Encourage Older Adults to Designate a Health Care Proxy
NCT ID: NCT07290478
Last Updated: 2025-12-18
Study Results
The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.
Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
10000 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-01-01
2027-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Personalized Provider Mailer with a Pre-commitment Prompt
Patients will receive a mailer containing a pre-commitment prompt to bring in a form listing their healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit. The mailer will be sent from and signed by their primary care provider.
Mailer
Patient mailers will ask the patient to name a healthcare proxy at their next primary care visit.
Personalized Provider Request
Patient mailers will be sent from and signed by the patient's provider for their next scheduled primary care visit.
Pre-commitment Prompt
Patient mailers will contain a box that asks the patient to bring a form with their choice for a healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit.
Generic Health System Mailer with a Pre-commitment Prompt
Patients will receive a mailer containing a pre-commitment prompt to bring in a form listing their healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit. The mailer will be sent from and signed by the health system
Mailer
Patient mailers will ask the patient to name a healthcare proxy at their next primary care visit.
Pre-commitment Prompt
Patient mailers will contain a box that asks the patient to bring a form with their choice for a healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit.
Personalized Provider Mailer without a Pre-commitment Prompt
Patients will receive a mailer, but it will not contain a pre-commitment prompt to bring in a form listing their healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit. The mailer will be sent from and signed by the patient's provider.
Mailer
Patient mailers will ask the patient to name a healthcare proxy at their next primary care visit.
Personalized Provider Request
Patient mailers will be sent from and signed by the patient's provider for their next scheduled primary care visit.
Generic Health System Mailer without a Pre-commitment Prompt
Patients will receive a mailer, but it will not contain a pre-commitment prompt to bring in a form listing their healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit. The mailer will be sent from and signed by the health system.
Mailer
Patient mailers will ask the patient to name a healthcare proxy at their next primary care visit.
No Mailer Control
Patients will not receive a mailer.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Mailer
Patient mailers will ask the patient to name a healthcare proxy at their next primary care visit.
Personalized Provider Request
Patient mailers will be sent from and signed by the patient's provider for their next scheduled primary care visit.
Pre-commitment Prompt
Patient mailers will contain a box that asks the patient to bring a form with their choice for a healthcare proxy to their next primary care visit.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age ≥ 55 years OR age ≥ 18 years and listed in the health system's cancer, CHF, or CKD registries
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH
Contra Costa Health
UNKNOWN
University of Southern California
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mireille Jacobson
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Mireille Jacobson, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Southern California
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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UP-23-01203
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id