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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02843776
Other study ID # EPIDESA2
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date January 1, 2017
Est. completion date December 31, 2017

Study information

Verified date July 2016
Source Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 65
Est. completion date December 31, 2017
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

Any adult :

- Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté,

- At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,

- Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,

- Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas,

- Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion Criteria:

- They are underage

- The request was expressed by another person

- The request is not an explicit request

- The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health

- The patient is mentally confused

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Questionnaires completion


Locations

Country Name City State
France CHRU Besançon Besancon

Sponsors (26)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon Centre Hospitalier Auxerre, Centre Hospitalier Beaune, Centre Hospitalier Belfort Montbéliard, Centre Hospitalier Chalon sur Saône, Centre Hospitalier Champagnole, Centre Hospitalier Chatillon Montbard, Centre Hospitalier de Haute Saône, Centre Hospitalier de l'Agglomération de Nevers, Centre Hospitalier de Monceau les Mines, Centre Hospitalier du Val de Saône, Centre Hospitalier Joigny, Centre Hospitalier Lons le Saunier, Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur, Centre Hospitalier Macon, Centre Hospitalier Paray le Monial, Centre Hospitalier Pontarlier, Centre Hospitalier Saint Claude, Centre Hospitalier Sens, Centre Hospitalier Tonnerre, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, Groupement des Professionnels de Santé du Pays Beaunois, Réseau ARESPA, Réseau Départemental de Soins Palliatifs de la Nièvre, Réseau Opale, Réseau Pléiade

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Census of requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Burgundy-Franche-Comté 6 months
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