Jumpstarting Advance Care Planning With ANAI People

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-01

Study Completion Date

2027-05-30

Brief Summary

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The older Alaska Native/American Indian (ANAI) population is increasing at twice the rate of the general population with a higher burden of serious illness. Older ANAI adults with serious illness are half as likely to have advance directives (AD), indicating a need for improved access to and utilization of advance care planning (ACP) to ensure that medical care aligns with the values, goals, and preferences of ANAI patients and their families throughout the illness trajectory. The major goals of this cluster randomized trial (CRT) are to (1) evaluate the comparative effectiveness of usual care and JUMPSTART- ANAI, a culturally tailored ACP communication intervention, for prompting patient-driven ACP conversations between ANAI adults and primary care providers and to (1) identify key factors to successfully implement the intervention in health systems serving ANAI adults with serious illness.

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Detailed Description

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Despite a disproportionate burden of serious illness, Alaska Native and American Indian (ANAI) people are far less likely than their peers in the general US population to use palliative care, including advance care planning (ACP), which aims to align medical care with patients' values, goals, and preferences. ACP has been demonstrated to result in decreased depression, anxiety, and grief for patients and their families, increased symptom management, and fewer non-beneficial and unwanted end-of-life treatments. ACP is typically documented in advance directives (ADs) that specify patient preferences for life-sustaining treatments and who can make medical decisions on their behalf. Yet, ANAI people ages 55 and older are half as likely to have ADs as their White peers. A previous study culturally tailored and piloted an ACP communication intervention-JUMPSTART-ANAI-among 68 ANAI adults with serious illness in a Tribal health system in Alaska. This project builds on the previous study with a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of JUMPSTART-ANAI. The goal of this study is tailor an implementation plan for JUMPSTART-ANAI, evaluate the comparative effectiveness of the intervention and usual care for promoting patient-driven ACP communication, as measured by ADs documented in the electronic health record and identify key factors for successfully implementing JUMPSTART-ANAI in primary care systems serving ANAI adults with serious illness. Increasing access to culturally appropriate, evidence-based ACP is a high priority for Alaska Native health leaders and communities. By evaluating the effectiveness of a culturally tailored ACP intervention and tailoring implementation of the intervention for use in routine primary care, this study will generate critical information for implementing and improving palliative care services among a rapidly growing population of ANAI adults with serious illness.

Conditions

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Advance Care Planning

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Jumpstart 1

Questionnaire on advance care planning experiences, preferences, and concerns

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

JUMPSTART-ANAI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patient questionnaire about experiences, preferences, and concerns regarding ACP followed by feedback form with "tips" for initiating ACP conversation with provider at next clinical visit.

Jumpstart 2

Questionnaire on advance care planning experiences, preferences, and concerns plus feedback form (patient and provider)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

JUMPSTART-ANAI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patient questionnaire about experiences, preferences, and concerns regarding ACP followed by feedback form with "tips" for initiating ACP conversation with provider at next clinical visit.

Usual care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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JUMPSTART-ANAI

Patient questionnaire about experiences, preferences, and concerns regarding ACP followed by feedback form with "tips" for initiating ACP conversation with provider at next clinical visit.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Alaska Native and/or American Indian
* Age 40 or older
* Empaneled to a Southcentral Foundation primary care provider
* Diagnosed with at least 1 serious illness (e.g., cancer, COPD, kidney disease)
* Has made 2 or more to primary care in last 12 months
* No Advance Directive documented in electronic health record

Exclusion Criteria

* Cognitive impairment (≥ 2 errors) as assessed by the validated Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
* Not able to complete 30-minute study visit by phone or in person

Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No