NCT04852055

Effect of an Advance Care Planning Intervention

Effect of an Advance Care Planning Intervention on Documentation of Advance Directives and Goals of Care in Assisted Living Centers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,364 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brown University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The intervention being studied is an advance care planning intervention. The trial has two arms: usual care and information arm.

Detailed description

Eligible patients whose assisted living centers are randomized to the information arm will receive a letter from their clinician with links to informational video. Eligible patients whose assisted living centers are randomized to the usual care arm have advance care planning discussions with a clinician at admission, annually, and sometimes with a hospitalization or other change in condition.

Conditions

• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Advance Care Planning Video	Clinical assistants determine who is the correct person to receive the informational materials. If the patient is the correct recipient, clinicians will send the informational materials to the patient at the assisted living center. If the proxy is the correct recipient, the clinical assistant will determine whether or not the proxy is using the existing online portal. If the proxy is using the portal, the informational materials will be sent electronically. If the proxy does not access the portal, the informational materials will be sent to their residences.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-30
• Primary completion: 2022-03-23
• Completion: 2022-03-23
• First posted: 2021-04-21
• Last updated: 2025-11-04
• Results posted: 2023-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States