A Randomized Controlled Trial of Using Video Images in Dementia

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Using Video Images in Dementia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00704886
• Other study ID #: 2007p001264
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 23, 2008
• Last updated: June 22, 2009
• Start date: September 2007
• Est. completion date: June 2008

Study information

• Verified date: June 2009
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

BACKGROUND: Advance care planning (ACP) is the process in which patients plan for future medical care under circumstances of impaired decision-making. Video is an underutilized medium that can assist clinicians in discussions of future health states, such as the state of advanced dementia. Video may enable patients to visualize the future by concisely providing complex information vital for ACP. This study will examine whether the use of video could facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of advanced dementia and inform clinician-patient discussions about the level of care a patient would want in the event of advanced dementia.

RESEARCH PLAN: We propose to conduct a randomized trial studying ACP for 200 elderly subjects using a video depiction of a patient with dementia compared to the traditional verbal narrative. Specific aims 1 and 2 assess the effect of a video of advanced dementia on the clinical decision making of elderly subjects compared to the traditional verbal narrative.

Description:

Outcome measures were what subjects wanted if they had advanced dementia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: June 2008
• Est. primary completion date: June 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 64

Exclusion Criteria:

• Can't speak English

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia

Intervention

Other:
• video
video of dementia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	MGH	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital	Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	preferences		at time of interview	No