Advance care planning intervention for people with multiple sclerosis: pilot and feasibility trial

Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta0 sites38 target enrollmentMarch 30, 2021

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: People with severe progressive multiple sclerosis (pwPMS) across various health care settings in Italy
Sponsor: Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Enrollment: 38
Status: Completed
Last Updated: last year

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34389580/ protocol (added 16/08/2021)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

March 30, 2021

End Date

February 29, 2024

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

•1\. Aged \=18 years
•2\. Diagnosed with primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis from \=1 year before inclusion
•3\. Able to communicate in Italian
•4\. Gave written consent
•5\. Advance care plan (ACP) relevant as has \=1 of the following conditions:
•5\.1\. Expressed desire for ACP
•5\.2\. Questions about own future
•5\.3\. Thoughts about hastening death or medically assisted suicide
•5\.4\. High risk for death within two years measured using the ‘Surprise Question’
•5\.5\. High risk for development of severe cognitive compromise/dementia within two years

•1\. Severe cognitive compromise, a score of \<19 on the Mini\-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
•2\. Impairments preventing communication
•3\. Psychosis or other serious psychiatric conditions
•4\. Advance care plan (ACP) document completed