week period).
- SDM asks to postpone the interview more than 3 times.
- SDM unable to provide informed verbal consent for any reason.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
292 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03850847
Start Date
August 1 2019
End Date
August 31 2025
Last Update
April 23 2024
Active Locations (9)
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1
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
4
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2