Integrated Supportive and Palliative Care for Older Adults in the ICU

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Conditions studied: Critical Illness

In brief

The National Academy of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have called for urgent action to improve the care delivered to the nearly 1,000,000 older Americans who die in intensive care units (ICUs) annually, or survive with substantial impairments. These patients often die with distressing symptoms and may receive more invasive, life-prolonging treatment than they would choose for themselves. Moreover, their family members acting as surrogate decision makers often experience lasting psychological distress from the ICU experience. The investigators will conduct a randomized trial among 500 patients and 750 surrogates and up to 150 clinicians to determine whether early integration of specialty palliative care with standard critical care can improve outcomes for critically ill older patients at high risk of death or severe functional impairments and their family members.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT04921631
Run by
University of Pittsburgh
People needed
1091
Starts
2021-06-28
Expected to finish
2026-02-28
Last updated by the study team
2026-05-01

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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