A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Decision Aid in the ICU

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cardiac Event; Respiratory Failure
• Interventions: Behavioral: video decision aid

• Registration Number: NCT01776333
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-01-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-01-23
• Study First Posted: 2013-01-28
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-16
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• 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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
video arm	video decision aid	video decision aid intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
preference for goal of care regarding medical interventions (e.g., CPR, intubation, etc.)	at baseline admission to the ICU during family meeting up to one week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Cedars Sinai Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States

MGH; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BMC; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States