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NCT04557930 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

EFFICACY: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists

A NA study, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
163
Enrollment target

NCT04557930: Completed NA study, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

NCT04557930 is a NA study that has completed, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The registered enrollment target is 163 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (88% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT04557930, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
163 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

Hopewell Hospitalist is a theory-based adventure video game designed to increase the likelihood that a physician will engage in an advance care planning (ACP) conversation with a patient over the age of 65. Drawing on the theory of narrative engagement, players assume the persona of a hospitalist and navigate a series of clinical encounters with seriously-ill patients over the age of 65. Players experience the consequences of having (or not having) ACP conversations in a timely fashion. The planned study is a pragmatic stepped-wedge crossover phase III trial testing the efficacy of Hopewell Hospitalist for increasing ACP rates measured by ACP billing frequency.

Primary Outcome

Percentage of advance care planning bills submitted by physicians in the trial for patients over the age of 65 in the period before and after the roll-out of the video game intervention at their hospital. Advance care planning bills are defined as the presence/absence of ACP charges (Medicare billing codes 99497 or 99498) during a patient's hospitalization.

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 163 participants
Start Date 2020-07-01
Est. Completion 2021-08-31
Phase NA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

427 total trials

What the finished NCT04557930 record still lists

NCT04557930 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registered 163 participants enrollment target is mid-sized for trials with a published cap, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (88% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game is the first listed.

NCT04557930 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT04557930 about?

NCT04557930 is a clinical study titled "EFFICACY: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists". Hopewell Hospitalist is a theory-based adventure video game designed to increase the likelihood that a physician will engage in an advance care planning (ACP) conversation with a patient over the age of 65. Drawing on the theory of narrative engagement, players assume the persona of a hospitalist an...

What is the current status of trial NCT04557930?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 163 participants. The study started on 2020-07-01. Estimated completion is 2021-08-31.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT04557930?

The interventions under investigation include: Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT04557930?

This trial is sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which has 427 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT04557930's enrollment target sits among peer trials

163 627th of 2000 higher than 1,374 of 2,000 other NA trials

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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