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ENROLLING BY INVITATION
NCT05001009
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Goals of Care Conversations Study

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The long term goal is to improve quality of care in Veterans with serious illnesses by aligning medical care with Veterans' goals and values. The objective of this study is to use a sequentially randomized trial to determine what implementation strategies are effective to increase early, outpatient goals of care conversations. The study will use interviews with and surveys of medical providers, patients, and caregivers, along with medical record data. This work is significant because it tests ways Veterans can express their goals and preferences for life sustaining treatments and have them honored.

Official title: Improving Implementation of Outpatient Goals of Care Conversations for Veterans With Serious Illness

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

72

Start Date

2022-09-13

Completion Date

2025-09-30

Last Updated

2024-12-27

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 1: low intensity clinician training

A "booster" of the established LSTDI implementation strategy. Clinicians will be presented with summary written/electronic materials on the LSTDI developed for the study. Online training options and when and how to complete goals of care conversations and documentation will be highlighted.

BEHAVIORAL

Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 2: high intensity clinician training

This includes two components: 1. Team facilitation to help the primary care team (advance practice provider, nurse, social worker) work together to create roles and responsibilities for accomplishing goals of care conversations with patients 2. A patient list "trigger" of patients potentially eligible for goals of care conversations (the patient study population) will be sent to the primary care clinicians.

BEHAVIORAL

Low patient engagement

Patients will be sent information about goals of care conversations, including the PREPARE website.

BEHAVIORAL

High patient engagement

Patients will be sent information about goals of care conversations, including the PREPARE website. Follow-up phone calls to discuss goals of care conversations and the PREPARE website will be made.

Locations (3)

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto, California, United States

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

West Los Angeles, California, United States

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

Aurora, Colorado, United States