CSDM: A Trial to Improve Communication and Shared Decision Making Using a Web-Based Tool

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Intervention Compliance, Usability, Acceptability

In brief

The goal is to develop a pragmatic, scalable intervention to overcome problems with surrogate decision making in ICUs. The aim is to conduct a pilot study among surrogates and clinicians of 50 incapacitated patients at high risk of death to assess the feasibility of deploying the web-based tool as well as to examine the tools impact on the patient and family outcome measures summarized in the hypotheses below.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02955563

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

52

Starts

2017-05-01

Expected to finish

2019-05-16

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Surrogate decision maker for ICU patient that lacks decisional capacity
• Permission from Patient's ICU Primary Attending Physician

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English Speaking
• Inability to read or write

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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