Consumer Engagement to Increase Advance Care Planning: Patient Randomization

Advance Care Planning Clinical Trial

Official title:

Consumer-directed Financial Incentives to Increase Advance Care Planning Among Medi-Cal Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02418403
• Other study ID #: PRO14110340
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: April 13, 2015
• Last updated: June 13, 2017
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2017
• Source: University of Pittsburgh
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a study of the effect of consumer-directed financial incentives on completion of advance care planning among Medi-Cal patients.

Description:

Older adults receiving primary care from one of three clinics contracting with Partnership HealthPlan of California, a multi-county Medi-Cal managed care plan will be mass randomized to receiving educational materials regarding advance care planning with or without a financial reward for completing advance care planning.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 376
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Partnership HealthPlan of California enrollee

• Receipt of primary care from one of 3 participating clinics (Ole, Petaluma, West County)

• Age > 65

Exclusion Criteria:

• > 75

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Advance Care Planning

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Financial incentive
Offer of money designed to overcome barriers to advance care planning.
• Educational website
Research-verson of the "Prepare for your care" website (www.prepareforyourcare.org)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Partnership HealthPlan of California	Fairfield	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pittsburgh

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Having an advance care planning conversation with one's primary care provider	Primary care providers' documentation of an advance care planning conversation in the chart and/or via a Partnership HealthPlan of California ACP attestation form.	3 months
Secondary	Completion of "Prepare for Your Care" website modules	Logging into the website, completing the modules, and creating an action plan	3 months