Project Talk Trial: Engaging Underserved Communities in End-of-life Conversations
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Terminal Illness, Chronic Illness, Communication
In brief
Compared to the general population, individuals from underserved communities are more likely to receive low quality end-of-life care and unwanted, costly and burdensome treatments due in part to a lack of advance care planning (ACP; the process of discussing wishes for end-of-life care with loved ones/clinicians and documenting them in advance directives). This study will use existing, trusted, and respected social networks to evaluate two conversation-based tools intended to engage underserved individuals in discussions about end-of-life issue and motivate them to carry out ACP behaviors. Through this study, investigators will learn how best to engage underserved populations in ACP so as to: 1) increase the likelihood that patients from underserved communities will receive high-quality end-of-life care; 2) address health disparities related to end-of-life treatments; and 3) reduce unnecessary suffering for patients and their families.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04612738
- Run by
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- People needed
- 1500
- Starts
- 2022-03-19
- Expected to finish
- 2026-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- Kingman Regional Medical Center — Kingman, Arizona, United States
- Accord Health Group — Show Low, Arizona, United States
- El Rio Neighborhood Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Promotores y Promotoras — Santa Paula, California, United States
- Our Lady of Solitude — Soledad, California, United States
- Vitas — Walnut Creek, California, United States
- University of Colorado Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
- HopeWest Montrose — Montrose, Colorado, United States
- Stamford Senior Center — Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- DeSoto Memorial Hospital — Arcadia, Florida, United States
- High Point Neighborhood Family Center — Clearwater, Florida, United States
- St. Phillip AME Church — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- City of Temple Terrace, Omar K. Lightfoot Center — Temple Terrace, Florida, United States
- Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital — Albany, Georgia, United States
- Helene S. Mills — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Seniors First of GA — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Gilmer County Senior Center — Ellijay, Georgia, United States
- Colquitt Regional Medical Center — Moultrie, Georgia, United States
- University of Chicago Medical Ctr — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church — Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
- Lightways Hospice & Serious Illness Care — Joilet, Illinois, United States
- First Baptist Church — Quincy, Illinois, United States
- Trinity Lutheran Church — Cherokee, Iowa, United States
- Pincham-Lincoln Community Center — Athens, Alabama, United States
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