Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT04077372
Assessment of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) in Advanced Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
A Randomized, Controlled Trial Examining the Use of The "Serious Illness Conversation Guide" (SICG) in Patients With Advanced Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 12 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Stanford University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the study is to determine whether standardized implementation of a scripted template for discussing important issues that arise near the end of life improves the care of those who have advanced cancer.
Detailed description
Primary Objective: To determine whether the Serious Illness Conversation Guide will improve the consistency with which providers have and document conversations regarding patients' goals and priorities as they near the end of life. Secondary Objectives: 1. To assess whether having conversations as per this model will improve the quality of care near the end of life as determined by appropriate care in concordance with their goals of care. 2\. To assess whether having conversations as per this model will improve patient Quality of Life (QOL) as per a validated scale. 3\. To assess in patients with concordant care whether this model will improve patient QOL as per a validated scale 4. To assess provider opinions about end-of-life conversations.
Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
- Gastric Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- GIST, Malignant
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) | The Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) is a structured communication template designed to provide effective tool in initiating advanced care planning discussion with patients. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Quality of Life (QOL) survey | Quality of life survey by questionnaire (FACT-G) given every three months |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-09-16
- Primary completion
- 2020-10-11
- Completion
- 2020-10-11
- First posted
- 2019-09-04
- Last updated
- 2023-01-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04077372. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.