Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Suicide, Assisted Clinical Trial

— EPIDESA2  

Official title:

Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide : Epidemiological Study Conducted as Part of the Establishment of a Structured Network

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02843776
• Other study ID #: EPIDESA2
• Status: Completed
• 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
• 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Suicide
• Suicide, Assisted

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