Trial Outcomes & Findings for Intensive Care of Elderly: What do They Wish for Themselves? (NCT NCT05149040)

Results Overview

Three mutually exclusive answer options in three randomly assigned clinically scenarios of acute critical illness in advanced age 1. Wishing ICU admission 2. Not wishing ICU admission 3. Not wanting to decide

Recruitment status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Target enrollment

1472 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

within 2 weeks of recruitment / upon completion of the questionnaire

Results posted on

2025-03-27

Participant Flow

1043 very old outpatients were approached. The next-of-kin respondents were recruited by the enrolled very old respondents.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Very Elderly Outpatients outpatients (eyes, ear-nose-and throat, orthopaedic outpatient clinics at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway) aged 80 years and older survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey	Proxy next of kin who likely would act as a proxy in a medical emergency, identified by the very elderly respondent survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey
Overall Study STARTED	736	736
Overall Study COMPLETED	202	153
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	534	583

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Very Elderly Outpatients n=202 Participants outpatients (eyes, ear-nose-and throat, orthopaedic outpatient clinics at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway) aged 80 years and older survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey	Proxy n=153 Participants next of kin who likely would act as a proxy in a medical emergency, identified by the very elderly respondent survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey	Total n=355 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous Age, Continuous (very old outpatients)	86 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.9 • n=202 Participants	66 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.3 • n=153 Participants	82.8 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.1 • n=355 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	102 Participants n=202 Participants	116 Participants n=153 Participants	218 Participants n=355 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	100 Participants n=202 Participants	37 Participants n=153 Participants	137 Participants n=355 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected	—	—	0 Participants Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: within 2 weeks of recruitment / upon completion of the questionnaire

Three mutually exclusive answer options in three randomly assigned clinically scenarios of acute critical illness in advanced age 1. Wishing ICU admission 2. Not wishing ICU admission 3. Not wanting to decide

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Proxy n=453 Treatment preference statement next of kin who likely would act as a proxy in a medical emergency, identified by the very elderly respondent survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey	Very Elderly Outpatients n=590 Treatment preference statement outpatients (eyes, ear-nose-and throat, orthopaedic outpatient clinics at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway) aged 80 years and older survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?": self-administered mailed survey
Older Respondents Treatment Preferences in an Event of Acute Life-threatening Illness Warranting ICU Admission as Stated by Themselves and by Their Next of Kin Acting as Proxy Wishing ICU admission	231 Treatment preference statement	228 Treatment preference statement
Older Respondents Treatment Preferences in an Event of Acute Life-threatening Illness Warranting ICU Admission as Stated by Themselves and by Their Next of Kin Acting as Proxy Not wishing ICU admission	154 Treatment preference statement	238 Treatment preference statement
Older Respondents Treatment Preferences in an Event of Acute Life-threatening Illness Warranting ICU Admission as Stated by Themselves and by Their Next of Kin Acting as Proxy Not wanting to decide	68 Treatment preference statement	124 Treatment preference statement

Adverse Events

Proxy

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Very Elderly Outpatients

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. G.L. Schwarz

Helse Bergen

Phone: 0047-55976850

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place