NCT03158467

RCT of ACP for Transplant

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Advance Care Planning and Triggered Palliative Care for Cancer Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation (RCT of ACP for Transplant)

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

We aim to examine the effect of an online advance directive on decisional conflict and quality of life in patients undergoing stem cell transplant. We also aim to assess the effect of palliative care at the time of a sentinel event on quality of life.

Conditions

• Cancer Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation (RCT of ACP for Transplant)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Surveys	Instruments will be administered via the online RedCAP platform. The survey instruments will include a Decision Conflict Scale (DCS), the McGill Quality of Life (MQoL), the Human Connection (THC), and a general demographics questionnaire. Patients will have the opportunity to complete the instruments via a research iPad while in clinic or via a survey link emailed to their private email account.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-15
• Primary completion: 2019-05-15
• Completion: 2019-11-15
• First posted: 2017-05-18
• Last updated: 2018-09-20