Utilizing Advance Care Planning Videos to Empower Perioperative Cancer Patients and Families
Information source: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Condition(s) targeted: Cancer
Intervention: Advance care planning video (Behavioral); Control video (Behavioral)
Phase: N/A
Status: Not yet recruiting
Sponsored by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Rebecca A Aslakson, MD PhD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Overall contact: Rebecca A Aslakson, MD PhD, Phone: 410-955-9082, Email: raslaks1@jhmi.edu
Summary
Through close engagement with our patient and family member co-investigators, the
investigators have developed a video-based advance care planning aid for cancer patients and
their family members who are preparing for major surgery. In this study, patients are
randomized to see either the intervention video (involving advance care planning-related
content) or a control video (no advance care planning-related content) prior to surgery.
The investigators hypothesize that the video will lead to more and better preoperative
discussions between the patient and surgeon that are related to advance care planning. The
investigators also hypothesize that seeing the advance care planning-related video will
decrease perioperative anxiety and depression scores.
Clinical Details
Official title: Utilizing Advance Care Planning Videos to Empower Perioperative Cancer Patients and Families
Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Primary outcome: Roter Interactive Analysis Scoring (RIAS)
Secondary outcome: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scores (HADS)Iowa Criteria Goals of Care Comfort with the video Concordance of patient and provider beliefs regarding a clinical visit Helpfulness of the video Recommendation of the video to others Prevalence of participants who acknowledge having named a surrogate decision maker Prevalence of participants who acknowledge having a conversation with their surrogate decision maker regarding advance care planning
Detailed description:
Many cancer patients pursue aggressive surgery in the hope of cancer cure or life
prolongation. However, in doing so, patients and families may avoid advance care planning;
they do not discuss specific goals and wishes should disease progress despite surgery.
Moreover, a subset of patients become critically ill following surgery, and family members
must make life-and-death decisions without knowing patient wishes. Preoperative advance care
planning—facilitating patient and family discussions concerning perioperative goals, hopes,
and fears—could empower patients and families to better choose which therapies and
procedures they want outside of the initial surgery and for the months following surgery.
Advance care planning aids exist, but none were developed for or evaluated in a surgical
patient population. Furthermore, video-based advance care planning tools are an innovative
way to better empower patients and families. Previous research shows that, with the aid of
an advance care planning video, patients and families are more knowledgeable about treatment
options and more comfortable with making decisions. Moreover, when better educated, these
patients and families frequently choose less aggressive therapies.
However, video-based advance care planning tools have not been developed or tested in a
surgical patient population. The investigators have developed and now will evaluate a
video-based advance care planning aid for cancer patients and families pursing aggressive
surgical cancer treatment. The investigators hypothesize that, in patients and family
members, the video-based decision aid will facilitate better preoperative discussions about
advance care planning between the patient and surgeon and decrease anxiety and depression
after surgery.
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 18 and older of study surgeons who are scheduled to have a surgical
procedure identified by study surgeons to the study team.
- Patients willing to give informed consent, ability to speak English, reasonably able
to read a newspaper or book (without sight impairment); reasonable able to listen to
radio, television (without hearing impairment).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18 years old, non-English speaking patients who are not identified by
participating surgeons
Locations and Contacts
Rebecca A Aslakson, MD PhD, Phone: 410-955-9082, Email: raslaks1@jhmi.edu Additional Information
Starting date: July 2015
Last updated: July 2, 2015
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