Video Images of Disease for Ethical Outcomes

Massachusetts General Hospital3 sites in 1 country150 target enrollmentJanuary 2013

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Respiratory Failure
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Enrollment: 150
Locations: 3
Primary Endpoint: preference for goal of care regarding medical interventions (e.g., CPR, intubation, etc.)
Last Updated: 5 years ago

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Decision Aid in the ICU in surrogates of admitted patients.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2013

End Date

December 2015

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Sponsor

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Angelo E. Volandes, MD

Principal Investigator

Massachusetts General Hospital

•Age 65 or older Patient does not have the capacity to make decisions Patient admitted to the ICU with life threatening illness including advanced heart, renal, lung, gastrointestinal and oncologic disease Patient has English speaking representative to make decisions on his/her behalf Patient critically ill and unlikely to survive to hospital discharge

•Patients who are imminently dying and admitted to the ICU are excluded Wards if the state

preference for goal of care regarding medical interventions (e.g., CPR, intubation, etc.)

Time Frame: at baseline admission to the ICU during family meeting up to one week

satisfaction with ICU experience(after 3 months from time of death or discharge from ICU)
number of medical interventions during ICU stay(during time period in the ICU up to one week)
level of medical care delivered to patient at time of death or discharge from the ICU(at time of death or discharge from the ICU up to one week)
anxiety and depression(anxiety and depression at follow up phone call at 3 months after ICU death or discharge)