Multicenter HomeVENT: Home Values and Experiences Navigation Track

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Communication; Pediatric ALL; Respiratory Insufficiency
• Interventions: Other: HomeVENT decision support tool

• Registration Number: NCT06102330
• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University

Brief Summary

This is a multicenter study to test a decision-making support process for families and clinicians facing decisions about chronic home ventilation for a child. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will increase family preparedness for decision-making and will improve clinician-family shared-decision making. Half of families will be assigned to "usual care" arm and half to the "intervention" arm. Intervention families will view the study website with study staff and will answer questions related to website content. All families will be interviewed and surveyed at 1, 6 and 12 months after enrollment. Each family will designate 1-2 physician involved in the decision about home ventilation; each physician will be interviewed and surveyed at 1 month.

Detailed Description

Across 4 centers, the investigators will recruit 150 English and/ or Spanish-speaking families (up to 2 parents per family) who are currently facing a decision about tracheostomy and home ventilation for the child. The investigators will also recruit up to 2 clinicians who are central to the decision for each child.

The first 50% of families will be assigned to "usual care" arm and the second 50% of families will be assigned to the "intervention" arm. Intervention families will view the study website with study staff and will answer questions related to website content in an interview that could last up to 2 hours. All families will be interviewed at 1, 6 and 12 months after enrollment (each interview lasts 15-30 minutes). Each family will designate 1-2 physician involved in the decision about home ventilation; each physician will be interviewed at 1 month interviews last \~15 minutes).

This is a controlled trial of a communication intervention and requires careful attention to words used. The investigators support the intention of being inclusive, and have invested considerable effort in creating a Spanish intervention and diversifying the team to include more native Spanish-speakers. However, as a communication randomized control trial (RCT), the investigators are concerned that one-off efforts to translate the website as well as using a translator, may confound the investigators interpretation of the data. Most significantly, the investigators risk not finding differences between the two arms if the investigators include those who do not speak English or Spanish.

Primary endpoints:

The investigators hypothesize that, compared to families who receive usual care related to decision-making about pediatric chronic home ventilation, families who receive the HomeVENT intervention will have increased preparedness for decision-making 1 month later.

The investigators hypothesize that, compared to families who receive usual care related to decision-making about pediatric chronic home ventilation, families who receive the HomeVENT intervention will perceive increased shared decision-making 1 month later.

The investigators hypothesize that, compared to physicians of families who receive usual care related to decision-making about pediatric chronic home ventilation, physicians of families who receive the HomeVENT intervention will perceive increased shared decision-making 1 month later.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-26
• Study Start: 2024-02-06
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-02
• Primary Completion: 2029-12
• Study Completion: 2030-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

1. English- or Spanish-speaking

2. Males and females; Age 18 and over.

3. Parent of a child facing a decision about home ventilation within 30 days. A "parent" will be defined as any self-identified primary caregiver (parents, grandparents, etc).

   or Physician of a child whose parents are enrolled in the study; physician must be engaged in the home ventilation decision.

4. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form (parent) or completion of oral consent (physician)

5. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study

6. Access to necessary resources if choose to participate via internet or telephone

Exclusion Criteria

1. Excluding children as they cannot be legal decision-makers
2. Non-English or Non-Spanish speaking parents, as the intervention website/ videos are only available in those two languages.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	HomeVENT decision support tool	Will review a web-based decision-making tool with families and simultaneously interview family regarding website topics. Will interview families and clinicians at 1 month, and families again at 6 and 12 months

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shared Decision Making among parents making decisions about home ventilation as assessed by the CollaboRATE-Parent version scale	1 month	The CollaboRATE-Parent version scale is a 3 item measure. Score range 0-27. Higher score means better shared decision making.
Shared decision making about home ventilation for physicians as assessed by the Shared Decision Making Questionnaire - Physician (SDM-Q-DOC) version	1 month	The Shared Decision Making Questionnaire - Physician questionnaire is a 9 item measure. Score range 0-54. Higher score meaning better shared decision making.
Preparedness for Decision Making among parents making decisions about home ventilation as assessed by the Preparedness for Decision Making scale.	1 month	The Preparedness for Decision Making scale has a possible score range of 0-100. Higher score means more prepared.
Shared Decision Making among parents making decisions about home ventilation as assessed by the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS-SDM) survey	1 month	The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scale is an 8 item measure. Score range 0-23. Higher score means better shared decision making.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in decision making regret among parents who chose for or against home ventilation as assessed by the Decision Regret Scale	6 months, 12 months	The Decision Regret Scale is a 5 item scale. Score range 1-25, with higher score meaning more regret.
Change in Quality of Life expected vs. actual, among parents who faced choice about home ventilation as assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Family Impact Module (PEDSQL) scale	6 months, 12 months	The Pediatric Quality of Life Family Impact Module (PEDSQL) Score range 0-100. Higher score better quality of life.
Change in Impact of decision about home on daily life of child/ family as assessed by a qualitative interview	6 months, 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Seattle Childrens Hospital; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital; 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States

Children's Hospital New Orleans; 🇺🇸 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States