Sharing and Talking About my Preferences

NCT ID: NCT03103828

Last Updated: 2020-01-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

484 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-02

Study Completion Date

2021-03-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to figure out the best way to help veterans do advance care planning. This study will examine the effects of two theory based behavior interventions by randomizing veteran into 4 groups to see which veterans will complete the 4 step process of advance care planning.

Detailed Description

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of two theory-based behavior interventions on engagement of Veterans in advance care planning (ACP) by means of the following specific aim:

Primary Aim: To conduct a randomized controlled trial examining the effects of: a) usual care; b) computer-tailored intervention (CTI); c) motivational enhancement therapy (MET); d) CTI + MET on the proportion of middle-age and older Veterans receiving primary care at the VA who complete the process of ACP, defined as completing a total of 4 key ACP behaviors, including selecting a health care proxy, communicating with the proxy about goals of care, communicating with the clinician about goals of care, and documenting proxy selection and goals.

Primary Hypothesis: The proportion of Veterans completing ACP will be higher among those in each of the intervention groups compared to Veterans receiving usual care.

All of 4 groups will receive their assessments and, if, their interventions, by telephone and/or mail. The veterans will from the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. Participants will be identified through a data query of the Regional Data Warehouse who have had a primary care visit in the past 12 months. We will then be able to oversample female and minority Veterans.

Conditions

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Chronic Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Computer-tailored intervention

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Computer-Tailored Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CTI will receive telephone contact at three time points: baseline, two, and four months. Each contact consists of an integrated assessment and intervention feedback report, using an expert system. Participants are assessed for four different behaviors that together represent complete ACP engagement: communication with loved ones about views on quality of life versus quantity of life, communication with clinicians about views on quality of life versus quantity of life, assignment of a health care surrogate, and completion of a living will. The system takes the results of the assessment and results in an individualized feedback report.

Motivational Interviewing

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Motivational Interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MET will receive telephone contact at three time points: baseline, two, and four months. They will undergo the assessment as described above receive and they will receive a second a telephone contact within two weeks of the assessment, which will consist of an MET session. If the surrogate has been enrolled in the study, the MET will be conducted with both the Veteran and the surrogate in a dyadic telephone interview. The goal of the interview is to strengthen commitment to engage in ACP and promote self-efficacy. The interviewer will also help the Veteran to reflect on the pros and cons of ACP engagement as elicited in the assessment process, to understand how to build on ACP behaviors already engaged in, and, if appropriate, to help the Veteran create a change plan for further ACP engagement.

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants assigned to CTI+MET will receive the CTI intervention at baseline, two months, and four months as described above. with a follow-up MET session as described above occurring within two weeks of each contact.

Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Computer-Tailored Intervention

CTI will receive telephone contact at three time points: baseline, two, and four months. Each contact consists of an integrated assessment and intervention feedback report, using an expert system. Participants are assessed for four different behaviors that together represent complete ACP engagement: communication with loved ones about views on quality of life versus quantity of life, communication with clinicians about views on quality of life versus quantity of life, assignment of a health care surrogate, and completion of a living will. The system takes the results of the assessment and results in an individualized feedback report.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing

MET will receive telephone contact at three time points: baseline, two, and four months. They will undergo the assessment as described above receive and they will receive a second a telephone contact within two weeks of the assessment, which will consist of an MET session. If the surrogate has been enrolled in the study, the MET will be conducted with both the Veteran and the surrogate in a dyadic telephone interview. The goal of the interview is to strengthen commitment to engage in ACP and promote self-efficacy. The interviewer will also help the Veteran to reflect on the pros and cons of ACP engagement as elicited in the assessment process, to understand how to build on ACP behaviors already engaged in, and, if appropriate, to help the Veteran create a change plan for further ACP engagement.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Participants assigned to CTI+MET will receive the CTI intervention at baseline, two months, and four months as described above. with a follow-up MET session as described above occurring within two weeks of each contact.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Veteran

---Must have seen primary care provider in the past 12 months
* Primary language is English

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe hearing or vision loss

* moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment
* active psychiatric illness
* No regular phone or permanent address
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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VA Connecticut Healthcare System

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Terri Fried, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VAConnecticut Healthcare System

Locations

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VA Connecticut Healthcare System

West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Lynne Iannone, MS

Role: CONTACT

203-932-5711 ext. 2403

Maria zenoni, MS

Role: CONTACT

203-932-5711 ext. 2711

References

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Fried TR, Yang M, Martino S, Iannone L, Zenoni M, Blakley L, O'Leary JR, Redding CA, Paiva AL. Effect of Computer-Tailored Print Feedback, Motivational Interviewing, and Motivational Enhancement Therapy on Engagement in Advance Care Planning: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Dec 1;182(12):1298-1305. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5074.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36342678 (View on PubMed)

Fried TR, Redding CA, Martino S, Paiva A, Iannone L, Zenoni M, Blakley LA, Rossi JS, O'Leary J. Increasing engagement in advance care planning using a behaviour change model: study protocol for the STAMP randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 2018 Aug 10;8(8):e025340. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025340.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30099405 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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TF0025

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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