Development of a Tailored Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision Support Intervention for Stroke Surrogate Decision Makers

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Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

The trial is testing an investigator-developed decision support tool for surrogate decision makers for stroke patients that are unable to make medical decisions for themselves. A historical usual care control group will be enrolled during tool development. The tool will then be tested in surrogates of hospitalized stroke patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03427645

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

106

Starts

2018-02-08

Expected to finish

2019-11-22

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Self-identify as the surrogate decision maker for eligible patient
• Able to read and communicate in English without an interpreter
• Limited to one surrogate per patient

You may not qualify if…

• No prior relationship with patient
• Dementia or other cognitive or health condition that would impair their ability to participate
• Patients:
• Inclusion Criteria:
• Ischemic stroke or spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
• Impaired decisional capacity (per treating team)
• Enrolled on or before full hospital day 5
• Minimum illness severity (either):
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ≥ 10
• Glasgow coma scale ≤12
• Exclusion Criteria:
• No surrogate available for study procedures
• Already on comfort measures only
• Physician refuses to allow approach for consent
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• The University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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