Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide, Assisted

• Registration Number: NCT02843776
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Brief Summary

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-26
• Study Start: 2017-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-31
• Study Completion: 2017-12-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

Any adult :

• Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté,
• At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
• Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
• Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas,
• Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion Criteria

• They are underage
• The request was expressed by another person
• The request is not an explicit request
• The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
• The patient is mentally confused

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Census of requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Burgundy-Franche-Comté	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRU Besançon; 🇫🇷 Besancon, France