Group Advanced Care Planning Pilot for Veterans

Part of paid clinical trials in Palo Alto, California.

Sponsor
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Study ID
NCT06646614
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Group Advance Care Planning Education — BEHAVIORAL
    Those assigned to the group ACP arm will receive usual care and the intervention which consists of 2 virtual or in-person sessions for a total of 2 hours by a trained community health worker/health educator. Sessions will introduce advanced care planning, help veterans discuss their goals of care with their care teams and learn how to discuss with their families and oncologist, and filing an advanced directive. Participants will be surveyed and interviewed at baseline and again at 8 months post-enrollment.

Study Details

The proposed research aims to engage participants in group educational sessions to facilitate learning of topics related to advanced care planning and to determine whether this approach is more effective than usual care alone.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 15, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2027
Completion
Dec 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • No Intervention: Usual Care
    The patient will continue to receive as normal and usual care. The participant will also receive educational materials in writing regarding advance care planning mailed to their preferred mailing address. The participants will complete surveys and interviews at baseline at again at 8 weeks post enrollment.
  • Experimental: Group Advance Care Planning
    The participant will engage in 2 hours of educational sessions regarding advance care planning and goals of care. They will be interviewed which is expected to last 20-30 min and surveys will last 15-20 min. The total involvement will be no more than 3 hours and 40 min over 8 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measure

Goals of Care Documentation [ Time Frame: Week 8 after patient enrollment ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
VA Palo AltoPalo AltoCalifornia94305
Madhuri Agrawal, MS
[email protected]
650-304-7744

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