NCT04931797

Video Images About Decisions for Ethical Outcomes in the Emergency Department (VIDEO-ED)

Using the Emergency Department Visit to Promote Advance Care Planning

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 900 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A randomized controlled trial of a video decision aid in the Emergency Department Setting to improve advance care planning documentation.

Detailed description

A randomized controlled trial of a video decision aid in the Emergency Department setting shown to patients followed by a brief advance care planning discussion and then relay that discussion to the patient's primary care provider and/or admitting clinical team and look at rates of advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record over time. Primary outcome is advance care planning documentation in the EHR at 3 months.

Conditions

• Emergencies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	video decision aid	advance care planning video decision aid
BEHAVIORAL	control arm ACP information sheet	control arm ACP information sheet

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-25
• Primary completion: 2025-06-10
• Completion: 2026-05-30
• First posted: 2021-06-18
• Last updated: 2025-11-10

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States