Decision Aid - Extreme Prematurity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Prematurity; Decision Support

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess in a pilot randomized controlled trial the following PICOT question: In parents facing extreme premature delivery, does the use of an existing validated visual decision aid as compared to standard counseling, reduce the primary outcome of parental decisional conflict? Furthermore, is such a decision aid understood and applicable across differing populations of different ethnic backgrounds and social classes?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01713894

Run by

Christiana Care Health Services

People needed

200

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2017-10-15

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• physicians who counsel women at the limits of viability
• women who are receiving counseling at the limits of viability

You may not qualify if…

• Known congenital malformations or lethal anomalies, still birth in which the fetuses' death was known before labor.

Where it is running

• Christiana Care Health System — Newark, Delaware, United States

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