A Culturally Sensitive Values-Guided Aid for End of Life Decision-Making

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Conditions studied: Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cirrhosis, Colon Carcinoma, Lung Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease

In brief

The goal of this research agenda is to improve the quality of end-of-life care by explicitly identifying values that will guide the decision-making process, with a particular emphasis on the role of ethnic, racial and cultural factors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00122135

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

120

Starts

2004-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-14

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Eligible patients will be at risk for 6-12 month mortality and have one of the following diagnoses:
• congestive heart failure, with ejection fraction of <25%;
• severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/emphysema with dependence on oxygen;
• chronic liver disease with cirrhosis and ascites;
• colon carcinoma with liver metastases; or
• non-small cell cancer of the lung, stage III or IV
• chronic kidney disease on renal replacement therapy, with previous hospitalization
• All participants will be age 55 years or older and will be recruited through the clinics at the Houston VAMC.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with dementia
• Patients less than 55 years old

Where it is running

• Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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