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Note: This record shows only the 20 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Register:
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ClinicalTrials.gov |
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Last refreshed on:
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28 January 2013 |
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Main ID: |
NCT00685893 |
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Date of registration:
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27/05/2008 |
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Primary sponsor: |
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Public title:
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Integrating Palliative and Critical Care (IPACC) Study
IPACC |
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Scientific title:
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An ICU Intervention to Improve End-of-Life Care |
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Date of first enrolment:
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June 2003 |
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Target sample size:
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3498 |
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Recruitment status: |
Completed |
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URL:
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http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00685893 |
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Study type:
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Interventional |
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Study design:
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Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
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Countries of recruitment
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United States
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Contacts
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Name:
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J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH |
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Affiliation:
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University of Washington; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
- patients, family members, nurses, and clinician evaluators
Patients are eligible if they are:
- in the ICU for a minimum of 6 hours AND,
- if they die in an ICU or within 24 hours of transfer out of the ICU.
Family members or significant others are eligible if:
- they were involved with the patient who has died.
Nurses are eligible if:
- they cared for an eligible patient on either the shift during which the patient died
or the shift preceding the death.
Clinicians are eligible to evaluate the intervention components if they:
- work in a study ICU AND
- participate in any of the intervention components.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to read English well enough to complete the surveys
- Under 18 years of age.
Age minimum:
18 Years
Age maximum:
N/A
Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Any Disease Causing Death in the ICU or Within 24 Hours of Discharge From the ICU
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Intervention(s)
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Behavioral: Academic Detailing
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Behavioral: Education
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Behavioral: Institution Feedback
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Behavioral: Institutional Forms
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Behavioral: Local Champions
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Primary Outcome(s)
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Total Score on a survey: the Quality of Dying and Death (QODD) as assessed by family members.
[Time Frame: 5 years]
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Indicators of quality of end-of-life care as assessed by standardized medical record review.
[Time Frame: 5 years]
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Satisfaction with care, as assessed by a survey called Family Satisfaction with the ICU (FS-ICU) as assessed by family members
[Time Frame: 5 years]
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Total score of the QODD, as assessed by nurses
[Time Frame: 5 years]
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Secondary ID(s)
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23503-G
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R01NR005226
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
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